Archive for December 2011
Australian University Rankings – A Comparison
What are the top ten Australian Universities? There is no official government ranking of universities in Australia. However there is a number of university league tables produced every year by relevant bodies such as the Melbourne Institute, The Australian Newspaper, The Good Universities Guide, THES and Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s academic ranking of world universities.
The Melbourne Institute (operated by the University of Melbourne) has produced its own ranking of the international standing of Australian universities. This ranking is based on a number of performance indicators such as international standing of staff, views of Deans and CEOs, resources, undergraduate programs, undergraduate intake and graduate programs.
The Melbourne Institute (operated by the University of Melbourne) has produced its own ranking of the international standing of Australian universities. This ranking is based on a number of performance indicators such as international standing of staff, views of Deans and CEOs, resources, undergraduate programs, undergraduate intake and graduate programs. You can go to http://www.ms-payday-loans.com for further information.
According to Melbourne Institute 2007 the top ten Australian Universities (in order of ranking) are: Australian National University (ANU), University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Monash University, University of Western Australia (UWA), University of Adelaide, Macquarie University and Queensland University of Technology. From this ranking ANU was the number one Australian university in terms of international standing and reputation, followed by Melbourne and Sydney. Is this result representative? Here we will analyze and compare it with the other two famous international league tables – THES and Academic ranking of world universities (ARWU).
Ranking Comparison:
- The list of top four universities produced by the Melbourne Institute are the same in ranking order as THES and ARWU 2007. We are confident to say that they are the Best Four – ANU, Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland.
- Group of Eight (Go8) Universities are among the top 8 universities as ranked by the three different league tables. These include the Best Four and the rest of the group – UNSW, Monash, UWA and Adelaide.
- Macquarie and QUT are among the top ten list (after Go8) in the Melbourne Institute and THES league tables.
HDD players: Entertainment to its full
With the rapid technology advancement in the field of electronics, life seems to be more simplified as luxuries are becoming less expensive and more reasonable. Today there is a very vast arena of electronic products that are developed to cope with the changing technology advancements. The HDD Players is an important electronic product which is commonly used these days. HDD media Players are those products which combines the hard drive enclosure with both hardware as well as software criterions and play the music videos, audio songs and photographs in home entertainment systems such as home theatres. This is a special type of media player that uses hard disk for storage of data such as, photos, videos, music files and various data.
The main advantage of HDD Players is its capabile memory to store and handle all types of files such as MP3 files, DivX, .JPEG images, MPEG-2 and AVI video files. It allows the users to eliminate the usage of a separate computer to play all those files and thereby helps them to use the single device for various purposes. The HDD Players are compact and highly affordable to all users. Usually these devices will have small hardware display and sometimes it can be made with these displays. Remote control with infrared rays is used to navigate between the files along with visual feedback is being produced through the device connected to player.
The HDD Players are getting more popular due to its compactness and affordability. These media players are contemporary and have quickly replaced the conventional VCD, DVD, video disk player and mobile bard drivers. The media players can also be used to record along with its playing capacity. Thus HDD Players facilitates the users to record playing program and to view it later. Hence people can watch their favorite TV shows, live music concerts either on TV or on the personal computer. There are many HDD media players available that are affordable to ordinary people as well.
The HDD Players has become a great entertainment tool for people to enjoy their favorite shows without missing. The HDD media player plays the movies, videos, audios and so on without any hassles of replacing the disc on a DVD player or CD player. This media player is better than DVD player as it is easy to carry, small in size and also functions more powerful. The memory capacity of media players varies between 80GB to 600GB. The HDD Players can transmit some high definition signals over to the monitor for display. USB ports are used to connect the HDD media players with eth computer or even to a notebook. Large number of people is utilizing the enormous benefits provided by this HDD media player.
Delhi University
The University of Delhi or DU was established in 1922 in India. At that time, there are only three colleges in Delhi, St. Staphens College that was founded in 1881, the Hinu College founded in 1889 and the Ramjas College founded in 1917, which was affiliated to the Delhi University. When DU started it only has three colleges with two faculties (Arts and Sciences) and just a number of 750 students.
It is known to be one of the prominent universities in India and is considered among the largest universities in the world with students exceeding to more than 300,000. It a pride of India since it offers high standards in teaching and research.
Wishing to cope with the demand, in early seventies it initiated a new organization pattern which was based on the multi-campus concept. South Camus started in year 1973 with postgraduate programs in some departments of the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences in a rented building. The construction of the East and West Campus followed then. The former is developed with the University College of Science while the West Campus will have an eye on Engineering and Technology.
The current Chancellor of the university is the Vice-President of India and Deepak Pental is the Vice Chancellor. Its former Vice Chancellors are: Dr. Hari Singh Gour which was the first Vice Chancellor and founder of University of Sagar, Professor Moonis Raza, Professor Singh and Professor Saroop Singh.
The University is also known for its distinguished alumni and faculties. The faculties of DU includes: Arts, Ayurvedic and Unani Medicine, Commerce and Business Studies, Education, International Discipline and Applied Science, Law, Management Studies, Mathematical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Music and Fine Arts, Social Studies, Technology and Undergraduate Courses. But the faculties in Economics, English, Science and Hindustani Classical Music are the most the popular.
At present there are more than 80 colleges under the University of Delhi. The university is equipped with modern facilities that cater to the needs of every student. It has amenities in order to provide comfort to the students as well as to the school administrators and faculties. A bank and a post office are present in the school premises. There is also a Railway Reservation Counter and a D.T.C Bus Pass for the use of the University community. The University built Guest House that can be used by the University staff and administrators to house their guests. There is also a fine Coffee House that provides mouth watery foods. The University employees run the University Cooperatives that sells everyday items on discounted prices. Comprehensive health services are being provided by the WUS Health Center of the University. Other facilities are the Computer Center, University Science Instrument Center and the University Press.
The University has a very large population of students. However it is able to give the best services to all its students. The University made it a point to make their students active both in academic and non-academic subjects. It has a very active sports program that has updated facilities in basketball, archery, cricket, swimming and many more. Each college is required to have a Sport Program and because of hard work and dedication some of its students were proved to be outstanding in national and international levels. Delhi University also organized a Culture Council to promote cultural activities. DU believed that student governance is a vital part in a student’s life; they helped students organized a student council called Delhi University Students Union (DUSU).
It is no wonder why the Delhi University has been considered one of the best universities there is. It’s a university that would surely give a gigantic stepping stones for great success to their devoted students!