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?"
The University of Cambridge takes the top spot in The Guardian newspaper’s university league table for the seventh year running.
The University of Bath climbs five places to complete the top five.
University of Surrey make up the rest of the top 10.
University of Cambridge have topped a new ranking of Europe’s most innovative universities.
The University of Cambridge has maintained its number one position in the Complete University Guide’s 2018 ranking of the top universities in the UK.
The rankings for the Times Higher Education’s Student Experience Survey (SES) are now in their 10th annual release. This year, as with all other years of the survey, the research has been conducted by YouthSight.
Here we reveal the answers to some of the key methodological questions.
What are the questions behind the SES?
Since the introduction of fees, the expectations of students and parents have never been higher when it comes to learning resources. A draughty building, unimproved since its opening in the 1960s, and lacking modern texts and wi-fi, won’t be tolerated, and the message has got through to universities.
It’s no secret that the quality of accommodation provided to undergraduates is extremely important to their university experience. Yet of all the responses to the Student Experience Survey, satisfaction with accommodation has consistently been ranked poorly. This year, the average rating for the accommodation composite was 5.2 out of 7, the lowest in all the categories.