Rosa Ellis

Dec 10, 2024 | timeshighereducation.com | Rosa Ellis

Source: Prostock-Studio/iStock (edited) What does successful online learning look like? That is the question Times Higher Education set out to answer with the new Online Learning Rankings (OLR). While online education has been a feature of the internet since its inception – let’s not forget the internet’s origin as a way to share scientific studies – the past few years have laid bare the importance of online learning, as well as the difficulties in implementing it.

Dec 3, 2024 | timeshighereducation.com | Rosa Ellis

Countries in the Arab region have varying levels of economic prosperity, which of course impacts their higher education systems. But which ones are getting the biggest bang for buck when it comes to universities? The below chart compares each country’s median score for the finance-related metrics with their non-financial scores (with the size of the bubble representing the number of institutions ranked).

Dec 3, 2024 | timeshighereducation.com | Rosa Ellis

Cyberattacks targeting universities are on the rise, and the threat to higher education is more severe than many realise, says an expert in the Middle East. “If you look at the statistics that say where education is ranked in terms of cybersecurity attacks worldwide, we’re towards the higher end,” says Iman Megahed, associate vice-president at the American University in Cairo (AUC), where she leads on digital transformation and security.

Dec 1, 2024 | timeshighereducation.com | Rosa Ellis

Ghassan Aouad believes a university degree is important – but perhaps not as important as one would expect given that he is a university leader. “The degree is maybe 30 per cent of what can open doors for you for a job,” the chancellor of Abu Dhabi University says. Emotional intelligence, charisma and leadership skills are among what make up the other 70 per cent, and these need to be taught more in universities and schools, he believes.

Nov 27, 2024 | timeshighereducation.com | Rosa Ellis

The University of Johannesburg has overtaken the University of the Witwatersrand to become the new South African leader and overall number one in the latest Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) University Rankings. Johannesburg rises from second place last year and achieves an overall score above 80, the only institution in the ranking to do so. Meanwhile, Wits moves down to third. The University of Pretoria is second, meaning that South Africa takes all of the top three places.