The bad news just seems to keep on coming for Hong Kong’s education sector, battered by protests and then closed down by the Corona Virus, with this latest drop in global university rankings another blow for the city.
Top Hong Kong universities have seen a number of their subjects drop in the latest global rankings, raising fears the ongoing social unrest in the city will further affect their competitiveness when its impact is manifested in the next few years.
The Britain-based education information firm, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), released World University Rankings by Subject 2020 on Wednesday, which showed a year-on-year drop for top-ranking subjects at institutions, including the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Chinese University.
Analysts said the latest rankings reflected the overall decline in the competitiveness of research conducted by Hong Kong universities, as the data was collected before the anti-government protests, which badly affected the city’s higher education sector in the second half of last year.
One hopes that after the Corona virus fears have gone Hong Kong can regain its place as one of the world’s premiere places to get an education.
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