Guide
NIRF ranking: 5 important parameters behind India’s league tables
How the NIRF ranking works: the five weighted parameters, who applies, how data is checked, the 2025 leaders and why the top 100 matters for loans.
Desk
Analysis
Longer reads on what the figures and policy changes mean, labelled as TED analysis.
Gulf universities take eight of the top 10 places in QS Arab ranking 2027
KFUPM is first for a fourth year and Khalifa University rises to second.
Progression to higher education in England falls to 63.4%, DfE data show
Of 399,817 level 3 students who left 16 to 19 study in 2022/23, 58.4% sustained a degree within two years.
India has 143 institutions in THE 2027 ranking, none in the top 250
IISc is joint 254th and India's only top-300 entry in THE's World University Rankings 2027.
Gulf has 56 institutions in THE 2027 ranking, led by Qatar’s HBKU
Hamad Bin Khalifa University enters at joint 126th and KFUPM rises to joint 176th in THE's World University Rankings 2027.
College Students: Beware of the Increased Risk of Depression and Anxiety
In a new study, researchers from University College London (UCL) have shed light on the mental health challenges faced by higher education students in…
Eight Indian Universities have found a place under top 400 universities globally, as per QS Ranking 2022
Eight Indian universities have made the top 400 of the QS World University Rankings 2022, published in June by the British higher education analysts…
Gujarat ranked first in ‘direct plays’ on online learning on DIKSHA
Gujarat ranked first among all Indian states in terms of the number of times online learning initiatives by the state government were accessed on…
International Literacy Day Survey puts Kerela at top again
New Delhi: Figures reported for International Literacy Day have put Kerala at the top of the country’s literacy table once again.
Morning Assembly
The weekday briefing for people who run, fund and supply education in India, the UK and the Gulf: the stories that matter before the day starts, and the figures behind them.
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