Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

William IV, Prime Minister Theo von Linden, Chief Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Jules Danetang, Foreign Secretary Joseph Beit, Home Secretary David Blanc, Defense Minister Fox, Industry Minister Joseph. Lanka, Transport Secretary Byers, Education Secretary Mari Philip, Energy Secretary Hester, Justice Robert Cook, Speaker of the Privy Council and Speaker of the House of Commons, Baron Caslan, Lord of the Privy Seal and Speaker of the House of Lords, Marquis Andrew Smith Senator Sackham, Director of the Dutch Financial Committee and Chairman of the Dutch Federal Reserve Bank, and others continue to hold Privy Council meetings.

Education Minister Mari Philippe became the latest target of William IV's name, and the question was about the latest situation of higher education in the Netherlands.

Mari Philip said calmly: "This year is the twentieth anniversary of the release of the World University Rankings. It was originally released in the first half of the year, but starting from this year, it is scheduled to be released in October every year. Your Majesty's question, the answer It just so happens that the new list will be released on October 15th. I believe that with the appearance of the latest list, everyone in the Netherlands will be proud and the UK will be excited."

William IV asked inquiringly: "Why?"

Others have not seen this issue's list, so they are also curious.

Mari Philippe said: "Because in the new list, British universities are proud of the global university rankings. This year's edition will overturn the previous history of British universities occupying the top spot. On the contrary, our Dutch universities have successfully challenged the top spot and broken the past." In 2019, Dutch universities could only be ranked as the second largest university.”

When William IV heard this, he said happily: "Then, I am even more curious."

Without further ado, Phillip distributed the stack of papers he had prepared to everyone present.

The 1881 global university ranking list is impressive.

William IV is the most curious and excited among those present. In previous lives, universities in my country often struggled to enter the top ten in Western university rankings. Even in Asia, there are occasionally one or two universities that enter the first round and the next. They have no share in the first phase. This was formed under the monopoly of global higher education such as the United Kingdom and the United States. The purpose is to gather high-end global talents to their own countries, and then increase efforts to weaken others and strengthen themselves. Even if these talents do not If you use it yourself, you will destroy them. Let them exist as mediocre people in their own country instead of going back to build their own motherland.

In my previous life, I was very helpless about this. In fact, I also understood the helplessness of the country. After all, my motherland is a new participant in many technology industries. Industry standards and information are incomplete. It is necessary to borrow the experience of other countries, and international students are the most direct. The most effective bridge.

If we don’t send them out, they won’t have this opportunity to come into contact with foreign technology. It’s hard to achieve the effect of integrating other people’s advanced technology by building a car behind closed doors. The nine sons of a dragon are different. What’s more, there are also good and bad international students.

Between being patriotic and not being patriotic, or not contributing to returning to China with high salaries from foreign countries, there will always be a small number of people who choose the more selfish option.

Affected by this, when the Netherlands came to this parallel world and became the crown prince, it started the higher education reform in the Netherlands. In just ten years, the Netherlands became the second largest higher education power in the world in the 1860s, even in higher education. In terms of education per capita, the Netherlands is the strongest country in the world.

However, the UK, which has Oxford and Cambridge, still firmly occupies two of the top five places, and even the first place is the UK's Oxford or Cambridge University.

But look now, after 20 years of development, Dutch universities have finally reached the top of the rankings.

The following is the latest 1881 global university ranking list:

Top ten:

Ranked 1-10: 1 University of Sydney (Netherlands, founded in 1850, the same below), 2 University of Melbourne (Netherlands, 1853), 3 University of Cambridge (English, 1209), 4 University of Oxford (English, 1096 ), 5 University of Amsterdam (Netherlands, 1857), 6 Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany, 1810), 7 University of Vienna (Austro-Hungary, 1365), 8 University of St. Petersburg (Tsarist Russia, 1724), 9 University of Paris (France) Second Empire, 1150), 10 Australian National University (Netherlands, 1864)

The Netherlands occupies 4 of the top ten places, namely the 1st University of Sydney, 2nd University of Melbourne, 5th Amsterdam, the original capital of the Netherlands in Europe, and 10th Australian National University located in the province of Wilhelm (Victoria) in the Netherlands; the UK occupies There are two seats, namely the University of Cambridge in third place and the University of Oxford in fourth place.

It can be said that in the latest university rankings, the Netherlands crushed the UK and successfully reached the top. In particular, the University of London, which was ranked tenth in the previous period, was successfully replaced by the Australian National University, breaking the previous top ten. The Netherlands and the UK have a balance of three seats each. Everyone here believes that when this issue is released in five days, it will shock the world, and it will not even be less influential than the University of Sydney’s topping the global rankings.

In this issue, Humboldt University of Berlin is still ranked 6th as in previous years. This has been the same position for the past ten years. The University of Vienna and the University of St. Petersburg have pushed the University of Paris from 7th to 9th. They both ranked 9th. Each moved up one position to cause the University of Paris to decline in status.

Sure enough, politics can determine many things. The division of France has reduced the enrollment range of the University of Paris by almost one-third of its students. The division of the Third French Republic in the south has only allowed enrollment in the Second French Empire in the north. , so the decline in status is understandable. This is the reason why the University of Paris is helpless. But I have to say that it is indeed a powerful country, and even its university education is among the best in the world.

This issue of university rankings is released. It goes without saying that the above universities will be the most desirable ones for international students from other countries around the world. It is conceivable that these four universities in the Netherlands can definitely add new impetus for other top talents to immigrate to the Netherlands.

These were most consistent with William IV's ideas and plans.

However, these are in line with William IV's plans and ideas, but may not necessarily be in line with other people's ideas.

For example, next to him are Prime Minister Linden of the Christian Party, Jules Danetant of the Socialist Party, and Gerrit de Vries of the opposition Liberal Party.

Especially the former and the latter Gerrit de Vries.

The University of Melbourne, ranked second, is located in the capital Melbourne and is now governed by the Christian Party; the University of Sydney, ranked first, is located in New South Wales and is also governed by the Christian Party.

The Australian National University, ranked 10th, is located in William Province (Victoria), which is where the Socialist Party came to power in 1879.

After all, only the University of Amsterdam, ranked fifth in Europe, is still in power under the Liberal Party.

Therefore, it is strange that Gerrit De Vries can be happy.

He was very dissatisfied that there were no leading universities in the Far East in the hands of the Liberal Party. Therefore, he was anxious and hoped that more universities below would be in the areas governed by the Liberal Party.

So, he hurriedly looked down.