Ellie Bothwell

London

Global Rankings Editor at Times Higher Education (THE)

Rankings editor @timeshighered @THEWorldUniRank covering university rankings, strategy and leadership / Views own

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Articles

Universities ‘brought diversity backlash on themselves’

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Ellie Bothwell

Universities globally need to ask searching questions about their work on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and their sometimes exclusionary use of language, a conference has heard, as experts debate how best to respond to the US administration's rollback of DEI policies and growing attacks on higher education. Bruce Watson, pro-vice chancellor of inclusion at UNSW Sydney, said that some of the work universities have been undertaking on DEI around the world “has been exclusionary”.
Ensure universities not ‘cast aside’ in AI development, v-c urges

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Ellie Bothwell

Universities must ensure that they continue to play a critical role in the development of AI and are not cast aside as the private sector takes centre stage, a university leader has urged.
Muslim women ‘face bias’ in universities globally

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Ellie Bothwell

Muslim women face unique barriers in higher education in both Muslim-majority and Western countries, a conference has heard, prompting calls for universities to ask tough questions about whether certain ideas of diversity can hamper gender equality.
Impact Rankings 2025: keeping the light burning

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Ellie Bothwell

These rankings celebrate universities’ impact – but also hold institutions to account, highlighting where the sector is falling short There is a village in the Philippines that until recently was shrouded in darkness every evening; residents simply couldn’t afford to use electricity. They wanted solar-powered street lamps and, through a project with a local NGO and US-based undergraduate students, one was designed and installed in the village.
universities must help ‘reset standards of honesty’

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Ellie Bothwell

Universities must help implement a global “reset on the standards of honesty” if the world is to make progress on solving the most pressing problems, a renowned climate expert has claimed.
Asia University Rankings 2025: China’s formula for success

2 months ago | timeshighereducation.com | Ellie Bothwell

One of the most striking things about the performance of China’s universities in recent years is the consistency of their progress. In the suite of Times Higher Education’s university rankings, it is typical for nations’ fortunes to wax and wane over time.
More than 2,500 universities submit data for Impact Rankings

Jan 29, 2025 | timeshighereducation.com | Ellie Bothwell

More than 2,500 universities from across the world have submitted data to Times Higher Education to participate in the Impact Rankings 2025. The new milestone represents a year-on-year increase of 18 per cent, after more than 2,000 institutions were ranked for the first time in 2024. Asia is now home to more than half of the submissions to the rankings, after 1,311 institutions from the continent took part this year, a 25 per cent increase compared with last year.
WUR and ISR 2026: time to submit your data

Jan 13, 2025 | timeshighereducation.com | Ellie Bothwell

The data portal for the next Times Higher Education World University Rankings and Interdisciplinary Science Rankings (ISR) is now open, with institutions from across the world invited to take part. Universities can now submit data to be included in the two league tables, both of which will be published in autumn 2025. The portal will be open for more than two months, closing on 30 March.
Arab University Rankings 2024: a region on the rise

Dec 3, 2024 | timeshighereducation.com | Ellie Bothwell

When Times Higher Education launched the Arab University Rankings three years ago, universities in the prosperous Gulf states were the leading lights. But this year, institutions outside that region are showing strong signs of progress, proving that they can shine just as brightly as many Saudi and Emirati counterparts, despite facing tough economic, social and political challenges.
nurturing excellence

Oct 8, 2024 | timeshighereducation.com | Ellie Bothwell

“Our goal is to find students from the broadest swath of society who are excelling where they are and bring them in and give them the tools to learn how to think, not what to think, to learn to have dialogue across differences, to learn to get help when they need it and to think about their own mental health.