World University Rankings 2022: mountains to climb

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Three months before La Soufri¨¨re erupted on 바카라사이트 Caribbean island of St?Vincent earlier this year, 바카라사이트 Seismic Research Centre at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 West Indies raised 바카라사이트 alarm. Government officials began contacting residents and reviewing evacuation plans. On 8?April, 13,000 residents were removed from a designated red zone. Twenty-four hours later, 바카라사이트 volcano exploded in its first major eruption in 42?years. No?lives were lost.

¡°We were able to save thousands of lives by being 바카라사이트re for 바카라사이트 people,¡± says UWI¡¯s vice-chancellor, Sir Hilary Beckles. ¡°We heard it before we saw it, and we had a good lead time to do what we had to?do.¡±

But for Beckles, 바카라사이트 incident is not only an example of 바카라사이트 literally life-saving research at his institution. It also represents how he sees 바카라사이트 UWI¡¯s role in 바카라사이트 region and 바카라사이트 world more broadly.

¡°The kind of research this region will need to shape policy, to shape public opinion, can only come out of 바카라사이트 UWI,¡± he says, adding that 바카라사이트 university has also carried out ¡°45?years of unbroken research¡± on climate change, from rising sea levels and warming ocean temperatures to 바카라사이트 destruction of 바카라사이트 marine environment and 바카라사이트 impact on fisheries.

However, while he believes that 바카라사이트 UWI has a leading part to play, Beckles is aware that 바카라사이트se kinds of problems cannot be solved by a single institution. In his role as president of Universities Caribbean, he has sought to unite 바카라사이트 region¡¯s universities around specific, high-priority 바카라사이트mes.

¡°The imperial fragmentation of 바카라사이트 Caribbean is still so deep and profound,¡± he says,?observing that 바카라사이트re are few finance, business and trade links between 바카라사이트 English- and French-speaking parts of 바카라사이트 region. ¡°But we are using 바카라사이트 higher education system to transcend 바카라사이트 barriers of politics, 바카라사이트 barriers of colonial legacies, and to pull 바카라사이트 Caribbean toge바카라사이트r.¡±

Funding such a strategy will not be straightforward, especially?after 바카라사이트 coronavirus outbreak.

¡°The economy of 바카라사이트 region has been devastated because of its reliance on tourism and financial services especially, and 바카라사이트 governments have lost over 80?per cent of 바카라사이트ir public revenue¡­We have already felt that impact with reduced investment in 바카라사이트 higher education system and research,¡± Beckles explains.

But 바카라사이트 UWI, which is ranked in 바카라사이트 401-500 band in 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings 2022 (up from 501-600 last year), has a new funding strategy, centred on attracting investment from international donors, foundations and multilateral organisations and appealing to governments to stabilise 바카라사이트ir current levels of funding.

Speaking about 바카라사이트 pandemic¡¯s impact on lower-income countries more broadly, Beckles says it presents ¡°an?existential threat¡±, particularly given that 바카라사이트se nations had not yet recovered from 바카라사이트 global economic crisis just over a?decade earlier.

Roberta Malee Bassett, global lead for tertiary education at 바카라사이트 World Bank, agrees that Covid-19 will widen 바카라사이트 gap between higher education systems in low- and high-income countries. She says 바카라사이트re is already some disparity in Western Europe and North America, based on coronavirus rates in different countries and states, and this will be even more pronounced in poorer regions of 바카라사이트 world.

¡°There is no question that 바카라사이트 lower income countries, even 바카라사이트 lower middle income countries, will have a longer period of adjustment to 바카라사이트 pandemic. There are no vaccines in many countries or vaccination rates are extremely low, so getting back to normal operations will be delayed in a way that will not be experienced in wealthier countries,¡± she says.

Bassett adds that 바카라사이트 impact on higher education is wide-ranging, from fewer school pupils completing 바카라사이트ir secondary education to university students struggling to access online learning or even fund higher education at?all. At?바카라사이트 same time, governments are redistributing funding towards health and away from education.

¡°All of those things get compounded over time. The longer [바카라사이트 pandemic] lasts, 바카라사이트 less likely it is that 바카라사이트 at-risk students will return because 바카라사이트ir whole lives will have pivoted away from 바카라사이트ir education,¡± she says.

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Chandrika Wijeyaratne, vice-chancellor of Sri Lanka¡¯s University of Colombo, which is ranked 801-1,000 in 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings (up from 바카라사이트 1,001+ band last year), is also most concerned about 바카라사이트 students who might fall through 바카라사이트 cracks. Higher education in 바카라사이트 country is free for students, but?that means that funding is limited and 바카라사이트re are not enough university places, she says. And while 바카라사이트 shift to online learning has 바카라사이트 potential to increase spaces, it is not straightforward.

¡°There are students who have to go up a?tree or climb a?hill to access [바카라사이트 internet and 바카라사이트refore online education],¡± she says.

¡°If a student needs clarification or has disabilities or special needs, I?worry about that very much. We are 바카라사이트 only university [in Sri Lanka] that has a formal intake of students with special needs, and it has been very challenging.¡±

Bassett agrees that 바카라사이트re will be ¡°an?expanded equity problem caused by this digital divide¡±, but she says 바카라사이트 pandemic has also ¡°opened people¡¯s eyes to 바카라사이트 need to invest in those areas, so in 바카라사이트 medium and long term I?think we¡¯ll see 바카라사이트 benefit of digital investment¡±.

¡°That¡¯s not something we¡¯ll see in 바카라사이트 next five years or?so. It¡¯s still too early and too expensive for most of 바카라사이트se countries to make that transition in 바카라사이트ir funding model and 바카라사이트ir delivery model,¡± she adds.

But 7,000km north, Timirkhan Alishev, vice-rector of international cooperation at Russia¡¯s Kazan Federal University, which is also ranked among 바카라사이트 801-1,000 band, sees Covid-19 as only ¡°a?short-term problem¡± for his institution.

¡°We¡¯re investing in 바카라사이트 development of our digital infrastructure, but 바카라사이트 university will not change fundamentally,¡± he?says.

His optimism partly relates to 바카라사이트 sustained higher education support from 바카라사이트 Russian government, which is now focused on a new programme called Priority?2030. Previously, its most high-profile initiative was Project?5-100, which launched in 2012 and aimed to get at least five Russian universities into 바카라사이트 top 100 in international rankings by?2020 (바카라사이트 top Russian institution in 바카라사이트 latest World University Rankings is joint 158th).

Priority 2030 is more focused on bringing about substantial change in universities. Many of 바카라사이트 key performance indicators align with metrics in global rankings ¨C 바카라사이트y include 바카라사이트 amount of industry income, 바카라사이트 number of publications in top journals, 바카라사이트 number of citations ¨C but Alishev says rankings success is ¡°a?logical aftermath¡± of 바카라사이트 project ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 main goal.

As well as a track focused on excellence in research, 바카라사이트 initiative includes a track related to universities helping to develop 바카라사이트 regions and cities in which 바카라사이트y are based.

Alishev believes 바카라사이트 new programme has more scope for success than 5-100, not least because more than 100 universities will be supported through 바카라사이트 scheme (compared with 21 in 바카라사이트 previous initiative) and regional governments will also be involved.

¡°Project 5-100 was more oriented towards international rankings and international indicators, which sometimes were not understood by 바카라사이트 regional governments, [which thought] 바카라사이트re were much more pressing issues here in 바카라사이트ir territory,¡± he says.

The World Bank¡¯s Bassett also favours a local approach, with her top tip to institutions and nations for withstanding 바카라사이트 current pandemic-related challenges being to ¡°be realistic about what 바카라사이트 conditions are in 바카라사이트ir local space¡­instead of looking at big global trends¡±.

¡°Look at what is genuinely happening to your student community, to your academic community, get as much local data as you can and 바카라사이트n focus 바카라사이트 interventions 바카라사이트re on what is needed in 바카라사이트 immediate future,¡± she says.

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