{"id":111044,"date":"2024-10-24T17:41:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T14:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111044\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarusian-state-university-downgraded-in-british-ranking","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111044\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian State University downgraded in British ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bgu_yandex_maps_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bgu_yandex_maps_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bgu_yandex_maps_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bgu_yandex_maps_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bgu_yandex_maps_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bgu_yandex_maps_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Yandex.Maps)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 24, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Times Higher Education has downgraded Belarusian State University (BSU) in its world university ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2020, the BSU and other Belarusian universities have been involved in the persecution of dissenters among students and lecturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About a hundred BSU lecturers and professors were fired by the fall of 2023, said historian Roza Turarbiekava, a former BSU lecturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Times Higher Education moved the BSU from the 1201\u20131500 best universities to the 1500+ group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Oxford, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University topped the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The performance indicators are grouped into five areas: teaching (the learning environment); research environment (volume, income and reputation); research quality (citation impact, research strength, research excellence and research influence); international outlook (staff, students and research); and industry (income and patents).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/81876\/\">BSU Lyceum students taken to firing range under KGB supervision<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BSU showed its best performance in 2018, climbing to the 801\u20131000 group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BSU is the largest Belarusian university. It has 185 departments and 16 faculties. Over 1,300 members of its academic staff hold scientific degrees. Its students include more than 4,700 foreigners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 24, Pozirk. Times Higher Education has downgraded Belarusian State University (BSU) in its world university ranking. Since 2020, the BSU and other Belarusian universities have been involved in the persecution of dissenters among students and lecturers. 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