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The West Still Leads in the 2026 CWUR, With an Upset in Africa

Posted By: adminon: June 01, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: Egypt, France, Japan, Makerere University, QS, SOUTH AFRICA, THE, Tsinghua University, UI, UK, University of the Witwatersrand, USNo CommentsViews:
The West Still Leads in the 2026 CWUR, With an Upset in Africa

The 2026 version of the Center for World University Ranking (CWUR) is out and the United States of America, the UK, Japan and France are still the global knowledge powers if the ranking exer... Read more

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Stop the University Ranking Circus

Posted By: adminon: August 20, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: ARWU, Competition frame, QS, Shanghai, THE, ‘Good university, ‘Quantified gossip’No CommentsViews:
Stop the University Ranking Circus

In June 2024, a study called for an end to use of ranking to validate research. The researchers gave their reasons. Others have followed even while the ranking industry seems to be coming of... Read more

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Look @ This Interesting 2023 QS Ranking in Philosophy

Posted By: adminon: March 25, 2023In: BookspaceTags: Methodology, Philosophy, QSNo CommentsViews:
Look @ This Interesting 2023 QS Ranking in Philosophy

The 2023 QS Subject Ranking exercise has come and gone but not the ripples. There is a sense in which the comments below by Nous speaks very well to an aspect of the ripples even as the rank... Read more

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The Absurdity of University Rankings

Posted By: adminon: April 18, 2021In: BookspaceTags: Bielefeld University, ECHER, QS, Times Higher Education, World University Ranking1 CommentViews:
The Absurdity of University Rankings

The world university ranking industry is rising or ruining the reputation of universities in the eyes of staff, parents, employers and even governments. The lower positions or total absence... Read more

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Global Rankings Distorting Universities’ Priorities – VC, Australian National University

Posted By: adminon: November 15, 2020In: BookspaceTags: ANU, COVID-19, QS, THE, University of Melbourne, UNSWNo CommentsViews:
Global Rankings Distorting Universities' Priorities - VC, Australian National University

The global ranking industry might have got its most significant attack in recent times. Professor Brian Schmidt, the Vice-Chancellor of the global front rank Australian National University,... Read more

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Concluding the 7 – Hour Contentious Conversation on Nigerian Universities

Posted By: adminon: February 07, 2019In: FlashbackTags: ASUU, IOE, IPCR, PhD, QS, SAP, Shanghai University Ranking, TETFund, THE, UCLNo CommentsViews:
Concluding the 7 – Hour Contentious Conversation on Nigerian Universities

This concludes this series which began with “Nigeria’s University System and Public Good Up for Interrogation” posted on January 20th, 2019; “UCL, NUC, Top Professors... Read more

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