There is a crisis in higher education, as financial woes threaten the UK’s world-renowned university sector, with dozens of institutions in serious financial difficulties with fears of cuts, closures and collapse.
Joining host Alain Tolhurst to discuss what is causing such strain on universities, how it can be solved, and what may happen if it doesn’t, are the former universities minister, Conservative peer Lord Jo Johnson, as well as Vivienne Stern, chief executive of Universities UK, Jess Lister, director at the strategy consultancy Public First, as well as Sarah Stevens, director of strategy at The Russell Group of leading universities, and Matilda Martin, reporter at PolHome.
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Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton and edited by Ewan Cameron for Podot
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