Data

As data becomes ever more central to policy and commerce, its creation demands closer scrutiny, say Cristina Alaimo and Jannis Kallinikos

Student statistics due out in January now not expected until August, leaving universities ‘looking in the rear-view mirror’

Durham again found to have lowest proportion of students from its own region, but highlights work to boost north east's low HE participation rate

Latest Hesa data suggests that more than two-thirds of full-time academics in the UK have doctorates

Hesa figures suggest uptake has hit record high, with more scholars on teaching and research contracts having a teaching qualification than those employed as teaching-only

The authoritarian country has rich datasets for research collaboration, but while some new regulations may feel familiar to European eyes, any comfort must come with big ethical caveats, an expert says

Longitudinal Education Outcomes data has been published annually since 2017

European governments are beginning to take an interest in techniques to link scant evidence, as the euphoria about the benefits of mega datasets wanes

US, Japan and UK lead on entries to the World University Rankings this year

With institutions reluctant to match soaring prices, per-student income is eroded further

Sub-Saharan Africa Rankings to assess universities on metrics including access, fairness and regional impact

Figures should ‘concern us all’, warns regulator

Paper by Times Higher Education explores partnerships and collaboration in relation to Sustainable Development Goals

New Integrated Data Service will open access to accredited academics to capitalise on ‘revolution’ in data-sharing fostered during pandemic

Agency and incomplete information imperil data-driven assumptions about how to personalise teaching and learning, say Kate Ames and Colin Beer

Four different datasets, four different stories: Australian university staffing statistics ‘impossible to reconcile’

Data suggest research articles from commercial firms took a tumble in 2020 as academia boosted its output  

Report from Clarivate also raises fundamental questions about how disciplinary priorities are shaped  

Do neighbour institutions work closely together to boost their overall standing or do they tend to play to their strengths in a particular discipline?

Initial data suggest a drop in published proceedings amid shift to virtual events

In 15 out of 20 cities analysed, researchers just passing through tended to have the biggest impact  

Some of the world’s leading universities appear to benefit from having another top-ranked institution in their backyard

Latest Ucas data show increasing concentration of undergraduates in handful of institutions

Figures renew concerns that last year’s pandemic-affected cycle adversely hit less selective universities 

Percentage of papers with female authors rose markedly in latter part of 2020

Few areas of higher education and research have been left untouched by the Covid-19 pandemic – and during 2020, trends emerged that the academic community will be keeping a close eye on in 2021. Here, we look at five and what the coming months may bring

But large upturn in Tier 4 visas granted to Indian students tempers overall fall

Report from OfS shows slowing in rise of ‘unexplained’ firsts and sudden drops in share gaining top honours at some institutions

Data from THE World University Rankings suggest universities in Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland get far more per academic

Data from THE’s Reputation Rankings reveal the contrasts in the perception of institutions’ subject strengths inside and outside the country in which they are based

Data from THE’s subject rankings show need for more integration in fields such as AI, says leading professor  

THE data demonstrate that leading institutions are focusing on becoming more comprehensive rather than more specialist

THE analysis reveals regions that could lose the most financially due to pandemic and policy-related decline

Data from WSJ/THE US College Rankings paint worrying picture for sector facing further financial woes

Figures from latest Education at a Glance report show low share of women among international doctoral students    

Study that uses data from a UK university to model typical campus scenario warns fifth of students could catch virus within term one without interventions

Web of Science data show how the science superpowers are positioned as political debate rages over their future relationship  

Three recent studies have unearthed interesting patterns by comparing cross-border working before and during the pandemic

Global data show the vulnerable position that some countries were already in before the pandemic hit  

Major data analysis of authorship patterns also finds gap is largest among youngest scholars 

Briefing note from UKCGE shows drop-off in numbers at PhD level compared to undergraduate

First release of Graduate Outcomes, which looks at what people are doing 15 months after leaving university, shows stark differences for some groups  

Analysis of data on publications also shows emerging field of Covid-19 study ‘remains anchored’ to early Chinese research  

Virologist Christian Drosten has become a high-profile commentator on the pandemic in Germany, but are other disciplines stealing the limelight elsewhere?

Financial losses for universities could amount to billions in nations perceived to have failed on tackling coronavirus outbreak

Some types of patient data, crucial for understanding who might be worst hit by the virus, are often inaccessible for researchers. A new portal hopes to change that

Data suggest research related to the outbreak already numbers thousands of publications   

Virus crisis will affect domestic recruitment, but impact of falling overseas admissions seen as greater

An economic downturn prompted by the virus outbreak creates many uncertainties, but could public backing for science investment actually increase?      

Latest data also suggest a fall in the absolute numbers of younger EU academics working in the UK

Analysis from Hesa and Warwick that looked at two age cohorts could raise further concerns about grade inflation 

Analysis of Unesco and OECD data on international enrolments and fees show losses could run into billions of dollars

Large-scale analysis of data on published research suggests female academics now outnumber men in some fields, but significant inequalities remain

With competition for students unleashed, some post-92 and pre-92 universities now appear indistinguishable on grades needed for entry

Visas for non-EU students at highest level since 2011, with numbers almost doubling for Indian students in one year

Data suggest the subject has one of the highest shares of students from other EU nations in UK universities

Expert stresses that many universities are managing to diversify their income away from full-time undergraduate fees

Chinese students worth at least £1.7 billion to sector, representing more than 10 per cent of revenue at several institutions 

Analysis of Unesco and OECD data suggests that, on the surface, spending has rebounded – but some fundamental aspects of higher education investment may have been permanently altered

Share of country’s research involving international collaboration more than halves as domestic publications surge