Rankings

The London Business School has been number one for four years in a row. 

This year’s ranking includes 95 universities in total, a slight increase from the 91 ranked last year. 

The 2017 top 10 is essentially a reshuffling of the top 10 from 2016, with the first and second place positions remaining the same.

Switzerland and Spain are the most represented countries in the top 10, each with two universities present. 

Newcastle University has been named the best university in the UK for overall student experience, according to the Annual Student Experience Awards from University Compare. 

University Compare’s table is based on four key elements: institute and course, accommodation, employment prospects, and social life. 

Harvard University is the number one US college, according to the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education US College Rankings 2018.

Last year’s number one, Columbia University claimed the second-place position.

The rest of the top 10 includes (in descending order) Cornell University. Four of the top 10 are part of the Ivy League.

Stanford University has been named the most innovative university in the world for the third consecutive year according to the latest ranking by Reuters.

Universities in England have achieved their best year-on-year reduction in carbon emissions, research has found.  

The study, carried out by sustainability consultancy Brite Green, has found that carbon emissions from universities in England fell by 7 per cent in the past year compared with 10 per cent over the previous 10 years. 

Brite Green ranked the universities in England according to the percentage by which they have reduced their carbon emissions since 2005. 

Deakin University's School of Exercise and Nutritional Science has taken the first place position for the second year running in ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments 2017.

This subject ranking from the consultancy was published for the first time in 2016, highlighting the performance of about 300 universities with sport-related units and sport science universities.

Harvard University has maintained the top spot in the ShanghaiRanking Academic Ranking of World Universities 2017 for the 15th year running. 

In fact, the top 10 universities remain unchanged from last year, although there has been some shifting in positions. The University of California, Berkeley to take third position. 

The results of ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017 have been released, revealing the best universities in 52 different subjects, according to the consultancy. These subjects are spread across five fields – natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences and social sciences. In total, more than 4,000 universities across the world were ranked.

As a recent graduate, I’ve been interested to read all the comments around the release of the UK government’s teaching excellence framework (TEF) results, and I am pleased that teaching is now in the spotlight. Current students and recent graduates are likely to be looking at the results with interest and comparing them to their own experiences. People will be interested in the rating for their own university, particularly as there have been some surprising outcomes.

In university offices, staffrooms and newsrooms across the UK, there has been much discussion of the teaching excellence framework (TEF) outcomes. We followed the debates with interest. But now, the key question on our lips is: "what does this mean for our university?"