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"The list is the origin of culture... How does one attempt to grasp the incomprehensible? Through lists" bit.ly/sGBp6T Explains a lot 8:37 AM May 10th via web
Currently attending IREG-6 conference in Taipei. Session details here iu.qs.com/2012/04/19/ire… 12:13 AM Apr 19th via Twitter for Android
Check out what Boris has to say about our new QS Best Student Cities Ranking... Results: youtu.be/MV3AdDVpLFk via @youtube 4:09 AM Feb 15th via Tweet Button
Check out this video for QS Best Student Cities: tinyurl.com/7comujq 8:29 AM Feb 9th via Tweet Button
QS Best Student Cities due in two weeks... watch this space #qswur bit.ly/wJkkYm,1 via @bensowter 8:05 AM Feb 2nd via Tweet Button
RT @australian Brazil leads the Latin American unis | The Australian bit.ly/mPgjmQ 2:42 PM Oct 10th, 2011 via TweetMeme
Times Higher Education World University Rankings may not be stable | The Australian bit.ly/qGnsuH 2:42 PM Oct 10th, 2011 via TweetMeme
worlduniranking Why have Chile's angry students become world news tinyurl.com/6gqgsut - and how good are their universities #qslatinur 2:27 AM Oct 10th, 2011 via web Retweeted by bensowter and 1 other
suthers Why is Royal Holloway top UK university for citations #THEWUR but not in world top 500 in Shanghai rankings using same Thomson Reuters data? 3:27 AM Oct 7th, 2011 via TweetDeck Retweeted by bensowter and 2 others
uniworldnews Some surprises in THE World University Rankings as Caltech edges out Harvard at top tinyurl.com/5tvkqhn #WUR 5:25 AM Oct 6th, 2011 via TweetDeck Retweeted by bensowter
LouisMMCoiffait Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-12 timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-universi… @timeshighered Cambridge/Oxford still the wrong way round... 2:25 AM Oct 6th, 2011 via Tweet Button Retweeted by bensowter and 1 other
Davidwalsh16 The Times Higher Education Magazine has quite clearly got its facts wrong. I'd looks to QS for proper University world rankings. 12:37 AM Oct 6th, 2011 via web Retweeted by bensowter and 1 other
Over 2000 people following our rankings launch event. Live Webcast here: bit.ly/pGu5X6 #qslatinur 8:04 AM Oct 4th, 2011 via Twitter for Android
QS_pressoffice Introduction of a web impact indicator #QS University Rankings - Latin America. Live Webcast here: bit.ly/pGu5X6 #qslatinur 7:46 AM Oct 4th, 2011 via TweetDeck Retweeted by bensowter and 1 other
New QS University Rankings - Latin America launched today #QSLatinUR 7:59 AM Oct 4th, 2011 via Twitter for Android
Just got asked where our Classifications have gone? We have compiled them and they will be back on the website soon. #UOCheirankings 3:10 AM Sep 23rd, 2011 via Twitter for Android
Dr Frits Pannekoek (President of ICDE) reluctantly admits that distance learning MUST become part of the rankings debate #UOCheirankings 3:06 AM Sep 23rd, 2011 via Twitter for Android
Check out what's happening on #UOCheirankings 3:02 AM Sep 23rd, 2011 via Twitter for Android
Attending seminar on rankings and e-learning hosted by Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in Barcelona... Good debate with Dr Frits Pannekoek 2:59 AM Sep 23rd, 2011 via Twitter for Android

Name Ben Sowter
Location WM:51.58277966,-0.07487053
Web http://iu.qs.com/
Bio Head of the QS Intelligence Unit which compiles university rankings and related metrics.