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First UK Russell Group branch campus announced in Egypt

The PIE News

It is one of Egypt’s top public universities, ranked 592 in QS’s World University Rankings 2025. Vice chancellor of the University of Exeter, Lisa Roberts, welcomed the initiative as a way of increasing accessibility of higher education and of tackling the worlds most pressing challenges.

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Italian unis set to strengthen TNE initiatives in India

The PIE News

The main reasons Indian students choose Italy include university rankings, evolving curriculum aligned with modern industry needs, hands-on practical experience through strong industry connections, and lower tuition fees and living costs compared to other destinations, he said.

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Despite being global leader, UK cannot afford to rest on its laurels in digital, AI and green skills

HEPI

The UKs success in the QS World University Rankings by Subject allowed it to flourish here. The Government also wants to ‘increase its share of the worlds top 1,000 AI researchers’ and will launch an AI scholarship scheme to support 100 students to study in the UK. However, the UK must not rest on its laurels.

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A brief look at … Mexico

The PIE News

Mexico accounts for a major chunk of the top universities in Latin America. Some 64 Mexican universities are included in the 2024 QS Latin America University Rankings , which highlights the top 400 institutions. Brazil is the only other Latin American country claiming more.

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22% of Tenure-Track Professors Have a Parent With a Ph.D.

Inside Higher Ed

The study involved combining national-level data on education, income and university rankings with a 2017–2020 survey of 7,204 U.S.-based from the University of Colorado at Boulder and current Twitter data scientist, wrote with her colleagues. Morgan, a recent computer science Ph.D.

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Pearson teams up with Malaysian university

The PIE News

We are delighted to partner with Malaysia’s top university, ranked 60th in the world to their international education goals, while at the same time, supporting Malaysia’s ambition to become a global education hub, with a target to attract 250,000 international students by 2025,” said Matthew Lampkin, Director PTE Asia at Pearson. “We

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Rankings and the line of best fit – the ultimate guide or a blunt instrument?

The PIE News

Love them or loathe them, university rankings carry weight. The sheer breadth of rankings can be surprising, from THE, QS, Shanghai Rankings, to the Private University Ranking – ASEAN, Studocu’s World University Ranking, Webometrics, and the Round University Rankings to name but a few.