The TopUniversities.com guide to the latest university news from around the world, on 4 June 2013.
Turkey: Universities postpone exams as protests continue
Several Turkish universities have announced postponements to final exams, as anti-government protests continue across the country, Hurriyet Daily News reports. Koç Unviersity, Bahçeşehir University, Yeditepe University, ODTÜ, Boğaziçi University and Galatasaray University are among those which have either postponed exams or announced that students will have the option to take them at a later date if unable to attend.
Hong Kong: Students unwilling to be called ‘Chinese’, study finds
According to a Baptist University study, students are the only social group in Hong Kong completely unwilling to be known as ‘Chinese’, South China Morning Post reports. The latest part of the university’s Hong Kong Transition Project, the study found that two-thirds of students chose ‘Hong Kong Chinese’ as their preferred identity, 20% ‘Hong Kong persons’ and 10% ‘Chinese Hongkonger’ – but none just ‘Chinese’.
UK: Cambridge tops national university ranking again
The University of Cambridge (second to MIT in the QS World University Rankings) has for the third year running topped the Guardian’s ranking of UK universities. Oxford comes second, LSE third, St Andrews fourth and UCL fifth. The ranking uses national surveys to assess students’ satisfaction with teaching, assessment and overall experience. It also considers how much universities spend per student, graduate employment rates, and student-staff ratio.
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UK/US: More British students attending top US universities
The number of British students attending top US universities is increasing, The Telegraph reports. The newspaper investigated UK student admissions at 11 of the US’s leading institutions, and found UK enrolments had increased at seven of these in 2012/13 compared to 2011/12. Of the universities checked, Harvard admitted the most British students, 211, but this was actually a slight decrease on the previous year. According to the Fulbright Commission, a record 9,186 British students studied in the US in 2011/12, and this number is expected to be higher for 2012/13.