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SCOTLAND: Scottish universities slide down world league table
26.09.2010
Scotland’s elite universities have dropped down the world higher education rankings as part of a slump in Britain’s international standing.The universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, St Andrews and Aberdeen all dropped places in the 2010 global top-200 list.
The fall mirrors a general trend, with only five British universities now ranked in the world’s top 50, compared to eight last year.
Established centres of learning were warned they could no longer trade on their past in a global market where other countries such as China, South Korea and Canada are pouring major resources into higher education.
The changes in UK rankings reflect a new method of compiling the list, which places less emphasis on reputation and heritage and more on levels of investment.
It comes at a time of increasing uncertainty over the future funding of higher education across the UK, with dire warnings of cuts of up to one-quarter in public funding and arguments over whether top-up fees should be introduced in Scotland.
Last week, Glasgow University warned in a letter to staff that the institution would run out of money by 2013 unless action was taken to increase income and make savings. Today The Herald reveals it drew up a secret plan in June to cut a raft of subjects to save money – although the plan has now been dropped.
The latest concern over the future of Scottish institutions to compete on the global stage was sparked by the publication of the annual Times Higher Education Supplement international league tables.
Edinburgh University was the top-ranked Scottish institution after being placed 40th in the world, dropping from 20th last year.
St Andrews came next, but has also slipped, from 87th in 2009 to 103rd – the first time it has been out of the top 100 since 2006.
Glasgow came third out of the Scottish institutions, ranked 128th, after falling 49 places from 79th last year. Dundee was ranked at 140th, entering the table for the first time since 2007, while Aberdeen came 149th, compared to 129th the previous year.
Overall, Harvard was crowned the world’s best university, followed by the California Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge and Oxford came joint sixth – the highest-placed British universities.
Source: The Herald
Photo: The Herald
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