August 15, 2013, by Graham Kendall
Academic Ranking of World Universities 2013 released
“The long-heralded shift of global academic power towards Asia appears to be happening at a glacial pace, if at all, according to this year’s Shanghai Jiao Tong university rankings.”
So starts the THES article (15 Aug 2013).
The full list of rankings from the Academic Ranking of World Universities can be seen here.
It is pleasing to see that the University of Nottingham rose three places to 83rd from its 2012 ranking.
You might also be interested in our Registrar’s (Dr Paul Greatrix) post on this topic, which provides a little more detail and comment.
I believe University’s ranking is not something that can be accessed in a short time considering the resources and process of assessment used. Perhaps a 3-5 year assessment conducted by relevant bodies may be more informative than a hastily 12 months reviews.
I agree – the problem is that not everybody agrees or, perhaps, they just use the data which maixmizes whatever objective function they are using at the time.