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Australia has seven tertiary institutions in the top 100 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities, although all but one has gone backwards.
AnIndianoriginteenhaswonaprestigioushighschoolers'scienceprizeof$250,000fordevelopingacomputermodeltopredictthestructureofRNAmoleculesthatcanaidinquicklydiagnosingdiseases.
League tables are addictive. From football to motorsport, tennis to golf, we relish following who is up and who is down. Understandably so, given that sport is fiercely competitive between individuals and teams. But universities? Provosts and Presidents of our greatest higher education institutions obsess over their rankings. Three dominate—the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, QS World University Rankings, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). These metrics of achievement should be challenged.
Neel Moudgal, 17, was announced the winner of the Regeneron Science Talent competition