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University rankings smarten up

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Systems for ranking the world's higher-education and research institutions are about to become more sophisticated, says Declan Butler.

Every autumn, politicians, university administrators, funding offices and countless students wait impatiently for the World University Rankings produced by Britain's Times Higher Education (THE) magazine. A position in the upper echelons of the THE ranking can influence policy-makers' higher-education investments, determine which institutions attract the best researchers or students, and prompt universities to try to boost their ratings.

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