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Is it time to rethink university rankings?

The PIE News

They have become so embedded within higher education that the idea of not checking the rankings before choosing a degree seems outlandish. We possibly place more importance on rankings in higher education than in any other area of life. He believes that lack of critical appraisal goes deeper than rankings.

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UK’s rankings lead under threat from global peers in QS World University Rankings 2026

HEPI

By Viggo Stacey, International Education & Policy Writer at QS Quacquarelli Symonds. As UK education minister Bridget Phillipson has rightly acknowledged , the UK is home to many world-class universities. And the country’s excellence in higher education is yet again on display in the QS World University Rankings 2026.

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MasterCAS launches new university rankings

The PIE News

Student recruitment marketplace platform MasterCAS (formerly known as Libereka) has launched the STAGE (Strategic Trends in Academic Global Excellence) world university rankings in what it is calling a “bold, data-informed reimagining” of how institutional quality and global impact have been reimagined.

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Free advice to university rankers

Wonkhe

University rankings need to change to be relevant and useful to today's diverse world of higher education. Elizabeth Gadd offers some friendly advice The post Free advice to university rankers appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Cambridge Education Group collaborates on new pathway program with Dutch uni

The PIE News

The collaboration will allow the university to widen its range of programmes, and aims to help the Netherlands keep its reputation as a prime university destination for international students, Cambridge Education Group said.

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BRICS to launch new university rankings system

The PIE News

BRICS member nations are set to establish a new university rankings system, government officials have announced. Education ministers representing the bloc of nations, which encompasses Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, committed at a meeting in July to “rethink and reimagine” global rankings for universities.

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First UK Russell Group branch campus announced in Egypt

The PIE News

The establishment of a Russell Group branch campus in Egypt an unprecedented first for Africa is a groundbreaking achievement that symbolises the boundless potential of collaboration in higher education, said Egypts minister of higher education and scientific research, Mohamed Ayman Ashour.