GLOBAL: Challenges and threats to top institutions

GLOBAL: Challenges and threats to top institutions - Phil Baty* 08 November 2009

Last year, the Times Higher Education magazine asked the heads of some of the world's top ranked universities: "What makes your university a world leader?" The answers were illuminating and often inspiring.

* Phil Baty is deputy editor of the Times Higher Education magazine and editor of the magazine's annual world university rankings. This is an edited address he gave at the third International Conference on World-Class Universities in Shanghai last week.