Rankings Watch is a regular feature from Mark Sudbury, Head of Global Network Development, looking at activity in the university rankings. This month's segment looks at the US News & World Report’s Best Global Universities, the last of this year’s “big four” rankings, published in late October; followed by the THE Reputation Rankings.

You can see some of the knowledge and impact being delivered by Keio University, one of Japan’s leading universities, with their series of global webinars: Japan and the World in the Era of COVID-19: Considering whether the new paradigm is a crisis or an opportunity.

Barry Holmes, HR Director at RCSI – University of Medicine & Health Sciences – and W100 Network Member, explains how employee engagement, wellbeing and support were at the forefront of all they did in managing the COVID-19 crisis.

Universities have moved on from the immediate crisis communications response, but the reputational challenges of on-going pandemic reputation management are no less complex, according to the latest W100 survey.

Coronavirus has changed a lot of things for a lot of people, not least the world’s perception of cleanliness. We are now more laidback about things that used to seem like the most important thing in the world; more conscious of other people’s whereabouts and well-being; more aware of how important our relationships with other people are than ever before. We’re also changing how we work.

As COVID-19 continues to challenge every aspect of universities and life in general, we revisit our Taking the Temperature of COVID-19 survey.

The W100 virtual annual conference Reimagining Universities: Evolution and Change will be held between 2nd– 6th November 2020.

As the dust begins to settle on universities, and the immediate communications drive dries up, is academia in the firing line?

We hosted webinars for our experts to discuss the data collected in March, and examine how 65 leading global universities have managed reputation and stakeholders so far during the COVID-19 crisis.

Our Head of Global Network Development explores University communicators’ crucial role in pandemic response and looks at the data from our COVID19 tracker

Justin Ralph, CIO at World 100 Member, RCSI in Dublin, shares his experience of how IT and online transformation can happen quickly in a crisis

Rankings Watch is a regular feature from Mark Sudbury, Head of Global Network Development, looking at activity in the university rankings