Times Higher Education has released its World University Rankings 2021, with the University of Oxford taking the top spot for the fifth year in a row.

Oxford University has claimed the prime position for a third consecutive year in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, but the UK's reputation is showing signs of slipping amid intensifying competition from institutions across Asia.

Institutions and governments should ignore influential international university rankings, HEPI has charged, claiming they are based on data that is “unreliable and sometimes worse”.

Times Higher Education has extrapolated data from its world rankings released in September to create a ranking of the most international universities in the world. Qatar University tops the list.

China dominates Times Higher Education’s second annual BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings, upping its top 100 entries from 24 to 27 as Tsingua University and Peking University retaining the two top spots.

Results from the fifth annual THE World Reputation Rankings show that the USA retains its prestige as a higher education superpower. US institutions dominate the top 10, Asian institutions continued to gain ground and Australia has shown an unexpected downturn in the league table as defined by academics worldwide.

The University of East London (UEL) has won the "Outstanding International Strategy Award" at the fourth annual THELMAs. It was praised for its Going Global bursary scheme for UK students...