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Higher education has long been a trump card for the West, helping it to win hearts and minds. If that advantage slips, the impact will be far-reaching

Recent years have thrown up both predictable challenges and unforeseeable exogenous events at universities. What do sector leaders foresee in 2024?

With its funding system on life support, and its ¡®science superpower¡¯ ambitions, the UK must stop treating international talent as an imposition

It may be true that ÖйúAƬ rarely tops the agenda in electoral campaigns, but don¡¯t be fooled ¨C the politics is as fevered as ever

With politicians increasingly focused on short-term priorities, it is becoming both harder and more necessary for universities to take the long view

For over a decade, the UK government has urged ¡®challenger¡¯ institutions to shake up the ÖйúAƬ status quo. But there is scant evidence of success

There is near-universal dismay among scientists over continued delays to UK association to Horizon Europe. It is time to replace bean-counting with vision

When Covid closed borders, universities¡¯ over-reliance on international student fees looked like disaster. Are they any less exposed today?

Much has changed since Tony Blair declared his priorities to be ¡®education, education, education¡¯. Could better communications help restore relations?

Universities face criticism for getting into financial difficulties ¨C but deliberate policy decisions are leaving the squeezed middle high and dry

The recent leap forward in AI capabilities has us all gripped. But digital transformation is slow and steady as well as fast and scary