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Emerging world order in Higher Education

A QS Consulting Study

Hillol Nag
Consultant, QS Consulting

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QS Consulting is a subsidiary of QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd (QS), the worlds leading network and information specialist in the higher education sector. QS Consultings prime objective is to assist universities and other higher education institutions, who aspire to achieve world class standards. We provide a parallel service for diverse government and quasi-governmental organisations, that are aiming to enhance their countrys higher education standards.

Emerging world order in Higher Education

Shift in Higher Education Hierarchies

A Middle Eastern University Efficiency in Controlled Environment A Latin American University Change in Research Outlook
How Can You Stay Ahead ?

World HE hierarchy The Focus is Shifting

North America Europe

Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia

United Kingdom

Hong Kong, Brazil, South Korea

More and more developing nations are taking the lead in the Higher Education arena, be it active research volume or investment in HE , be it HE innovation or student enrolment ratio. 10 years ago no one would be interested to know about an University in Hong Kong but now some of them are world leaders.

Emerging world order in Higher Education

Shift in Higher Education Hierarchies

A Middle Eastern University Efficiency in Controlled Environment A Latin American University Change in Research Outlook
How Can You Stay Ahead ?

A Middle Eastern Public University Efficiency in Controlled Environment

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An Arabian Gulf nation with authoritarian governance is on a mission to build a Knowledge Economy fuelled by the energy wealth A high student Higher Education enrolment target rate (90%) puts enormous pressure on the public Universities Close control over budget ,decision making and University level policy making - Centralisation

Academic & Research reputation for Universities there is a concern, student employability could have been better and Most publications are in a non English Language.

A Middle Eastern Public University How We Helped Them ?

Increased efficiency inside the University to use the limited resource in better way

Formulated Research Strategy to increase quality and volume of research

Advised on Branding and Marketing to build awareness of its research in academia

Helped in bonding international co operation with like minded Universities

Advised on student employability as a way to reduce dependency on Govt jobs post education

Emerging world order in Higher Education

Shift in Higher Education Hierarchies

A Middle Eastern University Efficiency in Controlled Environment A Latin American University Change in Research Outlook
How Can You Stay Ahead ?

A Large Latin American Private University Change in Research Outlook

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In this populous Latin American nation, the economy is gearing to focus on Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Most public universities there are autonomous but they are running short on capacity There are some very large private Universities, closely linked with Industry ,which have undergone tremendous growth due to demand. The strength of basic academic research is lost in these industry linked private Universities. Large technology institutions have been changing focus recently to enhance research profile.

A Large Latin American Private University How We Helped Them


The Client Institution
The head of external relations of a renowned private multi campus University approached QS Consulting .Even though it has a long history, founded in 1943, and high recognition as a teaching institution, research has only become a priority in the last decade.

Why QS Consulting

The board of the University noticed a few lacuna in terms of the research performance of the institution and hired the worlds most reputed management consultancy firm to advise them on research strategy. The head of external relations explained that they are not happy with the schematic and not practical advises that they received from the firm and hence needs a fresh specialist approach from us

What help they needed

The University engaged QS Consulting to help assess and revise its research strategy along several key dimensions; research faculty, PhD programs, publications and citations, external research money and entrepreneurial projects

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A Large Latin American Private University Flow of the Engagement

The project scope was divided into work groups engaged in various aspects of the research such as collaboration, motivation, funding, publication, governance and organisation

The project team, led by an expert senior consultant conducted in-depth interviews on campus with senior administrators involved with research strategy, policies and university management

Information gathered from various sources including: Scopus, QS Intelligence Unit, Google Scholar and third party rankings (e.g. Webometrics, ScimagoIRC)

The institution provided documents relating to strategic planning, governance structure and monitoring and measurement documentation relating to research

Recommendations were formulated for short medium and long term results

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A Large Latin American Private University Key Findings


Papers per faculty Top 160 Authors Last 5 years

35

30

25

Number of Researchers

20

The majority of researchers Few high performers

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

Number of Scopus Publications for the Researcher

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Emerging world order in Higher Education

Shift in Higher Education Hierarchies

A Middle Eastern University Efficiency in Controlled Environment A Latin American University Change in Research Outlook
How Can You Stay Ahead ?

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How Can You Stay Ahead ?

By engaging with QS Consulting, Higher Education institutions will:

Gain a thorough analysis of their current performance

Learn from internationally recognised experts

Receive realistic and achievable recommendations

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How Can You Stay Ahead ?


ASSESS PROPOSE

SELECT

Commission a Diagnosis Assessment. Our experts work with the institution leadership to identify improvement priorities and to structure the specifications for a full brief

Submit a Request for Proposal outlining the institutions improvement priorities and key objectives

Select from the spectrum of QS Consulting services that best fit the institutions known improvement requirements.

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Muchas Gracias!
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