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November 24, 2016

UN Secretary-General Addresses Disarmament Event at NYU

Photo: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers a keynote address on “The Future of Multilateral Disarmament” at an event hosted by the Centre for Global Affairs (CGA) of New York University (NYU). The UN Secretary-General also took part in a Q&A session moderated by Edith Lederer, chief UN correspondent for the Associated Press. 22 November 2016. New York, United States. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas.

Photo: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivered a keynote address on “The Future of Multilateral Disarmament” at an event hosted by the Centre for Global Affairs (CGA) of New York University (NYU). The UN Secretary-General (right) with NYU President Andrew Hamilton on the occasion. 22 November 2016. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas.

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“There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.”

— Victor Hugo.

“Victory belongs to the most persevering.”

— Napoleon Bonaparte.

“If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.”

— Napoleon Bonaparte.

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October 5, 2016

L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards 2017 Announced

Photo: Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier, 2016 Laureate, L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science. Image Credit: Thierry Bouët for L’Oréal Foundation. Image provided by & Copyright © L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science.

Photo: A trainee at the 2016 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Rising Talents Training Session, Paris. Image Credit: Stéphane Cardinale for L’Oréal Foundation. Image provided by & Copyright © L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science.

Photos: France L’Oréal-UNESCO 2016 Awards Ceremony. Images provided by & Copyright © Fondation L’Oréal.

The L’Oréal Foundation and UNESCO today announced the laureates of the 2017 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards in the physical sciences. They will receive their awards at a ceremony in Paris on 23 March 2017.

Proposed by an international community of more than 2,000 leading scientists, the five laureates were selected by an independent international jury of 12 renowned scientists presided this year by Professor Christian Amatore, of the French Académie des sciences.

Each laureate will receive a prize of €100,000 as reward for her contribution to science.

Laureates are as under:

CONTINENT
Name of the Laureate
Nationality
Designation
Field

• AFRICA AND THE ARAB STATES

Professor Niveen KHASHAB
Lebanese
Associate Professor of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), SAUDI ARABIA

Analytical Chemistry
“For her contributions to innovative smart hybrid materials aimed at drug delivery and for developing new techniques to monitor intracellular antioxidant activity.”

• ASIA PACIFIC

Professor Michelle SIMMONS
Australian
Professor, Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology - University of New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

Quantum Physics
“For her pioneering contributions to quantum and atomic electronics, constructing atomic transistors en route to quantum computers.”

• EUROPE

Professor Nicola SPALDIN
British
Professor and Chair of Materials Theory, ETH Zürich, SWITZERLAND

Solid State Physics
“For her groundbreaking multidisciplinary work predicting, describing and creating new materials that have switchable magnetic and ferroelectric properties.”

• NORTH AMERICA

Professor Zhenan BAO
USA
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, USA

Material Chemistry
“For her outstanding contribution to and mastery of the development of novel functional polymers for consumer electronics, energy storage and biomedical applications.”

• LATIN AMERICA

Professor Maria Teresa RUIZ
Chilean
Professor, Department of Astronomy, Dept. / Universidad de Chile, CHILE

Astrophysics
“For her discovery of the first brown dwarf and her seminal work on understanding the faintest stars, including stars at the final stages of their evolution (white dwarfs).”

Through its “For Women in Science” programme, a worldwide partnership with UNESCO, the L’Oréal Foundation motivates girls in High School to pursue scientific careers, supports women researchers and rewards excellence in a field where women remain underrepresented.

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September 28, 2016

U.S. News & World Report Releases 2017 Best U.S. Colleges Rankings

Photo: Sather Tower, University of California, Berkeley. Image Credit & Copyright © Corey Seeman.

U.S. News & World Report has announced the 2017 Best U.S. Colleges rankings to help students worldwide compare the academic quality of more than 1,800 U.S.-based schools. Princeton University remains No. 1 in the Best National Universities category. For the 14th consecutive year, Williams College takes the top spot on the Best National Liberal Arts Colleges list.

California schools make a strong showing in the Top Public Schools list. The University of California—Berkeley is the No. 1 Top Public School among National Universities for the 19th year.

Military academies lead the Top Public Schools among National Liberal Arts Colleges. The United States Naval Academy is the No. 1 Top Public School among National Liberal Arts Colleges.

The U.S. News rankings focus on academic excellence, with schools ranked on up to 15 measures of academic quality. Overall, the rankings emphasize student outcomes - including graduation and retention rates - which carry the most weight at 30 percent.

In the detailed report, school profiles include specifics on academic life, financial aid, student body makeup and more. Students can research schools with the most Economic Diversity and Campus Ethnic Diversity, as well as the Most International Students.

“Research has shown that smaller classes foster a productive and positive learning environment,” said Robert Morse, chief data strategist at U.S. News. “With this new index measure, U.S. News takes fuller advantage of the data schools provide and rewards schools that make an effort to better serve their students with smaller classes.”

The college ranking categories in the report are based on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the most widely accepted classification system in U.S. higher education.

2017 U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings

National Universities - Top 10

1. Princeton University (NJ)
2. Harvard University (MA)
3. University of Chicago (IL) (tie)
4. Yale University (CT) (tie)
5. Columbia University (NY) (tie)
6. Stanford University (CA) (tie)
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8. Duke University (NC) (tie)
9. University of Pennsylvania (tie)
10. Johns Hopkins University (MD)

National Liberal Arts Colleges - Top 10

1. Williams College (MA)
2. Amherst College (MA)
3. Wellesley College (MA)
4. Middlebury College (VT) (tie)
5. Swarthmore College (PA) (tie)
6. Bowdoin College (ME)
7. Carleton College (MN) (tie)
8. Pomona College (CA) (tie)
9. Claremont McKenna College (CA) (tie)
10. Davidson College (NC) (tie)

Top Public Schools

National Universities - Top 5

1. University of California—Berkeley
2. University of California—Los Angeles (tie)
3. University of Virginia (tie)
4. University of Michigan—Ann Arbor
5. University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill

National Liberal Arts Colleges - Top 5

1. United States Naval Academy (MD)
2. United States Military Academy (NY)
3. United States Air Force Academy (CO)
4. Virginia Military Institute
5. New College of Florida

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September 23, 2016

STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS 2016 MEDALISTS UNVEILED

Photo: Johnny Coffeen, winner of the bronze medal in the alternative film category for “The Swan Girl,” during the 43rd Annual Student Academy Awards on Thursday, September 22, in Beverly Hills. Image Credit: Richard Harbaugh / Copyright © A.M.P.A.S.

Photo: Maya Sarfaty, winner of the gold medal in the foreign documentary film category for “The Most Beautiful Woman,” with actress Daisy Ridley during the 43rd Annual Student Academy Awards on Thursday, September 22, in Beverly Hills. Image Credit: Todd Wawrychuk / Copyright © A.M.P.A.S.

Photos: Alternative film winner Yvonne Ng prior to the 43rd Annual Student Academy Awards on Thursday, September 22, in Beverly Hills. Images Credit: Todd Wawrychuk / Copyright © A.M.P.A.S.

LOS ANGELES, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tonight honored 17 student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 43rd Student Academy Awards ceremony, held at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards were announced and presented by actors Joel Edgerton, Lucy Liu, Daisy Ridley and Parker Sawyers.

The 2016 Student Academy Award winners are:

Alternative

• Gold: “All These Voices,” David Henry Gerson, American Film Institute
• Silver: “Cloud Kumo,” Yvonne Ng, City College of New York
• Bronze: “The Swan Girl,” Johnny Coffeen, Maharishi University of Management

Animation

• Gold: “Once upon a Line,” Alicja Jasina, University of Southern California
• Silver: “The Wishgranter,” Echo Wu, Ringling College of Art and Design
• Bronze: “Die Flucht,” Carter Boyce, DePaul University

Documentary

• Gold: “4.1 Miles,” Daphne Matziaraki, University of California, Berkeley
• Silver: “Fairy Tales,” Rongfei Guo, New York University
• Bronze: “From Flint: Voices of a Poisoned City,” Elise Conklin, Michigan State University

Narrative

• Gold: “Nocturne in Black,” Jimmy Keyrouz, Columbia University
• Silver: “It’s Just a Gun,” Brian Robau, Chapman University
• Bronze: “Rocket,” Brenna Malloy, Chapman University

Foreign Narrative

• Gold: “Invention of Trust,” Alex Schaad, University of Television and Film, Munich (Germany)
• Silver: “Where the Woods End,” Felix Ahrens, Film University, Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF (Germany)
• Bronze: “Tenants,” Klara Kochanska, The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz (Poland)

Foreign Animation

• Gold: “Ayny - My Second Eye,” Ahmad Saleh, Academy of Media Arts, Cologne (Germany)

Foreign Documentary

• Gold: “The Most Beautiful Woman,” Maya Sarfaty, Tel Aviv University (Israel)

New this year, the Foreign Film category was expanded to include separate awards for narrative, animation and documentary entries. All categories had three potential placements except for the Foreign Animation and Foreign Documentary categories, in which only Gold Medal awards were given.

The Student Academy Awards were established in 1972 to provide a platform for emerging global talent by creating opportunities within the industry to showcase their work. Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive 51 Oscar nominations and have won or shared nine awards.

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September 22, 2016

Times Higher Education announces its World University Rankings 2016-2017

Photo: Magdalen Tower, Magdalen College, University of Oxford. Image Credit & Copyright © Lawrence O.P.

London, September 21, 2016 — The University of Oxford has become the first UK university to top the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in the 12-year history of the table. It knocks the five-time leader, the California Institute of Technology, into second place in the World University Rankings 2016-2017.

Oxford’s success can be attributed to improved performances across the four main indicators underlying the methodology of the ranking - teaching, research, citations and international outlook. More specifically the institution’s total income and research income is rising faster than its staff numbers, its research is more influential, and it has been more successful at drawing in international talent.

Two new Asian universities, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, make the top 100. While another four, City University of Hong Kong, University of Science and Technology of China, Fudan University, and Hong Kong Polytechnic University, join the top 200.

Furthermore, China’s two flagship universities have both made gains - Peking University joins the top 30 at 29th (up from 42nd last year), while Tsinghua University joins the top 40 at 35th (up from joint 47th). Asia’s leading institution, the National University of Singapore, is at 24th - its highest ever rank.

Meanwhile, India’s leading university - the Indian Institute of Science - is edging closer to the top 200, claiming a spot in the 201-250 band, its highest ever position.

289 Asian universities from 24 countries make the list of 980 institutions and an elite group of 19 are in the top 200, up from 15 last year.

Richard Robison, emeritus professor in the Asia Research Centre at Murdoch University, said while there are a “small number” of Asian universities “making international strides”, many are much further behind.

He said that Asian universities create a “very pressured environment”, have “a lot of learning by rote” and there is “not a lot of discussion in classes”.

THE World University Rankings 2016-2017: Top 10

2016-17 Rank — Institution — Country

1. University of Oxford — United Kingdom
2. California Institute of Technology — United States
3. Stanford University — United States
4. University of Cambridge — United Kingdom
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology — United States
6. Harvard University — United States
7. Princeton University — United States
8. Imperial College London — United Kingdom
9. ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich — Switzerland
10. University of California, Berkeley — United States
11. University of Chicago — United States

INSTITUTIONS FROM INDIA

2016-17 Rank — Institution

• 201-250 Indian Institute of Science
• 351-400 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
• 401-500 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
• 401-500 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
• 401-500 Indian Institute of Technology Madras
• 501-600 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
• 501-600 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
• 501-600 Jadavpur University
• 601-800 Aligarh Muslim University
• 601-800 Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
• 601-800 University of Calcutta
• 601-800 University of Delhi
• 601-800 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
• 601-800 National Institute of Technology Rourkela
• 601-800 Panjab University Chandigarh
• 601-800 Savitribai Phule Pune University
• 601-800 Sri Venkateswara University
• 601-800 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
• 601-800 Tezpur University
• 801+ Acharya Nagarjuna University
• 801+ Amity University
• 801+ Amrita University
• 801+ Andhra University
• 801+ Cochin University of Science and Technology
• 801+ Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
• 801+ Manipal University
• 801+ Osmania University
• 801+ SASTRA University
• 801+ Sathyabama University
• 801+ SRM University
• 801+ Vellore Institute of Technology

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September 17, 2016

Athens named UNESCO World Book Capital for 2018

Photo: Athens City, Greece. Image Credit & Coyright © Xiquinho Silva.

Photo: The Acropolis, Athens, Greece. Image Credit & Coyright © Xiquinho Silva.

Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, has named Athens World Book Capital for 2018 on the recommendation of the programme’s Advisory Committee.

The city of Athens was chosen for the quality of its activities, supported by the entire book industry. The proposed programme includes meetings with writers, translators and illustrators, concerts, thematic exhibitions, poetry readings and workshops for publishing professionals. The aim of the programme is to make books accessible to the city’s entire population, including migrants and refugees. Members of the Advisory Committee also praised Athens’ cultural infrastructure and its expertise in organizing international events.

Cities designated as UNESCO World Book Capital undertake to promote books and reading and to organize activities over the year which starts with the celebration of World Book and Copyright Day (23 April).

The Advisory Committee brings together representatives of UNESCO, the International Publishers Associations (IPA) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). It recently met in Paris, at UNESCO’s Headquarters, to examine a record number of candidacies for the title of World Book Capital.

Athens is the 18th city to become World Book Capital. It was preceded by Madrid (2001), Alexandria (2002), New Delhi (2003), Antwerp (2004), Montreal (2005), Turin (2006), Bogota (2007), Amsterdam (2008), Beirut (2009), Ljubljana (2010), Buenos Aires (2011), Yerevan (2012), Bangkok (2013), Port Harcourt (2014), Incheon (2015), Wroclaw (2016) and Conakry (2017).

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September 6, 2016

"Investment in Universities Pays" indicate the just announced QS World University Rankings 2016/2017

Photo: The University of Chicago Campus, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Image Credit & Copyright © Corey Seeman.

Photo: A building at the university campus. ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Image Credit & Copyright © Juhanson.

• The thirteenth edition of the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World University Rankings, announced today, indicates that investment in higher education - either public or private - is a key differentiating factor between this year’s risers (South Korea, Russia, the US, and China) and fallers (Most of Western and Southern Europe, South Africa, and Latin America).

• MIT is the world’s top university for the fifth consecutive year.
• Stanford, 2nd and Harvard, 3rd, follow.
• US institutions hold all top-three places for the first time since 2004/5.
• Western European institutions consistently suffer drops, particularly the UK and Germany. The University of Cambridge drops to fourth.
• Russia and South Korea rise significantly (16 top-500 universities compared to 13 last year).
• China progresses; Tsinghua (24th) achieves its highest-ever position.
• National University of Singapore (12th) leads Asian universities.
• Australia and Canada increase their representation in the top 200, with nine universities apiece, one more than last year.
• Latin America struggles, but sees a top-100 institution for the first time since 2006. Universidad de Buenos Aires (85th) occupies the second-highest rank ever achieved by a Latin American university.
• Universidade de Sao Paulo also occupies its highest-ever position (120th).

TOP 20 UNIVERSITIES 2016/2017

1. MIT (US)
2. STANFORD (US)
3. HARVARD (US)
4. CAMBRIDGE (UK)
5. CALTECH (US)
6. OXFORD (UK)
7. UCL (UK)
8. ETH ZURICH (SWITZERLAND)
9. IMPERIAL COLLEGE (UK)
10. CHICAGO (US)
11. PRINCETON (US)
12. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (SINGAPORE)
13. NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (SINGAPORE)
14. EPFL (SWITZERLAND)
15. YALE (US)
16. CORNELL (US)
17. JOHNS HOPKINS (US)
18. UPENN (US)
19. EDINBURGH (UK)
20. COLUMBIA (US)

QS World University Rankings 2016/17 — INDIA

QS RANK — INSTITUTION

• 152 — Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore
• 185 — Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
• 219 — Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
• 249 — Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
• 302 — Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)
• 313 — Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)
• 399 — Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)
• 481-490 — Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)
• 501-550 — University of Delhi
• 651-700 — University of Calcutta
• 701+ — Banaras Hindu University
• 701+ — Panjab University Chandigarh
• 701+ — University of Mumbai
• 701+ — University of Pune

74,651 academics and 37,781 employers contributed to the rankings through the QS global surveys, the largest of their kind. QS analyzed 10.3 million research papers and 66.3 million citations, indexed by Elsevier’s Scopus database.

• Ben Sowter, Head of Research, QS, said: “Institutions in countries providing high levels of targeted funding, whether from endowments or the public purse, rise. Conversely, Western European nations making or proposing cuts to public research spending lose ground to their US and Asian counterparts.”

The rankings include 916 universities from 81 countries. Thirty-three countries feature in the Top 200. The US dominates, with 48 institutions, ahead of the UK (30), Netherlands (12), Germany (11), Canada, Australia (9), Japan (8), China (7), France, Sweden and Hong Kong (5).

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August 4, 2016

India's National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) Announces Revised Grading System

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The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of India has informed that it has reviewed and revised its grading system from a four grade system to a seven grade system. More number of letter grades within the same CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) range will lead to further differentiation in quality of accredited institutions. The details of the revised grading system, being implemented from 1st July, 2016 onwards, are as follows:

The NAAC has further informed that the present system of descriptors for letter grades, i.e., Very Good, Good, Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory, has been discontinued in the revised grading system.

This information was given by the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Mr. Prakash Javadekar, in parliament.

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is an organisation that assesses and accredits institutions of higher education (universities and colleges) in India. It is an autonomous body funded by the University Grants Commission of Government of India and is headquartered in Bangalore.

According to NAAC, “Assessment and Accreditation is broadly used for understanding the “Quality Status” of an institution. In the context of Higher Education, the accreditation status indicates that the particular Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) - a College, a University, or any other recognised Unit therein, meets the standards of quality as set by the Accreditation Agency, in terms of its performance, related to the educational processes and outcomes, covering the curriculum, teaching-learning, evaluation, faculty, research, infrastructure, learning resources, organisation, governance, financial well being and student services.”

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July 20, 2016

QS University Rankings: BRICS 2016 Announced

Photo: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Original building, built 1937. Image Credit & Copyright © Bill/USAFA87.

London, July 20, 2016 — Released today, the QS University Rankings: BRICS 2016 see Chinese universities confirm their dominance of the tables. Led by Tsinghua University (1st) and Peking University (2nd), China now occupies the top five spots in the ranking, and accounts for almost half (23) of the top 50.

Published annually, the QS University Rankings: BRICS compares leading universities in the five BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Collectively accounting for 42% of the world’s population, these five nations remain significant players in the changing global economy, and all have placed higher education at the center of plans for continued development.

For 2016, the ranking has been extended to feature the top 250 BRICS universities (previously 200). This expansion particularly benefits Brazil and India, which now have 54 and 44 entries respectively (compared to 40 and 31 last year). Nonetheless, China remains the most-represented nation, appearing 86 times, followed by Russia (55). South Africa has 11 universities featured, led by the University of Cape Town in 14th place.

Top 10 Universities in the BRICS Countries - Overall

(Based on the QS University Rankings: BRICS 2016)

Rank — Institution — Country

1. Tsinghua University — China
2. Peking University — China
3. Fudan University — China
4. University of Science and Technology of China — China
5. Shanghai Jiao Tong University — China
6. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore — India
7. Lomonosov Moscow State University — Russia
8. Nanjing University — China
9. Zhejiang University — China
10. Universidade de Sao Paulo — Brazil

The academic reputation indicator, based on a global survey of academics, awards full marks to four of the leading Chinese universities, as well as Russia’s Lomonosov Moscow State University and Brazil’s Universidade de Sao Paulo. All of these except the Russian institution also claim full marks in the employer reputation indicator, joined by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

INSTITUTIONS FROM INDIA

BRICS RANK — UNIVERSITY

• 6 — Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India
• 13 — Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), India
• 15 — Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), India
• 19 — Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), India
• 22 — Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK), India
• 25 — Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), India
• 39 — Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), India
• 41 — University of Delhi, India
• 54 — University of Calcutta, India
• 54 — Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), India
• 68 — University of Mumbai, India
• 88 — Jadavpur University, India
• 89 — University of Madras, India
• 101-110 — Banaras Hindu University, India
• 101-110 — Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India
• 101-110 — Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India
• 111-120 — National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
• 111-120 — University of Calicut, India
• 121-130 — Amity University, India
• 131-140 — University of Pune, India
• 131-140 — Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India
• 131-140 — Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
• 141-150 — Bharathidasan University, India
• 151-200 — Anna University, India
• 151-200 — Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
• 151-200 — Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
• 151-200 — Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University), India
• 151-200 — Andhra University, India
• 151-200 — Dr. Harisingh Gour University (University of Sagar), Sagar, India
• 151-200 — G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India
• 151-200 — University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
• 151-200 — University of Mysore, India
• 201-250 — Mangalore University, Mangalore, India
• 201-250 — Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad, India
• 201-250 — Shanmugha Arts Science Technology and Research Academy (SASTRA), India
• 201-250 — National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India
• 201-250 — Pondicherry University, India
• 201-250 — Cochin University of Science & Technology, India
• 201-250 — Goa University, India
• 201-250 — Indian School of Mines (ISM) University, Dhanbad, India
• 201-250 — Motilal Nehru NIT (MNNIT), Allahabad, India
• 201-250 — Sri Krishnadevaraya Univesity, India
• 201-250 — University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India
• 201-250 — VIT University, India

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July 7, 2016

European Fashion Award FASH 2016 Awarded to Seven Promising Young Designers

Photo: Berlin, Germany — Young Fashion Designer and Award Winner Aylin Tamta during the European Fashion Award FASH 2016 at Neues Museum on June 28, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo © Isa Foltin/Getty Images for SDBI).

Berlin, Germany — At the start of Berlin Fashion Week, seven promising young designers were awarded the European Fashion Award FASH 2016. The awards, valued at EUR 200,000 in total, were presented in front of 250 guests on Monday evening by SDBI - Stiftung der Deutschen Bekleidungsindustrie (German Fashion Industry Foundation).

The Award Winners

Student Category

1. 1st prize: Flora Sophie Taubner and Lars Dittrich, Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle University of Art and Design (7th semester)
2. 2nd prize: Julian Weth, Akademie JAK, Hamburg (7th semester)
3. 3rd prize: Aylin Tomta, Fachhochschule Bielefeld (4th semester)

Graduate Projects Category

1. 1st prize: Katharina Buczek, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design (Master’s)
2. 2nd prize: Agnė Alaburdaitė, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (Bachelor’s)
3. 3rd prize: Rani Maria Lange, Fachhochschule Bielefeld (Master’s)

This demanding competition attracts entrants from all over the world and is aimed at design students in their fourth semester and beyond. This year, the winning collections were selected from projects submitted by 151 participants from 28 countries.

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July 4, 2016

L’ORÉAL STUDENTS FROM POLAND’S WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS WIN L'ORÉAL’S 24TH EDITION OF BRANDSTORM

Photos: L’Oreal Ad and L’Oreal Brandstorm Winners 2016. Images provided by & copyright © L’Oreal.

On June 30th, 44 student teams from around the world gathered in Paris to compete in the 24th International Finals of L’Oréal’s Brandstorm business game. The teams, made up of three students from more than 300 universities around the world, were challenged to put themselves in the shoes of an international brand director of La Roche-Posay and help the brand attract and recruit young new consumers (15 to 25 years old).

The team “Fantasme” from Warsaw School of Economics from Poland won first place with their “Digitologist” concept; a web app that provides 3D skin scanning, online dermatological advice, and customized product recommendation. This “dermatologist in the digital sphere” solution addresses the common misconception among young consumers who associate a visit to the dermatologist with being sick. In addition to clearly understanding the brand values as well as the target, the team also provided a strong performance analysis of their business strategy.

Team “Le Charquican” from Adolfo Ibanez University in Chile came in second place with their extensive digital strategy including the “#BeInCharge” experience focusing on China, a market that represents a vast business potential and experiences air quality issues. Built around a wristband linked to a mobile application along with an educational campaign, the team’s strategy aimed to improve skin condition of young consumers while solving a major environmental problem.

Team “Epicphany” from Singapore Management University in Singapore took the third prize with their “#BeSensitive” concept where they want to encourage young consumers to embrace their sensitive side, both emotionally and where their skin is concerned. The strategy included a one-stop portal for skin evaluation, a “Smart Skincare Companion” mobile application, as well as a World Sensitive Day initiative.

This year, the L’Oréal Brandstorm selection jury was made of Nicolas Hieronimus, President Selective Divisions at L’Oréal, Jerome Tixier, Executive Vice-President Human Resources at L’Oréal, Lubomira Rochet, Chief Digital Officer at L’Oréal, Brigitte Liberman, Worldwide President Active Cosmetics Division at L’Oréal, Laetitia Toupet, La Roche-Posay International Brand Director at L’Oréal and Guive Balooch, Global Vice President of R&I Tech Incubator at L’Oréal.

Over the years, a total of more than 95,000 students coming from 58 different countries have participated.

Brandstorm is an innovative development Program for students and a recruitment tool for L’Oréal. It enables the Group to get an on-the-job evaluation of participants and to spot the best talents from around the world. Many countries have current employees who were recruited thanks to Brandstorm and who have gone on to have thriving careers. Every year, L’Oréal recruits between 150 to 200 students via Brandstorm.

L’Oréal has devoted itself to beauty for over 105 years. With its unique international portfolio of 32 diverse and complementary brands, the Group generated sales amounting to 25.26 billion euros in 2015 and employs 82,900 people worldwide. As the world’s leading beauty company, L’Oréal is present across all distribution networks: mass market, department stores, pharmacies and drugstores, hair salons, travel retail, branded retail and e-commerce.

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July 1, 2016

UNESCO World Heritage Committee to Meet & Examine Nominations in Istanbul, Turkey, 10 to 20 July, 2016

Photo: Istanbul, Turkey. UNESCO World Heritage Committee would meet & examine nominations in Istanbul, Turkey, 10 to 20 July, 2016. Image Credit & Copyright © Jeremy Brooks.

Photo: Secretariat Building (part of Capitol Complex), Chandigarh, India - Le Corbusier. UNESCO World Heritage Committee would examine Chandigarh Capitol Complex under the following nomination (jointly filed by seven countries): “The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland)”. Image Credit & Copyright © David Quinn.

The World Heritage Committee will examine proposals to inscribe 29 sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during its 40th session (10 to 20 July, 2016), which will be chaired by Ambassador Lale Ulker, General Director for Overseas Promotion and Cultural Affairs at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The session will be held at the Istanbul Congress Centre.

The Committee will examine the nomination of nine natural, 16 cultural and four mixed sites, i.e., properties that are outstanding both for their natural and cultural characteristics. It will also examine the state of conservation of 108 sites already on the World Heritage List and of 48 sites on the World Heritage in Danger List.

The Following Nominations will be Examined:

Natural Sites:

• Mistaken Point (Canada)
• Hubei Shennongjia (China)
• Techno-volcanic Ensemble of the Chaîne des Puys and Limagne Fault (France)
• Lut Desert (Islamic Republic of Iran)
• Western Tien Shan (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan)
• Archipiélago de Revillagigedo (Mexico)
• Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay—Mukkawar Island National Park (Sudan)
• Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (Thailand)
• Mountain Ecosystems of Koytendag (Turkmenistan)

Mixed Sites (Natural and Cultural):

• Pimachiowin Aki (Canada)
• Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape (Chad)
• Khangchendzonga National Park (India)
• The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Lanscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (Iraq)

Cultural Sites:

• Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites (Antigua and Barbuda)
• The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland)
• Stecci—Medieval Tombstones (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia)
• Pampulha Modern Ensemble (Brazil)
• Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (China)
• Roman Urbanism of the Zadar Peninsula with the Monumental Complex of the Forum (Croatia)
• Archaeological Site of Philippi (Greece)
• Excavated Remains of Nalanda Mahavihara (India)
• Persian Qanat (Islamic Republic of Iran)
• Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia (Federated States of Micronesia)
• Archaeological Site and Historic Centre of Panama City [Significant boundary modification of the Archaeological Site of Panama Viejo and Historic District of Panama] (Panama)
• Antequera Dolmens Site (Spain)
• Phu Phrabat Historical Park (Thailand)
• Archaeological site of Ani (Turkey)
• Gibraltar Neanderthal Caves and Environments (United Kingdom)
• Key Works of Modern Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright (United States of America)

Sites Proposed for Danger Listing:

• Dja Faunal Reserve (Cameroon)
• Talamanca Range—La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (Costa Rica/Panama)
• Lower Valley of the Omo (Ethiopia)
• Old Towns of Djenne (Mali)
• Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)
• Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (Uzbekistan)
• Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (Thailand)

From 29 June to 11 July, Istanbul will host a World Heritage Youth Forum, which will bring together young people from different parts of the world who are committed to the protection of heritage. They will adopt a Declaration which will be presented to the Committee during its opening session.

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June 19, 2016

Internationalization of Higher Education: The Enhanced Role of a Public University in Contemporary Academic Environment

Public Universities play a key role in the transformation of the societies they represent and serve.

Thanks to Information Technology, Higher Education is fast becoming internationalized in all disciplines, and Public Universities, all over the world, have started to recognize this fact.

• “Think Globally, Act Locally” is now the norm here as well. Today, a public university with a penchant for seeking flattery from the locals, would find itself sailed into choppy waters.

Photo: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Library of Congress houses the United States Copyright Office. Image Credit: Adam Fagen.

Our following succinct observation reflects the enhanced role of a public university in contemporary academic environment. This observation has been determined to be copyrightable and has been registered and made a part of its records by the United States Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

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June 17, 2016

Jackal and the Cave That Talked

Illustration: A Jackal.

There was once a lion in a part of a forest, and his name was Rough-Claw. One day he found nothing whatever to eat in his wanderings, and his throat was pinched by hunger. At sunset he came to a great mountain cave and went in, for he thought: “Surely, some animal will come into this cave during the night. I will hide and wait.”

Presently the owner of the cave, a jackal named Curd-Face, came to the door and began to sing: “Cave ahoy! Cave aho-o-oy!” Then after a moment’s silence, he continued in the same tone: “Hello! Don’t you remember how you and I made an agreement that I was to speak to you when I came back from the world outside, and that you were to sing out to me? But you won’t speak to me today. So I am going off to that other cave, which will return my greeting.”

Now when he heard this, the lion thought: “I see. This cave always calls out a greeting when the fellow returns. But today, from fear of me, it doesn’t say a word. This is natural enough. For

The feet and hands refuse to act
When peril terrifies;
A trembling seizes every limb;
And speech unuttered dies.

“I will myself call out a greeting, which he will follow to its source, so providing me with a dinner.”

The lion thereupon called out a greeting. But the cave so magnified the roar that its echo filled the circuit of the horizon, thus terrifying other forest creatures as well, even those far distant. Meanwhile, the jackal made off into the forest, singing and repeating the stanza:

“Joy comes from knowing what to dread,
And sorrow smites the dunderhead:
A long life through, the woods I’ve walked
But never heard a cave that talked.”

— Tales of Panchatantra. Translator: Arthur William Ryder (Professor of Sanskrit at the University of California, Berkeley).

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June 16, 2016

Revealed: Asia's 350 Best Universities. China Edges Out Japan in Battle for Regional Superiority

Photo: A building at National University of Singapore (NUS). National University of Singapore (NUS) has been declared Asia’s Finest University in 2016 by QS. Image Credit: oncampus.ru.

LONDON — Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), global higher education analysts, today released the QS University Ranking: Asia 2016.

National University of Singapore (NUS) is established as Asia’s finest university for the third consecutive year. It is followed by the University of Hong Kong. Nanyang Technological University rises one place to the podium, taking the bronze medal. While, in overall performance, China remains the preeminent nation, ahead of Japan.

Commenting on this QS Ranking, National University of Singapore (NUS) President Tan Chorh Chuan said: “Our priority is preparing future-ready graduates and developing top talent, driving innovation and forging strategic collaborations with academic and industry partners, and delivering impact from world-class research. I am heartened that our work is also reflected by NUS continued progress in the rankings.”

In this year’s QS Asia University Ranking:

• 17 nations or territories are featured;
• Hong Kong dominates the top ten with four institutions ranked;
• China, Singapore, and South Korea feature two universities apiece in the top 10;
• China has 82 universities among the 350 ranked, Japan has 74,
• South Korea 54, Taiwan 34, India 23, and Malaysia 20;
• There are 13 Thai universities in the rankings, 11 Indonesian, 10 Pakistani, 8 Filipino and five Vietnamese.
• Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have two apiece; Brunei and Macao one apiece.
• This year’s QS University Rankings: Asia are the largest-ever rankings for the region.

QS University Rankings 2016 (Asia): Top 20

2016 Rank — Institution — Country/Territory

• 1 — National University of Singapore — Singapore
• 2 — University of Hong Kong — Hong Kong
• 3 — Nanyang Technological University — Singapore
• 4 — The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology — Hong Kong
• 5 — Tsinghua University — China
• 6 — KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology — South Korea
• 7 — City University of Hong Kong — Hong Kong
• 8 — The Chinese University of Hong Kong — Hong Kong
• 9 — Peking University — China
• 10 — Seoul National University — South Korea
• 11 — Fudan University — China
• 12 — POSTECH — South Korea
• 13 — The University of Tokyo — Japan
• 14 — Tokyo Institute of Technology — Japan
• 15 — Kyoto University — Japan
• 16 — Korea University — South Korea
• 17 — Osaka University — Japan
• 18 — Yonsei University — South Korea
• 19 — Sungkyunkwan University — South Korea
• 20 — Tohoku University — Japan

QS University Rankings 2016 (Asia): India

2016 Rank — Institution

• 33 — Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
• 35 — Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
• 36 — Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
• 43 — Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
• 48 — Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)
• 51 — Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)
• 66 — University of Delhi
• 78 — Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)
• 94 — Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)
• 108 — University of Calcutta
• 145 — University of Mumbai
• 155 — Banaras Hindu University
• 169 — Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University)
• 176 — University of Pune
• 178 — Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
• 195 — Amity University
• 200 — Manipal Academy of Higher Education
• 231-240 — Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
• 251-300 — Anna University
• 251-300 — Panjab University, Chandigarh
• 301-350 — Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad
• 301-350 — Andhra University
• 301-350 — Pondicherry University

QS University Rankings 2016 (Asia): Pakistan

2016 Rank — Institution

• 111 — Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
• 112 — National University of Sciences And Technology (NUST), Islamabad
• 149 — Quaid-i-Azam University
• 149 — Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS)
• 183 — Aga Khan University
• 201-210 — University of Karachi
• 221-230 — Punjab University, Lahore
• 231-240 — COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
• 241-250 — University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Lahore
• 301-350 — University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

QS University Rankings 2016 (Asia): Bangladesh

2016 Rank — Institution

• 109 — University of Dhaka
• 159 — Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

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May 23, 2016

UN Secretary-General Speaks at Columbia University Commencement Ceremony

Photo: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the Columbia University Commencement Ceremony, where he urged students to use their passion and compassion to help build a world in which all people enjoy dignity and peace. 18 May 2016. New York, United States. UN Photo/Evan Schneider.

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May 5, 2016

The World's Most Reputable Universities 2016

Photo: Brasenose College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (founded 1509). Image Credit: David Nicholls.

This year’s Times Higher Education (THE) World Reputation Rankings see Harvard University take the top spot for the sixth consecutive year. The other top four positions are taken up by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Cambridge and University of Oxford.

Launched in 2011, THE World Reputation Rankings offer a definitive list of the world’s most prestigious universities based on their global reputation.

United States has once again dominated the rankings, boasting of 43 institutions amongst the top 100.

US is loosely followed by the UK, which houses 10 universities that made it to the list, along with the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford taking the fourth and fifth spots, respectively.

From Asia, there were 17 institutions included in the list, a rise of seven from 10 last year. With Japan’s University of Tokyo standing at the 12th place, China’s Tsinghua University and Peking University were ranked 18th and 21st, respectively.

• India continues to be one of the few nations not to have featured even once in the list.

According to Phil Baty, Times Higher Education rankings editor, “Reputation is the global currency of higher education”.

World’s Most Prestigious Universities 2016

Top 50

1. Harvard University — United States
2. Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology — United States
3. Stanford University — United States
4. University of Cambridge — United Kingdom
5. University of Oxford — United Kingdom
6. University of California, Berkeley — United States
7. Princeton University — United States
8. Yale University — United States
9. Columbia University — United States
10. California Institute of Technology — United States
11. University of Chicago — United States
12. University of Tokyo — Japan
13. University of California, Los Angeles — United States
14. University of Michigan — United States
15. Imperial College, London — United Kingdom
16. University of Pennsylvania — United States
17. Cornell University — United States
18. Tsinghua University — China
19. ETH Zurich — Switzerland
20. University College, London — United Kingdom
21. Peking University — China
22. Johns Hopkins University — United States
23. University of Toronto — Canada
24. London School of Economics and Political Science — United Kingdom
25. New York University — United States
26. National University of Singapore — Singapore
27. Kyoto University — Japan
28. Duke University — United States
29. University of Washington — United States
30. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — United States
31. Lomonosov Moscow State University — Russian Federation
32. Northwestern University — United States
33. Carnegie Mellon University — United States
34. University of Texas at Austin — United States
35. University of Wisconsin-Madison — United States
36. University of California, San Diego — United States
37. University of British Columbia — Canada
38. University of Edinburgh — United Kingdom
39. McGill University — Canada
40. Georgia Institute of Technology — United States
41. LMU Munich — Germany
42. University of California, San Francisco — United States
43. King’s College, London — United Kingdom
44. Pennsylvania State University — United States
45. University of California, Davis — United States
46. University of Hong Kong — Hong Kong
47. Seoul National University — South Korea
48. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne — Switzerland
49. University of Manchester — United Kingdom
50. University of Melbourne — Australia
51. University of Minnesota — United States

51-60

• Delft University of Technology — Netherlands
• Heidelberg University — Germany
• Humboldt University of Berlin — Germany
• Karolinska Institute — Sweden
• University of Maryland, College Park — United States
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — United States
• Ohio State University — United States
• Osaka University — Japan
• Purdue University — United States
• Technical University of Munich — Germany

61-70

• University of Amsterdam — Netherlands
• Australian National University — Australia
• Ecole Normale Superieure — France
• KU Leuven — Belgium
• Michigan State University — United States
• University of Southern California — United States
• University of Sydney — Australia
• Tohoku University — Japan
• Washington University in St Louis — United States

71-80

• Boston University — United States
• Brown University — United States
• University of California, Santa Barbara — United States
• Chinese University of Hong Kong — Hong Kong
• Free University of Berlin — Germany
• Fudan University — China
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology — Hong Kong
• University of Pittsburgh — United States
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University — China
• Texas A&M University — United States

81-90

• Indiana University, Bloomington — United States
• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) — South Korea
• Leiden University — Netherlands
• London Business School — United Kingdom
• NanyangTechnological University — Singapore
• National Taiwan University — Taiwan
• Pierre and Marie Curie University — France
• RWTH Aachen University — Germany
• Saint Petersburg State University — Russian Federation
• Tokyo Institute of Technology — Japan
• University of Warwick — United Kingdom
• Zhejiang University — China

91-100

• Arizona State University — United States
• University of Colorado, Boulder — United States
• Ecole Polytechnique — France
• Insead — France
• Lund University — Sweden
• Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology — Russian Federation
• Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris 1 — France
• University of Sao Paulo — Brazil
• Utrecht University — Netherlands
• Wageningen University and Research Center — Netherlands

• Reputation Ranking is distinct from Academic Ranking.

The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings list the world’s top 100 universities based purely on their Academic Prestige as distinct from their Academic Performance.

According to THE rankings editor Phil Baty, “A university’s reputation for academic excellence is absolutely vital to its success.”

A university’s brand - crucial in helping to attract students, staff and funding - is built on esteem.

Reputation and brand are not the same thing. But Pat Freeland-Small, chief marketing officer at the University of Melbourne, says the former feeds the latter.

The world elite of universities, he says, do not need to advertise, “but in a way they are advertising. They are constantly communicating the quality of what they do through their people and what they naturally put out…It is their people, their quality of research - notions that come through the academic community - that advertise their international profile.”

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April 29, 2016

UN Secretary-General appoints 12 new members to UN University Council

Photo: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he addressed the “Global Colloquium of University Presidents” on the topic “Preservation of Cultural Heritage: Challenges and Strategies”. 12 April 2016. New Haven, United States. UN Photo/Mark Garten.

Photo: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre right) with Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, during a ceremony where he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Law from the University of Cambridge in recognition of his humanitarian work, support for women’s rights, and achievements in pursuit of global peace and security. 03 February 2016. Cambridge, United Kingdom. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.

28 April 2016 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Director-General Irina Bokova of the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have appointed 12 new members to the governing UN University (UNU) Council.

The new appointees, who will take office as of 3 May, replace the outgoing 2010-2016 cohort of UNU Council members and will serve for terms of either three or six years.

The main functions of the Council are to formulate the principles and policies of the UNU, govern its operations, and consider and approve its biennial budget and work programme.

Appointed members of the UNU Council serve in their individual capacity - not as representatives of their country’s Government - and are selected with the aim of achieving a geographic and gender balance, with due regard for major academic, scientific, educational and cultural trends, as well as each member’s fields of expertise.

The new members of the UNU Council are:

• Ernest Aryeetey (Ghana), Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana
• Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (Brazil), Scientific Director, Sao Paulo Research Foundation, and Professor, Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute, State University of Campinas
• Simon Chesterman (Australia), Dean, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
• Elizabeth Cousens (USA), Deputy Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation
• Isabel Guerrero Pulgar (Chile), Director, IMAGO Global Grassroots, and lecturer at Harvard and MIT
• Angela Kane (Germany), Senior Fellow, Vienna Centre for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, and Professor, SciencesPo, Paris
• Segenet Kelemu (Ethiopia), Director General and CEO, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
• Bassma Kodmani (Syria), Executive Director, Arab Reform Initiative
• Radha Kumar (India), Director General, Delhi Policy Group
• Irena Lipowicz (Poland), Professor, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University (Warsaw)
• Tsuneo Nishida (Japan), Director, Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University, and Director, Toho Zinc Co., Ltd.
• Lan Xue (China), Dean, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, and Director, China Institute for S&T Policy

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“Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them.”

“The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.”

“Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs.”

— JOHN RUSKIN.

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April 4, 2016

India's Union Human Resource Development Ministry Ranks Universities of India for the First Time

Photo: India’s Minister for Human Resource Development, Smriti Irani, addressing the gathering at the release of the India Ranking Report 2016, in New Delhi, on April 04, 2016. India Rankings 2016 is a first-of-its-kind indigenous survey of India’s higher educational institutions commissioned by the Union Human Resource Development Ministry. Image provided by the Press Information Bureau, Government of India.

Photo: India’s Minister for Human Resource Development, Smriti Irani, releasing the India Rankings 2016, at a function, in New Delhi, on April 04, 2016. India Rankings 2016 is a first-of-its-kind indigenous survey of India’s higher educational institutions commissioned by the Union Human Resource Development Ministry. Image provided by the Press Information Bureau, Government of India.

Indian Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, released the India Rankings 2016 and dedicated India’s first ranking to the nation in New Delhi today. While releasing the India Rankings 2016 she said that history has been made as National Institutional Ranking framework (NIRF) is the first of its kind. She said that one of the biggest challenges in the higher education sector have been that citizens who engage with these institutions feel that there is no level playing field in terms of transparency and the data that they need from these institutions with regard to the choices they, specially the students, need to make. The Ministry of HRD, she said, has been able to spearhead many a changes in the field of education sector and slowly and steadily the steps taken by the Ministry are bearing fruits.

The Minister said this kind of ranking would empower citizens as it would endow them with the power as to how they observe the institutions to be. Some 60000 observers gave their views about how our present institutions are. She added that these rankings would also help in reaching benchmark of international excellence. The rankings will also help students make informed choices about the institutions they want to join. The Minister added that to ensure a third party validation of the data that we have received and analyzed, the agency like Elsevier was engaged.

India Rankings 2016 is the country’s first exercise to rank the higher educational institutions in the country based on objective, identifiable parameters. This follows the launch of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) on 29th September, 2015.

The rankings are arrived at after detailed analysis and validation of the data submitted by more than 3,600 higher educational institutions in the country classified in 6 categories. These ranking follow an Indian approach, where academic institute will be assessed on parameters, including teaching-learning; research; collaborative practice and professional performance; graduate outcomes; placements; outreach and inclusive action and peer group perception. Each of these has been further subdivided into nearly 20 sub criteria to comprehensively assess an institution.

The rankings are a step towards bringing the Indian institutes on a global platform.

#IndiaRankings2016 Top Ten Institutions - Indian Rankings 2016 - University https://t.co/C3jRy3fVXS

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Top Ten Institutions

1. Indian Institute of Science Banglore
2. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai,
3. Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
4. University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
5. Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam.
6. University of Delhi, Delhi.
7. Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh
8. Indian Institute of Space Science And Technology, Kerala.
9. Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan
10. Aligarh Muslim University

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March 22, 2016

Academics and Employers Name the World's Top Universities in 42 Disciplines

Photo: Harvard Bookstore, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. A privately-owned, independent bookstore serving the university and neighbourhood community since 1932. Image Credit & Copyright © ChenYen.Lai.

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016: What's new? https://t.co/6WoXoJDLxG

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The sixth edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, released today features a record-breaking 42 disciplines, making it the largest-ever ranking of its kind.

The expert opinion of 76,798 academics and 44,426 employers contributed to the results, alongside the analysis of 28.5 million research papers and over 113 million citations sourced from the Scopus/Elsevier bibliometric database.

Harvard and MIT continue to take the lion’s share of top places, leading in twelve subjects each. Sixteen different institutions top at least one of the subjects.

In the six new disciplines ranked, Harvard leads Anthropology and Social Policy and Administration while Cambridge leads Archaeology. Juilliard tops Performing Arts. Colorado School of Mines tops Mineral Engineering while University of Pennsylvania leads Nursing.

Following universities have achieved the most placements within the top-ten:

• Cambridge - 36
• Berkeley - 35
• Stanford - 33
• Oxford - 33
• Harvard - 30
• MIT - 22
• LSE - 13
• National University of Singapore - 13
• Princeton - 12
• ETH Zurich - 11
• Yale - 10
• Imperial College London - 9
• UCL - 9
• University of Copenhagen - 8
• University of Chicago - 7
• University of Hong Kong - 6
• Caltech - 5
• Columbia - 5
• The University of Tokyo - 5
• University of Michigan - 5
• UPenn - 5
• Australian National University - 4
• Karolinska Institute - 4
• NYU - 4
• Delft University of Technology - 3
• King’s College London - 3
• University of Wisconsin-Madison - 3

Ben Sowter, Head of the QS Intelligence Unit, said: “Though US and UK remain dominant, our most inclusive rankings yet show that excellence can be found in an ever-increasing number of places. Nations like Austria, Finland, South Africa, Brazil, and China, can be found in the top ten of our tables. Our new top 100 for Performing Arts acknowledges academic excellence in 27 different countries, while our top 200 for Business & Management recognizes it in 33.”

In continental Europe the countries with highest number of placements among the top-ten are: Switzerland (11), Netherlands (8), Sweden (6), France (3) and Italy (2). In Asia-Pacific: Singapore (15), Australia (9), Japan (7), Hong Kong (6), Mainland China (5).

Brazil dominates Latin America, with Universidade de Sao Paulo ranking 9th for Dentistry. South Africa leads its continent with Cape Town University 9th in Development Studies.

In the Middle East, the top performing country is Saudi Arabia, with KFUPM, ranked 46= in Mineral Engineering.

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