<div dir="ltr"><div>The rapid growth of the international higher education system has seen global competition emerge among colleges and universities, with each keen to secure top talent and funding. This has sparked a requirement for new, data-driven ways to understand and compare these institutions.</div><div><br></div><div>How exactly are the World University Rankings calculated?</div><div>The rankings are unique in that they score research-focused universities across all their core missions: research, international outlook, knowledge transfer, and teaching. Staff are surveyed to share their experiences and opinions, and these results are then combined with quantitative analysis, based on research data, to construct the ranking.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.elsevier.com/connect/discover-the-data-behind-the-times-higher-education-world-university-rankings?utm_campaign=Library%20Connect%20Newsletter&utm_campaignPK=813398752&utm_term=OP43686&utm_content=1401317302&utm_source=32&BID=1519238652&utm_medium=email&SIS_ID=-1&dgcid=Newsletters%20%26%20Alerts_email_Library%20Connect%20Newsletter">https://www.elsevier.com/connect/discover-the-data-behind-the-times-higher-education-world-university-rankings?utm_campaign=Library%20Connect%20Newsletter&utm_campaignPK=813398752&utm_term=OP43686&utm_content=1401317302&utm_source=32&BID=1519238652&utm_medium=email&SIS_ID=-1&dgcid=Newsletters%20%26%20Alerts_email_Library%20Connect%20Newsletter</a></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Nason Bimbe</div><div><br></div><div>Tel. +44 (0)7535 250339 </div><div>Email. <a href="mailto:nasonbimbe@gmail.com" target="_blank">nasonbimbe@gmail.com</a></div><div>Skype. bimben</div><div>Twitter. @nbimbe</div><div><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7560-5029" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7560-5029</a><span style="white-space:pre">     </span></div><div><a href="https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=khgE0JYAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank">https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=khgE0JYAAAAJ&hl=en</a><span style="white-space:pre">   </span></div><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nason-bimbe-a685567/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/nason-bimbe-a685567/</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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