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  • Affairs
  • London
  • Episode 3339
  • 17 Aug 2026
  • 38 min

What’s in a university ranking? How the US and UK still dominate

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  • The Monocle Daily
  • Affairs
  • London
  • Episode 3339
  • 38 min

China is a budding superpower but the US and UK still dominate global university charts, even those by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. We hear from economist Guy Standing, plus our panel of Alex von Tunzelmann and Mark Earls weigh in on why autocrats still send their kids to Harvard.

Host
  • Andrew Mueller

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