We’re excited to tell you more about a major new benefit to World 100 Reputation Network membership for 2021/22. THE (Times Higher Education) will be providing members with a World 100 space in THE Student’s weekly newsletter and website this year for free.

A panel of World 100 members will be hosting a session at THE World Academic Summit looking at how university communications has had to evolve over the past 18 months.

The World 100 research project for 2020/2021 will explore how universities have used the visibility of Covid-19 research to build profile.

World 100 members have again proved the link between reputation and the real-world impact of universities, achieving 4 of the top 10 places (and 9 of the top 20) in the latest THE Impact Rankings published on 21st April 2021.

Part 2 of our summary of Louise's session at THE Live US, looking a rebuilding public trust in universities. In this piece, we look at the conversation relating to people's trust in sources of news and information and how that relates to trust in universities, specifically during the pandemic.

On April 1st, World 100 Director Louise Simpson, hosted a panel of experts at THE Live US. The panel looked at rebuilding public trust in universities and featured Sue Cunningham, President and CEO of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and Nicky Old, Director for Communications and External Relations for Universities UK.

Keio University is pleased to announce that it will host the second MEXT Japan-EU Inter-University Exchange Project Liaison Meeting on “Strategic Cooperation and Support for Higher Education” on March 18, 2021.

Following the launch of the World 100 SMART Tool, we are hosting a webinar to help you get the most from this new initiative for World 100 Reputation Network members. SMART tracks your social media engagement on a quarterly basis across key platforms in comparison with World 100 and other leading global universities.

Keio University will hold the “Experience Japan Exhibition 2020 Online” on Saturday, November 21, from 18:00–21:00 JST/9:00–12:00 GMT to introduce diverse programs and courses offered by more than 20 Japanese universities, internship opportunities, scholarship information, and more.

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

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.

On Thursday the 23rd April Mark Sudbury was joined by Chair of the W100 Committee, Andrea Farquhar for a webinar focussing on communications in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.