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Rankings Round-up (3): The Evolution of QS Rankings

Today, I will round out our rankings week by looking at the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Rankings.  These rankings have always been similar to the THE World University Rankings, because they spring from the same source: QS was the organization that actually ran the THE rankings for a few years, and when THE decided to bring the data operation in-house, QS just kept producing its rankings.  Like THE, its indicators for university rankings used are mostly a mix of field-normalized bibliometrics

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November 29, 2023 No Comments

Rankings Round-up (1): The Shanghai Subject Rankings

It’s been awhile since I’ve looked at Global Rankings in any depth, so this week I am going to take a look at three sets of rankings which are either had notable methodological changes or contain data that is of particular interest to Canadians.  I’ll start with the Shanghai Rankings.  Not the Academic Rankings of World Universities, which is a bit boring from a Canadian point of view.  Nothing ever changes much on that front because ARWU, by design, is

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November 27, 2023 No Comments

HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (Nov. 24th, 2023)

Spotlight Good afternoon all,  Thanks to those of you who joined us for our last AI Roundtable of 2023 – this time, focusing on inclusion. We had the chance to hear students share their perspectives on how GenAI tools can be used to enhance inclusion. Our main takeaway was that although it is important to be aware of the limitations of GenAI and to develop AI literacy to limit the perpetuation of social biases and inequities, allowing these tools to

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November 24, 2023 No Comments

The Floating University

Last week I promised you we’d have Isak Froumin on to talk about post-Soviet higher education, but for technical reasons we’ve had to delay that broadcast until next week. Instead, today, we’re going to be taking a trip down memory lane – to 1926, and a rather remarkable educational experiment that originated at New York University. It was called – the Floating University. It was the brainchild of NYU’s James E. Lough—a professor and educational reformer with an entrepreneurial spirit.

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November 23, 2023 No Comments

HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (Nov. 17th, 2023)

Spotlight Good afternoon all, Today, we share a series of recommendations on how institutions should respond to AI, and missteps they should avoid. You will also find a publication by editors sharing recommendations on the responsible use of GenAI in scholarly journal publishing. We hope these resources are helpful! Consult our AI Observatory Next Roundtable Meeting Date: Tuesday, November 21st, 2023 Time: 12h00-1h00PM ET Join us next Tuesday, on November 21st, from 12:00PM to 1:00PM ET, for our next AI

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November 17, 2023 No Comments
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