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The announcement that King’s College London and Cranfield University are planning to join forces by August 2027 raises questions about whether university mergers offer a sensible way forward for the UK’s beleaguered higher education sector.
On News Talks this week, Times Higher Education editor Chris Havergal joins Campus editor Miranda Prynne to interrogate this question. They explore the reasoning behind King’s and Cranfield’s decision but also discuss other recent mergers in the UK and Australia to draw lessons on what works and where difficulties often arise.
Chris makes the case for and against mergers as an answer to UK higher education’s current financial turmoil and offers his take on what the future may hold for a sector in flux.
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