There’s a new ranking. But hold the harrumphing – it isn’t of the “top unis for MBAs in water polo admin ” variety

It’s a ranking of masters degrees in global trade, which QS will launch in October.

If it uses QS’ standard measures, including 50 per cent of scores based on invited survey responses from academics and employers, usual methodology caveats apply. But the benefits are way bigger than given university marketers copy. It’s funded by the Hinrich Foundation which advocates “for sustainable global trade” on the premise that, “peace is a natural effect of trade, but only when trade is mutually beneficial and sustainable for peace and prosperity.”