Rankings confirm “world class system”

03/10/2014 by
THE World Rankings

ABC News      |      2 October 2014 3 October 2014 “The data shows that Australia does not have just a few world-class universities, but a world-class system" ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Australian universities have made  made big gains in the latest Time Higher Education (THE) world university rankings, with one new entrant joining the world's top 200, and most of Australia's top universities moving up the rankings. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......…… Melbourne University remains Australia's top-ranked university in 33rd position globally, ahead of the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra at 45th (up from 48th last year), the University of … [Read more...]

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The Scan | Edition #159 | 22 August 2014

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______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Deregulate fees to help innovation? 22 August 2014     |     The debate over deregulating university fees is now infecting innovation policy with the Australian Technology Network suggesting reform could forge closer collaborations between universities and industry. While key research drivers like the science and engineering sectors have expressed horror at the extent of funding cuts to their disciplines, the ATN argues in its submission to the Senate inquiry on improving innovation that “equitable” fee deregulation could help. ATN … [Read more...]

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Politics 101: why Pyne has failed to sell his education ‘reforms’

22/08/2014 by
CHRISTOPHER PYNE PRESS CLUB

 The Conversation     |       18 August 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Jamie Miller writes that "the long sorry saga" of Christopher Pyne's handling of the government's proposed higher education reforms "serves as an ideal case study of how not to go about building support for a controversial reform program". It also demonstrates a dispiriting tendency on the part of this government to resort, not so much to "spin",  but to out and out deception (that's our takeout, not Miller's). ………………………………………………………………………………………………………   No. And with that, Clive Palmer indicated that the populist Palmer United Party (PUP) would not support the federal government’s proposed … [Read more...]

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Melbourne University makes the top 50

15/08/2014 by
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 15 August 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………Four Australian Universities have been placed in the top 100 of the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings).………………………………………………………………………………………………………Melbourne University has cracked the top 50 coming in at 44, up 10 places from last year. ANU was placed at 74 (66 in 2013) , University of Queensland 85 (85), University of Western Australia 88 (91). Sydney, ranked 97 last year, dropped out of the top 100.Nineteen Australian universities were placed in the top 500.Melbourne vice-chancellor Glyn Davis says that for any Australian universities to be achieving top 100 status is a significant achievement and to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ANU, Higher education policy, Queensland University, Rankings, universities, University of Melbourne, University of Queensland, University of Sydney, Univesity of Western Australia Tagged With: , ,

Big six dominate rankings

27/02/2014 by
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The Australian | 26 February 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Six universities have so dominated the latest international ranking of performance across 30 subject areas they have taken out 141 of the available 150 top five places nationally. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Melbourne was once again named Australia’s best performing university in the QS World University Ranking by Subject being placed first nationally in 12 of the 30 disciplines. Its best performance was in education, where it was named the second best faculty in the world, behind the University of London’s Institute of Education, up from third last year. Melbourne also took the … [Read more...]

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Australian unis suffer reputational damage

04/10/2013 by
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4 October 2013 Australia's leading universities have generally gone backwards in the Times Higher Education rankings, which has been attributed to funding cuts announced by the previous government. The rankings are derived from a survey based on 13 performance indicators, across five areas,  ranging from teaching and research to international outlook. The University of Melbourne remains the highest ranked Australian university but fell six places from 28 to 34 while  Australian National University dropped 11 places from 37 to 48. The negative trend saw Sydney fall 10 places, the University of NSW down 22 places and Adelaide drop out of the top 200. The winners were the University … [Read more...]

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The ritual dance of university rankings

03/10/2013 by

The Conversation     |     3 October 2013  Whenever an unfavourable political opinion poll comes out, you can count on one thing: at least one politician saying they never pay attention to polls. And so it goes for university leaders when the results are in from world university rankings. The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2013-14 released today were not universally good news for Australian universities. While some improved their rank, the overall result was less encouraging. The University of Melbourne lost six places, going from 28 to 34; while the ANU went from 37 to 48 and the University of Adelaide dropped out of the top 200 altogether. The THE’s … [Read more...]

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