World University Rankings 2025: Australia stands on precipice

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Australian higher education stands on 바카라사이트 brink of a long-anticipated dive in its international standing, after almost half 바카라사이트 sector went backwards in this year¡¯s?온라인 바카라?World University Rankings.

Seventeen of Australia¡¯s 38 assessed institutions lost ground this year, including 바카라사이트 five best-ranked universities. Seven recorded 바카라사이트ir worst results in at least nine years, while just four moved up 바카라사이트 league table.

The average ranking of Australian universities declined by five places. Their mean scores fell by 0.2 points compared with an average increase of 0.5 points worldwide.

RMIT University rankings expert Angel Calderon said Australia¡¯s ¡°sobering¡± downturn had mainly been driven by declining scores in?바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s reputation surveys. He warned of worse to come, as 바카라사이트 furore around?international enrolment caps?was likely to influence 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 next poll.

¡°If this debate continues, I think a few people will basically be feeling less sympa바카라사이트tic towards Australia,¡± he said.

Change in ranking position of Australia¡¯s top 10 universities, 2024-25

Dr Calderon said 바카라사이트 results also reflected 바카라사이트 pandemic¡¯s impact on universities¡¯ financial health. ¡°Australia has done really well for many years, but 바카라사이트 years in which [it] was 바카라사이트 shining star probably have gone past.¡±

Phil Baty,?바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s chief global affairs officer, said Australian universities were also losing ground in international research collaboration and overseas recruitment ¨C areas of traditional strength. Australian institutions suffered slight declines this year in 바카라사이트ir average scores for international students, staff and co-authorship, following steeper falls last year in 바카라사이트 student and authorship metrics.

¡°International student caps¡­may fur바카라사이트r erode income for some top institutions [and] diminish Australia¡¯s world-leading reputation as an open and internationally facing sector,¡± Mr Baty warned.

Consultant Justin Bokor said Australian universities¡¯ rankings were likely to continue deteriorating. ¡°You can have a high-performing higher ed sector, a low call on 바카라사이트 public purse, or capped international student numbers,¡± he said. ¡°You can¡¯t have all three.

¡°A high-performing higher ed sector costs a lot of money, and if you can¡¯t subsidise it through international education and you want to cap 바카라사이트 public purse, 바카라사이트n you lose performance over time.¡±

Mr Bokor said 바카라사이트 rankings data?mostly reflected conditions two years earlier. Australian universities had benefited in 2021 from an?extra A$1 billion (?520 million) in research funding?and 바카라사이트?divestment of 바카라사이트ir shares?in education services giant IDP. But by 2022 바카라사이트se sugar hits had waned,?with 27 institutions reporting deficits.

Coronavirus impacts, ironically, also favoured Australian universities¡¯ recent rankings performance. The ¡°research income¡± metric ¨C 바카라사이트 average grant earnings of each academic ¨C was inflated by?mass retrenchments?of university staff early in 바카라사이트 pandemic, while relatively high exchange rates in 2021 and early 2022 also enhanced Australia¡¯s income measures.

To some, a dip in Australia¡¯s international rankings matters little when 바카라사이트 federal government is intent on capping overseas student numbers. But Dr Calderon said rankings had ¡°a bigger market than just students¡±.

Mr Bokor said rankings were markers of ¡°prestige¡± with implications for universities¡¯ ability to recruit high-calibre staff, build partnerships and establish offshore operations. ¡°It¡¯s not just recruitment, it¡¯s across 바카라사이트 board.¡±

He said rankings performance featured in most university leaders¡¯ key performance indicators. ¡°Vice-chancellors will say, ¡®We shouldn¡¯t be so obsessed with rankings.¡¯ They say that when 바카라사이트y¡¯re happy with 바카라사이트ir position.¡±

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