[IRTalk] FW: South African universities shouldn’t be playing the global rankings game

[Dr Leti Kleyn]

Once again, Times Higher Education’s annual global university rankings have drawn a lot of attention from the media and in the higher education sector. In South Africa, this has focused on the four institutions from the country that made the top 500 on the 2019 list.

Read here: https://theconversation.com/south-african-universities-shouldnt-be-playing-the-global-rankings-game-105221?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20October%2031%202018%20-%201149810380&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20October%2031%202018%20-%201149810380+CID_75daabff47261e9e3078d2bef0d057ce&utm_source=campaign_monitor_africa&utm_term=South%20African%20universities%20shouldnt%20be%20playing%20the%20global%20rankings%20game

Dr Leti Kleyn
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