UK business media reports Macquarie (bank, not university) is overseeing an auction of the Times Higher group – purveyors of news and rankings to the academic gentry. Sky News says stg 100m is a ballpark price. One bidder is said to be RelX, owner of journal publisher Elsevier. Good-o, but is the market ready for subscriber-only uni rankings?
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