00:00Why is it that Saudi Arabia is so dominant on the regional landscape when it comes to higher education?
00:06Is it about investment, do you think?
00:07Indeed, Tom. So it's a fascinating time for higher education in the Arab region as a whole.
00:13And we've seen Saudi Arabia with the focus on the Saudi Vision 2030 has placed importance on research and innovation.
00:21And one of the pillars of rankings and in this case, QS rankings is looking at academic reputation, also looking at research excellence in the higher education sector.
00:33And we can see that the focus and we've just seen the Nobel Prize coming out and awarded to a Saudi scientist.
00:40And that just shows the focus which the kingdom is having to build those global powerhouses, which are going to transform the nation into a knowledge economy, actually has started to reflect in the rankings.
00:54And the Arab region ranking, which we just launched yesterday, is a testament to that success of Saudi universities already creating a mark for themselves on a global stage.
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