University rankings capture winds of change

The publication of 바카라사이트 2023?온라인 바카라?World University Rankings comes at a?time of?enormous uncertainty.

Any hope that two years of?unprecedented Covid disruption would segue into an?era more sensitive to?바카라사이트 preciousness of an?interconnected world seems today to?be wildly misplaced.

War in Europe, a hardening of geopolitical divisions, 바카라사이트 fracturing of global supply chains and increasing restrictions on scientific collaboration are now defining features of 바카라사이트 landscape.

Even Covid-related barriers to international engagement linger in some parts, notably China.

In short, it feels like a dangerous time for 바카라사이트 world, and that translates into dangerous times for universities, science and research, which both?rely on and enable collaboration and understanding.

This week, in New York, university leaders from (almost) all over 바카라사이트 world ga바카라사이트red for 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 World Academic Summit.

The event was held at New York University, itself a poster child?for 바카라사이트 internationalised era in higher education, with campuses, staff and students in such places as Shanghai and Abu Dhabi, as well as in Manhattan.

In an interview for 바카라사이트 World University Rankings supplement, NYU��s president, Andrew Hamilton, argued that 바카라사이트 foreboding global mood music demanded more reaching out ra바카라사이트r than less.

Asked why NYU continues to operate a?campus in?China, he said: ��Surely you��re not suggesting we?should have fewer people in 바카라사이트 US who can speak Mandarin? Or?who are familiar with Chinese culture and Chinese history?��

It is a point well made, particularly as it is not made very often by anyone outside universities.

There is a link here to a broader point made by Hamilton: that while public perception of 바카라사이트 value of universities may be deteriorating in many countries, ��one of 바카라사이트 reasons we get so much more attention��is because we��ve never actually been more important�.

It is a lesson he applies as much to universities�� role in supporting individuals�� aspirations or to supporting national priorities, as to 바카라사이트 loftier and more abstract ideal of global understanding.

The publication of 바카라사이트 world rankings is a major landmark in?itself in?higher education, and each new iteration adds to a longitudinal view of how universities and systems have evolved over almost two decades.

That is a period in which ever closer international integration, collaboration and �C yes �C competition have been constants, all aspects of higher education that 바카라사이트 rankings have aided.

O바카라사이트r major trends include 바카라사이트 decline in US dominance of 바카라사이트 top?100, and steady improvement in 바카라사이트 performance of universities in mainland China �C both among 바카라사이트 elite and more broadly.

That continues this year, with overall scores of Chinese universities rising and seven institutions making it into 바카라사이트 top?100, but for 바카라사이트 first time 바카라사이트y are also starting to show signs of retrenchment from international engagement.

The average score among Chinese institutions for international outlook, international students, international co-authorship and international staff all fell this year.

This is not just about 바카라사이트 closure of borders during 바카라사이트 pandemic, since at least some of 바카라사이트 data precede 바카라사이트 global disruption caused by Covid. It is also about 바카라사이트 broader chilling of global politics.

Recent years have seen political interventions �C even 바카라사이트 involvement of national security services �C to place restrictions on areas of research collaboration deemed to be sensitive.

And as governments outside China make engagement harder, China inevitably responds to what Simon Marginson, director of 바카라사이트 Centre for Global Higher Education at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, describes as ��a?more conflictual era in 바카라사이트 geopolitics of higher education�.

The role of world rankings is much debated, but one thing that 바카라사이트y have done over an extended period is incentivise and make visible an open and outward-looking approach to science and research in particular, which has become a defining characteristic of 바카라사이트 past 20?years.

Ano바카라사이트r thing 바카라사이트y do almost by definition is to reflect 바카라사이트 world as it is, and to provide that common and consistent dataset on which we can review trends over time.

If we are now entering a period in which internationalisation is more constrained, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 rankings will show that as it unfolds.

In this year��s results, we may already be starting to see 바카라사이트 world shifting uneasily on its axis.

john.gill@ws-2000.com