Podcasts about world university rankings

In this podcast, Radio Schuman interviews Péter Magyar, leader of the Tisza party in Hungary, who has recently emerged as the only popular alternative to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.Magyar spoke to Euronews political reporter Vincenzo Genovese in his office in Strasbourg, where the Hungarian MEP talked frankly about Orbán's media machine, his own court cases in Hungary and where he stands on Ukraine, migration, and relations with China.As the plenary session in Strasbourg wraps up later today, all eyes are shifting back to Brussels. On Thursday's agenda, EU justice ministers will meet in the capital to discuss Schengen, migration and asylum policies for the first time since Germany reintroduced land border controls for six months in a bid to tackle "irregular migration". Justice ministers will also discuss the controversial EU regulation aimed at detecting online child sexual abuse material. Despite this being a top priority for Hungary's Council presidency, don't expect a vote just yet — several EU diplomats say that a consensus among member states is still a long way off.And here's a little teaser: the 2025 World University Rankings are out. Think you know which European universities topped the list? Don't be so sure. We don't want to spoil the whole list for you, but we can tell you that European universities have seen a decline in this year's ranking.Check out the full story at euronews.com. Radio Schuman is hosted and produced by Maïa de la Baume, with journalist and production assistant Paula Soler, audio editing by Zacharia Vigneron and music by Alexandre Jas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The University of Tokyo rose by one notch from the previous year to 28th place in British magazine Times Higher Education's latest World University Rankings, released Wednesday.

【ロンドン時事】英教育専門誌タイムズ・ハイヤー・エデュケーションは９日、「世界大学ランキング」の最新版を発表した。 The University of Tokyo rose by one notch from the previous year to 28th place in British magazine Times Higher Education's latest World University Rankings, released Wednesday.

The 2025 World University Rankings is out and we ask, how significant is a university's ranking when it comes to employability and hiring prospects? We talk about all these and more with career coach Hamza ZaoualiDiscussing the importance of play for both adults and kids as it's the first-ever International Day of Play today We speak with the lead researcher of a new study unveiling an "ultra-sensitive" new blood test that can predict if breast cancer will return years before it shows up on scansAs the Ministry of Health and Prevention warned against the promotion of electronic smoking products as safer alternatives to traditional cigarettes, we're joined by an expert in tobacco harm reduction, electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products researchAnd how do we stay relevant in the age of AI? Transformation architect Dhiren Harchandani guides us.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With recent reports of dangerous chemicals found in baby products sold through popular e-commerce sites, how can parents ensure the items they purchase are safe for their babies? We speak to new mum and co-founder of Guided Loren LipscombeAnd the World University Rankings for 2025 are out- apart from the rankings, what criteria should parents and students consider when choosing a uni? Crimson Education's Soraya Beheshti guides us.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2024. május 3., péntek 6:30-8 óra Rövid bemelegítő beszélgetés például a geocachingról meg a ballagásról, név - és szülinaposok köszöntése, lapszemle, tőzsdei összefoglaló. Budapest, tecsodás. Májusi programajánló. gGasztro, film, zene, etc. Wágner Gábor, a We Love Budapest újságírója. Mit keres a világ egyik legjobb egyeteme Magyarországon? A Budapesti Metropolitan Egyetem (METU) első és egyetlen magyar egyetemként írt alá hosszútávú partnerségi megállapodást ma az Arizona State University-vel (ASU), amely a Center for World University Rankings 2022-2023 szerint a világ legjobb egyetemeinek 1%-ába tartozik. Wenczel Richárd, a Budapesti Metropolitan Egyetem elnök-vezérigazgatója. ÉRTÉKPERCEK: EU-s makroadatok (infláció, GDP, hangulatindexek, német, francia , eurózóna) HU GDP USA – FED kamatdöntés, munkaerőpiaci adatok EURHUF , EURUSD mozgás jövőheti adatok André Borbála, az OTP Global Markets üzletkötője.

In this week's episode of CISO's Secret, Cyber Security Evangelist Grant Asplund hosts Mardecia Bell - Chief Information Security Officer at NC State University NC State University (est. 1887) is a public university, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Ranked in the top 1% of Universities Worldwide based on Center for World University Rankings.NC State is a land-grant institution, which means it opens the doors of education for everyone. It is also recognized as a Research 1 university, thanks to its extensive research efforts.CISO's Secrets Podcast is powered by Infinity Global Services (IGS).Visit CISO ACADEMY to access additional learning opportunities for C level executives

The University of Oxford is currently *the* top higher learning institution in the world and two more British universities also make it into the top 10, according to World University Rankings.But new research has exposed how these prestigious places of learning, and many more across the UK, are under threat from money linked to global terrorism and crime!From student becoming money mules, to a ‘no-questions-asked' approach to cash payments on tuition fees and accommodation – students and universities are vulnerable to financial crime.In this week's episode – our host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by Nicholas Ryder, Professor of Law at Cardiff University. They discuss the vulnerabilities exposed by this research, the impact on students and universities, and what needs to happen next.Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles Engineers: Dominic Delargy, Paul Allen, Nicholas Thon____________________________________The Laundry podcast: Dive deep into the intricacies of financial crime, AML (anti-money laundering), compliance, sanctions, and the ever-evolving landscape of financial regulation.Hosted by Marit Rødevand and Fredrik Riiser – this podcast features renowned experts from sectors such as banking, fintech, compliance, and investigative journalism.Together, they shed light on the industry's trending topics, analyse mainstream news through a compliance-focused lens, and connect the fight against financial crime to its real-world consequences and ramifications.The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise, an AML intelligence system.Get in touch at: laundry@strise.aiSubscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we talk about Doug Ford's comment that ending violence against teachers starts at home. We have our own suggestions on how to solve the problem. Also: Celebrating National BBQ Day, Martha Stewart is on the cover of S.I., and the World University Rankings. Canadian universities are mainly declining. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

De la mano de Angie Chevalier, Anamí Velasco, Zyanya Coral y Samuel Benítez, entérate de los temas de novedad dentro de ámbitos como el arte y la sociedad a las 14:00 horas de lunes a viernes en La Conjura de los necios. En El invitado, el Dr. Arq. Manuel Sandoval Delgado, coordinador general de Desarrollo Sustentable, y el Mtro. Diego Ariel Riva, coordinador de Gestión Ambiental, conversan sobre el UI GreenMetric World University Rankings.

Pelo quarto ano seguido, a Udesc foi classificada entre as melhores universidades do mundo no ranking da organização Times Higher Education (THE). A lista divulgada avaliou 1.799 universidades de 104 países. Acesse o ranking. Liderada pela Universidade de Oxford pelo sétimo ano seguido, a nova lista do THE World University Rankings traz 62 universidades brasileiras, oito a menos do que no ano passado. O levantamento da THE é elaborado a partir de 13 indicadores que abordam cinco dimensões: ensino, pesquisa, citações de artigos científicos, transferência de tecnologia e internacionalização. Para o ranking deste ano, foram analisadas mais de 121 milhões de citações em mais de 15,5 milhões de publicações científicas e aplicados questionários com 40 mil acadêmicos em todo o mundo. -- Udesc realiza a Semana do Livro e da Biblioteca a partir de segunda Programação ocorrerá entre dias 24 e 28, com atividades presenciais e online de todas as unidades. --- Professores podem se inscrever até sexta para apoio do Proint ______________ Treinamentos online abordarão bases de dados da Capes ______________ Udesc Joinville realiza o Seminário de Iniciação Científica ______________ Balneário Camboriú tem oficina para análise de conteúdo ______________ Ceart promoverá apresentação de curta em Libras ______________ Encontro internacional pós-colonial ocorre em novembro

3:13 - The census in Saudi Arabia is starting to reveal interesting data points on Saudi Arabia's population. Saudi Arabia's population reached 34 million people in 2021, according to a recent report by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health and published in the Saudi Gazette, at an annual growth rate of 9.3%. Saudi Arabia's population has grown 16.8% during the past ten years in which data are available and published by the Ministry (2012-2021).12:18 - Riyadh Season details are here, and it's going to be a big one. Lucien's one big thing is the expanded third edition of Riyadh Season, which will kick off on October 21st 2022 under the slogan “Beyond Imagination” with an international show by Cirque du Soleil, the General Authority for Entertainment has announced. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), Turki Al-Sheikh, announced details of the season at a launch event on Wednesday.Al-Sheikh said that the new season would consist of 15 areas, including the Boulevard World, which would display restaurants, markets and arts from several regions around the world, including America, France, Greece, India, China, Spain, and Japan, Morocco, Mexico, in addition to the Italian city of Venice, Asharq Alawsat reports. The Boulevard World will also include the world's largest artificial lake, allowing visitors to enjoy riding submarines for the first time in Riyadh.21:41 - Colby Connelly, Senior Analyst at Energy Intelligence and non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute, Joins The 966 to talk about the recent decision by OPEC+ to slash production targets, causing an uproar in the United States. “It is unfortunate that many of the nuances impacting the decision have been overlooked…allegations that Riyadh is openly siding with Moscow have been vastly overblown,” Connelly writes in MEI. The 966 asks about the technical side of the production cuts and what's to come in the months ahead. 54:27 - Yallah! 6 top storylines to get you up to date headed into the weekend:•Women no longer required to bring male guardian to Hajj and UmrahSaudi Arabia has made the historic decision to allow women to attend the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages without a "mahram" or male guardian. Speaking at the Saudi embassy in Cairo, Tawfiq Al Rabiah, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Hajj and Umrah, said: "A woman can come to the kingdom to perform Umrah without a mahram."  The announcement ends a decades-long rule imposed by Saudi Arabia, although exemptions have been given to females attending the Hajj or Umrah pilgrimage with large groups of other women. •Netflix Unveils Upcoming Arab Films & SeriesNetflix has previewed a selection of upcoming films and shows aimed at the Arab world and hailing from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Egypt, and Jordan. The global platform has been steadily making inroads into the Middle East and North Africa since 2015, in the face of fierce competition from local players such as MBC's Shahid VIP and Starzplay. The new productions, mainly due to launch in 2023, include Saudi Arabian feature Alkhallat+, a satirical suspense film based on the hit online show Alkhallat, which was first released in 2017 and received more than 1.5 billion views across YouTube and social media.•Saudi Arabia's industrial production rises by 16.8% in AugustSaudi Arabia's Industrial Production Index increased by 16.8 percent in August compared to the same period a year ago, according to the latest General Authority for Statistics report. The growth in IPI was primarily driven by high production in the three subsectors — mining and quarrying, manufacturing, and electricity and gas supplies, official data showed. The growth of the IPI turned positive in May 2021, and it has been growing continuously since then. This comes after negative trends witnessed during 2019 and 2020 due to the impacts of the pandemic.•Venture capital funding for Mena start-ups hits $2.3bn and is on track to beat 2021 totalVenture capital funding for start-ups in the Middle East and North Africa rose 20 per cent annually to more than $2.3 billion in the first three quarters of 2022, putting it on track to potentially surpass the total investments attracted in 2021, a study carried out by Magnitt has found. Funding reached $512 million in the third quarter, which was the lowest since the first quarter of 2021, the data intelligence company said in its quarterly update, citing global economic and geopolitical factors. That, however, put total funding in 2022 at more than 80 per cent of the 2021 level, leaving the industry with a full quarter to match or even surpass last year's total of about $2.8bn.•Saudi Arabia leaps ahead in World University Rankings 2023Times Higher Education released the results of its World University Rankings 2023, which showed the UK's University of Oxford retaining its top spot for the seventh consecutive year. King Abdulaziz University has risen from 190 in 2022 to a joint-101 spot in the 2023 table, making it the highest ranked university in the Middle East and achieving the best ranking ever by a Middle Eastern university in this table. “Not only has King Abdulaziz University risen dramatically to move within a whisker of the world top 100 to lead the entire Mena region, but other leading institutions have also made strong progress and Saudi Arabia's overall representation in the World Rankings has increased — from 15 universities ranked last year, to 21 this year.•Saudi Health plans 100 partnership projects worth $13bnSaudi Arabia has announced a major plan to involve the private sector in 100 health projects over the next 5 years, resulting in $13 billion investment opportunities. The initiatives announced by Saudi Health for public-private partnership, including the operation of two new medical cities, a project to provide 900 beds for medical rehabilitation and long-term care services, as well as restructuring 200 primary care centers, and providing air medical evacuation services, said Health Minister Fahd Al Jalajil.

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Keeping up with Asia's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems is challenging because the region's DeepTech, Venture Capital and Start-up ecosystems are incredibly complex and diverse. Today, we are going to try to break it down by focusing on the ecosystems in just one country - Singapore.  We are going to discuss three key topics. First, we'll look at DeepTech to discover the latest trends and to understand what unique challenges start-ups in this space face.  Second, we'll look at the state of Venture Capital in Singapore, and, more specifically, is there enough VC funds available to support the longer commercialisation cycles of DeepTech Startups.  Finally, we'll discuss how the start-up ecosystem is evolving and find out what cool new innovations are on the horizon.  To do this, we are joined by David Toh, the Interim CEO of NTUitive, which is the innovation and enterprise subsidiary of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), which is ranked Number 12 in the latest World University Rankings.   Show Notes: 01:00 Intro to NTUitive, including how it supports start-ups and engages with the technology innovation ecosystem.  06:00 How does NTU look at DeepTech? And some examples of DeepTech solutions coming out of NTU.  13:30 What unique challenges do DeepTech start-ups face? And due to their longer commercialisation cycle, how do they set near-term success metrics? 19:30 Where has NTUitive been successful, and where is there room for improvement? 21:30 David's journey from semicon engineer to equity analyst to fund manager to the world of Venture Capital.  27:45 Some of the start-ups David has helped on their start-up journey 29:45 What's the current state of Singapore's start-up and venture capital ecosystems? 37:45 What characteristics does David look for in start-ups - and are there any red flags that would prevent him engaging with a start-up.  43:45 Let's look five to ten years in the future, and DeepTech has been incredibly successful in Singapore. How did the ecosystem evolve to enable that success? Alternatively, let's say that DeepTech bombs. What mistakes did the ecosystem make? 48:30 What advice do you have for someone who is thinking about creating a start-up? Or someone who wants to go into Venture Capital?  

Gilbert Chua, Deputy Director of Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions at Nanyang Business School, discusses what makes the Nanyang MBA unique, the school's admissions process, career opportunities and more. Program Highlights (2:30) | Admissions (11:50) | Scholarships (31:45) | Careers (34:20) About Our Guest Gilbert Chua is the Deputy Director of Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions at Nanyang Business School. Gilbert previously served as Head of Recruitment & Admissions for Singapore Management University's Postgraduate Programmes, where he also got his EMBA. What is unique about the Nanyang MBA? What are its key advantages? 1-year program includes 9 core courses + 4 electives + 1 leadership module + 1 business study mission + 1 strategy project, with option to add a summer / fall exchange or get Double Masters with Waseda (Japan), St. Gallen (Switzerland) or Essec (France) Offers 5 concentrations in Banking & Finance, Strategy & Innovation, General Management, Marketing Management, Human Capital Management, and Strategy Projects Admissions looking for academic capacity, those with "T-shaped" leadership potential, ability to contribute in classroom, and cultural adaptability The Nanyang MBA was ranked the 35th worldwide by Financial Times (2020) and 73rd worldwide by the Economist (2019), and Nanyang Technological University was ranked 48th Worldwide in the Times Higher Education's World University Rankings (2020) Episode summary, show notes and more at: https://touchmba.com/nanyang-mba-program-admissions-interview-gilbert-chua

Gilbert Chua, Deputy Director of Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions at Nanyang Business School, discusses what makes the Nanyang MBA unique, the school’s admissions process, career opportunities and more. Program Highlights (2:30) | Admissions (11:50) | Scholarships (31:45) | Careers (34:20) About Our Guest Gilbert Chua is the Deputy Director of Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions at Nanyang Business School. Gilbert previously served as Head of Recruitment & Admissions for Singapore Management University's Postgraduate Programmes, where he also got his EMBA. What is unique about the Nanyang MBA? What are its key advantages? 1-year program includes 9 core courses + 4 electives + 1 leadership module + 1 business study mission + 1 strategy project, with option to add a summer / fall exchange or get Double Masters with Waseda (Japan), St. Gallen (Switzerland) or Essec (France) Offers 5 concentrations in Banking & Finance, Strategy & Innovation, General Management, Marketing Management, Human Capital Management, and Strategy Projects Admissions looking for academic capacity, those with "T-shaped" leadership potential, ability to contribute in classroom, and cultural adaptability The Nanyang MBA was ranked the 35th worldwide by Financial Times (2020) and 73rd worldwide by the Economist (2019), and Nanyang Technological University was ranked 48th Worldwide in the Times Higher Education's World University Rankings (2020) Episode summary, show notes and more at: https://touchmba.com/nanyang-mba-program-admissions-interview-gilbert-chua

Este episodio fue grabado mientras el Coronavirus fue declarado Pandemia por la Organización Mundial de Salud. ** En este nuevo episodio, invitamos a Alejandro Vela, que desde California, Estados Unidos, nos cuenta como fue su proceso para ser aprobado en una de las mejores universidades no solo de Estados Unidos, sino del mundo.  University of California se ubica en el puesto #57 por la World University Rankings 2020 y Bren School.  es una escuela solo de postgrado (MS y PHD) en ciencias ambientales, y desde 2010 siempre ha sido catalogada dentro del Top 10 de escuelas de ciencias ambientales en Estados Unidos.  Alejandro se mostró honesto y abierto y  nos contó como fue su proceso de dejar su país que es Ecuador, a adaptarse totalmente en Estados Unidos.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dayra-munoz/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dayra-munoz/support

Phil Baty | Chief Knowledge Officer, Times Higher Education Phil Baty created the THE World University Rankings and talks about his start as a junior reporter and how education is a positive good for the world. This year’s highlight is the Impact Rankings which recognises universities who offer different kinds of excellence in education and transformational student experiences. He discusses the importance of the trust placed in their global research and their university partners, and how integrity is everything to the Times Higher Education business and brand.

Dr. Christoph Schneider, Associate Director of MBA Programme and Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Systems, City University Hong Kong, discusses what makes the City U Hong Kong MBA unique, the school's admissions process, career opportunities and more. Program Highlights (4:06) | Admissions (18:30) | Scholarships (33:58) | Careers (36:38) About Our Guest Christoph Schneider is the Associate Director of the MBA Programme at City University Hong Kong, where he has also been Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Systems for over a decade. Christoph has published in premier business journals as well as best-selling textbooks on management information systems and project management. Christoph got his PhD in Business Administration - Management Information Systems from Washington State University. What is unique about the City U Hong Kong MBA? What are its key advantages? 1-year program includes study trips to Silicon Valley (UC Berkeley), London (Imperial College) and an Asian country for a consulting project Offers (5 concentrations: Accounting, Finance, Information Management, Marketing, and Supply Chain Management The business mentoring programme matches students to 25+ MBA mentors according to their  backgrounds, experiences and interests; During a 6-month period, mentors and students meet through events, workshops, and 1-1s City U Hong Kong was ranked the #4 university for Economics and Business in Asia by US News and World Report (2019) and placed #55 worldwide by QS' World University Rankings (2019) Episode summary, show notes and more at: http://touchmba.com/city-university-hong-kong-mba-program-admissions-interview-christoph-schneider

Last week in our Colleges in the Spotlight series, we took you to the U.K. to consider what it might be like to attend college full time outside the U.S. We looked specifically at Richmond, the American International University in London, a unique university dually accredited in the U.S. and the U.K. We hoped that taking a close look at Richmond--and, more generally, at the value of full-time study at universities abroad--might persuade some of you to leave your geographic comfort zone.  But, in case a trip across the Atlantic (or the Pacific) seems too big a geographic leap for you, today’s episode lets you stay a little closer to home. We are going to look at colleges in Canada, our close ally and important trading partner to the north. Let me say that I have known about colleges in Canada for decades, first because of a childhood Canadian friend and later because McGill University in Montreal has been an increasingly popular college choice for students in the Northeast for many years now. Then, six years ago, my nephew, who was raised in Seattle, decided to attend the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and had a great four years there. So, it has been with some interest that I have read a variety of articles in the news in the past six months about the new appeal of Canadian colleges for U.S. students. And, let us remind you, that you should go to amazon.com and get a copy of our new book, How To Explore Your College Options: A Workbook for High School Students. The workbook will help your teenager know what questions to ask about colleges of interest to him or her and will help your teenager research the answers. Let me say, by the way, that one of our favorite sources of college information, the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator, does not provide data about colleges outside the U.S. So, if your teenager likes our notion of studying full time outside the U.S., he or she will have to dig a little harder to answer all of the questions we pose in our book. 1. The New Statistics So, what’s all this about Canada? Well, in an article about two months ago in The Washington Post, Susan Svrluga wrote about the increased interest of U.S. students in Canadian universities and the possible reasons for it. Here are some of the statistics she provides in the article:  Applications to Canadian universities from students outside of Canada are on the upswing, and the number of international students studying at Canadian universities has doubled in the past 10 years. Twice as many students as usual have been looking for information on the Universities Canada website since last November. The website “offers profiles of Canadian universities, a large study programs database and helps you plan your university education. The information on [the] site is provided by Universities Canada and its 97 member universities.” (quoted from the website) Some of the best Canadian universities have seen dramatic increases in U.S. applications: a 25 percent increase at McGill; a 35 percent increase at McMaster University, a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario; and an 80 percent increase at the University of Toronto. And the price is attractive, too. According to The Washington Post article, “At the current exchange rate, tuition and fees are about $13,000 less for an international student’s first year at the University of Toronto than they would be at Harvard, and $11,000 less than out-of-state rates at the University of Virginia.” So, as we said about Richmond last week, the cost of attending some excellent universities outside the U.S. is surprisingly reasonable, though not necessarily cheap. The Universities Canada website offers eight reasons for attending college in Canada. All of them are good, but I can see how the following four might resonate with some U.S. students and with other foreign students who are looking for a safe college environment and secure future: Affordability: While Canada’s quality of education and standard of living are among the highest in the world, the cost of living and tuition fees are generally lower than in other countries, such as the United States and the United Kingdom. Support services: International students benefit from services to help them transition to living and studying in Canada: orientation activities, student advisors, language support, academic associations, social clubs and other programs at their educational institutions. Cultural diversity: Canada ranks among the most multicultural nations in the world. Regardless of ethnic origin, international students feel at home in our diverse and welcoming communities and campuses. Opportunity to stay in Canada after graduation: International students have the opportunity to work during their studies and after they graduate. University graduates may also be eligible to transition to permanent residence in Canada. Visit the Citizenship and Immigration Canada website for more information. (quoted from the Universities Canada website) The Washington Post article quoted Ted Sargent, a vice president at the University of Toronto, which recruits outside Canada, including in the U.S. Sargent said, “Canada is having a moment. It is a time of opportunity. . . . A lot of people know that half of the people in Toronto were not born in Canada. Canada is a place that is focused on attracting talent from around the world. . . . That messaging about diversity and inclusivity is very resonant today.” One can see how Canada’s open arms are appealing to the students and their families who are concerned about the ramifications of the Brexit vote in the U.K. and who are concerned about some of the new proposed immigration policies in the U.S. The Washington Post article offers several insightful anecdotes about individual students, including a long story about one Syrian graduate student’s difficulties in getting back into the U.S. after a trip to check on the humanitarian medical work he had been doing in Turkey. Interestingly, Universities Canada published a statement after our president’s first executive order about immigration. Here it is: “Universities Canada does not typically comment on executive action being taken by another country, but we do so today because of the real impediment this new executive order poses to the free flow of people and ideas and to the values of diversity, inclusion and openness that are hallmarks of a strong and healthy society.” (quoted from the article) 2. Check Out Universities Canada! I think it is worth it for you and your teenager to check out the Universities Canada website and read some of the profiles of the universities that you will find there. As Americans unfortunately are with many things about Canada (including its history and government), I think we are quite ignorant of its higher education system. That seems ridiculous when many top Canadian universities are a lot closer to where some of us live than universities in a distant part of our own country. We likely know more about Canada’s ice hockey and baseball teams, its actors and singers who have big careers in our country, and our television industry’s use of Vancouver to film some of our favorite shows than we know about its universities. I think once you see some of its universities’ reasonable tuition rates, you will be sorry you didn’t think of Canada sooner (this is also true for graduate programs, by the way). So, what are the best universities in Canada? I thought a decent source might be the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2016–2017, which lists the top 980 universities in the world. If you don’t know it, Times Higher Education is a weekly publication based in London. Its website explains its rankings this way: [Ours] is the only global university performance table to judge world class universities across all of their core missions--teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The top universities rankings use 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available, which are trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments. For the [World University Rankings], [our] in-house data team now ranks 2,150 institutions worldwide, with 1 million data points analysed across 2,600 institutions in 93 countries. In 2016, the global media reach of the rankings was almost 700 million. (quoted from the website) That’s a lot of institutions and a lot of data. Just so you know, the five top-ranked institutions worldwide, according to this list, are the University of Oxford, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Stanford University, the University of Cambridge, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Here are the top six Canadian universities, along with their world ranking, according to this list. So, if you have a smart teenager, you might want to start with the profiles of these, available on the Times Higher Education website: University of Toronto--22 University of British Columbia (with a student body that is 25 percent international)--36 McGill University--42 University of Montreal (the only French-speaking one in the top five)--103 University of Alberta (in Edmonton)--107 McMaster University--113 Of course, just as there are in the U.S., there are many other great universities in Canada. Your teenager doesn’t have to go to one of the top six anymore than he or she has to go to one of the top six in the U.S. or one of the top six in the world. The Universities Canada website can give you all the information you need about many universities to start your search. 3. A Personal Reflection Maybe if we had written our new book this week instead of a couple of months ago, we would have added another requirement for building your teenager’s long list of college options (or LLCO, as we called it). If you don’t already have the book, we ask that your teenager put together an LLCO that includes two four-year colleges in each of the nine geographic regions of the U.S., at least two public flagship universities, and one college outside of the U.S. All of this is, of course, designed to get you all outside your geographic comfort zone--where, undoubtedly, some of the best higher education is happening. So, if we had written the book today, we might have said that your teenager’s LLCO should also include one Canadian university. Given everything we have just read, it wouldn’t have been a bad idea. Find our books on Amazon! 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The last decade has seen a rise in the prominence, and controversy, of world university rankings as a measurement tool for a university's standing globally. Is the world university rankings system an accurate measure of a university's worth? The UK's Higher Education Policy Institute's (HEPI) latest report argues that they are not, but the rankings continue to gain currency globally. Should universities pay more attention to the rankings or forget about them? Are there better models out there? What do these rankings mean for students and Ireland's higher education and research sector? This discussion addressed these questions. Speakers included: Ben Sowter (Head of Division, QS Intelligence Unit) leads the QS Intelligence Unit who are fully responsible for the operational management of all major QS research projects including the QS Top MBA Applicant and Recruiter Research, the QS World University Rankings® and the QS Asian University Rankings. Ben has travelled to over 40 countries and spoken on his research in over 20. He has personally visited over 35 of the world's top 100 universities. Ellen Hazelkorn is Policy Advisor to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and Emeritus Professor and Director, Higher Education Policy Research Unit (HEPRU), Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland). She is President of EAIR (European Higher Education Society), and on the Advisory Board and the Management Committee, Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), UCL Institute for Education, in addition to being an International Co-Investigator. Mike Jennings has been General Secretary of the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) since 2007. He is also a member of the Executive Council of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He serves as European Treasurer / Vice President of ETUCE, the European Region of Education International. He is also a member of the advisory group on International Co-operation established by the European Higher Education Area as part of the Bologna Process. Micheál Ó Siochrú, Head of Department of History at Trinity College Dublin.

Ellen Hazelkorn, Policy Advisor to the Higher Education Authority (Ireland) and Director of the Higher Education Policy Research Unit (HEPRU), Dublin Institute of Technology, provides an in-depth analysis of higher educational rankings and what they mean globally in the second edition release of Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education: The Battle for World-Class Excellence (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). The author explores the measurements, metrics, and processes used by the most influential university rankings, such as Academic Ranking of World Universities, QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education's the World University Rankings, and others. From the perspective of higher education institutions, to students and policymakers, the book is an essential resource for understanding this pressurized educational discourse, which now impacts almost every country throughout the world. Professor Hazelkorn, who is also President of the European Association of Institutional Research (EAIR) and on the Management Committee of ESRC/HEFCE at the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Institute of Education, UCL, joins New Books in Education for the interview to discuss the book. For questions or comments on the podcast, you can also find the host on Twitter at @PoliticsAndEd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ellen Hazelkorn, Policy Advisor to the Higher Education Authority (Ireland) and Director of the Higher Education Policy Research Unit (HEPRU), Dublin Institute of Technology, provides an in-depth analysis of higher educational rankings and what they mean globally in the second edition release of Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education: The Battle for World-Class Excellence (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). The author explores the measurements, metrics, and processes used by the most influential university rankings, such as Academic Ranking of World Universities, QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education’s the World University Rankings, and others. From the perspective of higher education institutions, to students and policymakers, the book is an essential resource for understanding this pressurized educational discourse, which now impacts almost every country throughout the world. Professor Hazelkorn, who is also President of the European Association of Institutional Research (EAIR) and on the Management Committee of ESRC/HEFCE at the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Institute of Education, UCL, joins New Books in Education for the interview to discuss the book. For questions or comments on the podcast, you can also find the host on Twitter at @PoliticsAndEd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ellen Hazelkorn, Policy Advisor to the Higher Education Authority (Ireland) and Director of the Higher Education Policy Research Unit (HEPRU), Dublin Institute of Technology, provides an in-depth analysis of higher educational rankings and what they mean globally in the second edition release of Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education: The Battle for World-Class Excellence (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). The author explores the measurements, metrics, and processes used by the most influential university rankings, such as Academic Ranking of World Universities, QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education’s the World University Rankings, and others. From the perspective of higher education institutions, to students and policymakers, the book is an essential resource for understanding this pressurized educational discourse, which now impacts almost every country throughout the world. Professor Hazelkorn, who is also President of the European Association of Institutional Research (EAIR) and on the Management Committee of ESRC/HEFCE at the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Institute of Education, UCL, joins New Books in Education for the interview to discuss the book. For questions or comments on the podcast, you can also find the host on Twitter at @PoliticsAndEd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ellen Hazelkorn, Policy Advisor to the Higher Education Authority (Ireland) and Director of the Higher Education Policy Research Unit (HEPRU), Dublin Institute of Technology, provides an in-depth analysis of higher educational rankings and what they mean globally in the second edition release of Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education: The Battle for World-Class Excellence (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). The author explores the measurements, metrics, and processes used by the most influential university rankings, such as Academic Ranking of World Universities, QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education’s the World University Rankings, and others. From the perspective of higher education institutions, to students and policymakers, the book is an essential resource for understanding this pressurized educational discourse, which now impacts almost every country throughout the world. Professor Hazelkorn, who is also President of the European Association of Institutional Research (EAIR) and on the Management Committee of ESRC/HEFCE at the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Institute of Education, UCL, joins New Books in Education for the interview to discuss the book. For questions or comments on the podcast, you can also find the host on Twitter at @PoliticsAndEd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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