“The real question facing higher education lies beneath funding. It is purpose.” We launch Higher Ground today: a new programme bringing experts together to ask difficult questions and develop bold, evidence-led ideas for the future of universities. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4zErEqt

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1/3 Higher education in the UK is at a critical juncture. Universities make a substantial contribution to society and the economy, but the system faces mounting pressures, and too many difficult questions remain unresolved. Today we launch a new policy programme, to tackle that shorturl.at/079yt

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"Shifting increasing numbers of staff to teaching-only contracts or reducing research time for staff who are not supported by specific grants risks weakening the relationship between knowledge creation and knowledge transmission" 💯 #UCU #UKHE www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

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What makes a university a university?

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Exciting news! Since September, I have been co-editing the Information and Ideas section of Oxford Intersections: Borders, together with @carwynmorris.bsky.social.

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