Mute, it seems, was the university marketer who found nothing to promote in yesterday’s QS rankings – although there was not much mention of a crucial score

“Australia has consistently performed poorly” on staff to student ratios, which QS considers a proxy for teaching capability, the ranking report states.

Nearly all universities had worse scores than last year and only three are in the top 500, ANU, Bond U and Uni Newcastle.

There will be more evidence on student satisfaction with teaching in the imminent QILT undergraduate survey  – which universities often do not report in detail, either.