1、October 2022QS Quacquarelli Symonds ARAB REGION|2023Enabling InnovationHIGHER EDREPORTChoose from 18+accredited programs&over 30 majorsStart your degreein Dubai,Graduatein Canada 32QS Higher Ed Report|October 2022Arab Region Ranking|2023Enabling innovation 5|Editors welcome8|Where do we go now?Claud

2、ia Civinini26|Bridging the gapAfifah Darke33|Integrating ranking criteria into strategies new dimensions towards sustainable growth Dr Esra AlDhaenARAB REGION RANKINGS 202338|Methodology40|Rankings tables8|WHERE DO WE GO NOW?5QS Higher Ed Report|October 2022Arab Region Ranking|2023Anton John CraceAn

3、ton is Editor and Program Designer at QS Quacquarelli Symonds.He was the former Asia Pacific editor of The PIE News and received the Universities Australia Higher Education Journalist of the Year at the National Press Club of Australia.Welcome to the first of two Higher Ed Reports for October,in whi

4、ch we explore the 2023 QS World University Rankings:Arab Region.In last years edition of the report for the Arab Region Ranking,I observed that it comes out at an interesting halfway point in the calendar of QS events.We are just under six months before the 2023 QS Higher Ed Summit:Middle East and A

5、frica,which will be held in-person in Kuwait as well as online.That,of course,means this report comes just over six months after the 2022 Summit,and is being launched at the same time as we hold our Arab Forum to coincide with the Ranking.As the discussions of the Forum take place,and as the team an

6、d I finalise preparations for the 2023 Summit,its an ideal time to pause and reflect on what progress has been made since we gathered in Dubai in early March this year to discuss the future of the region.The title of this report,Enabling Innovation,takes its cue from the theme of the 2022 Middle Eas