The focus on the individual benefits of university is, unsurprisingly, not playing well with those who do not go. Sector advocates need to work harder, in an ideologically hostile climate, to illustrate the benefits skilled workers confer on the whole of society, say Stephen Handel and Eileen Strempel
The platform that once promised meaningful professional exchange has become performance theatre. We must do better, says Sorin Krammer
Jane Harrington describes her institution’s merger with Kent as ‘incredibly hard work’ and warns struggling institutions would need support to do the same
Chinese universities go from strength to strength, but will need to bolster their international outlook if they are to reach the top – and the policy signals are mixed on this front
