the foundations of our modern university sector were built on thriving industries that needed that research. Industries we've sold off.
What is left is essentially education tourism. Great for wealthy foreign student (for now), but not doing much for the domestic students that leave and enter markets that don't need them.
There's no appetite for reindustrialisation, so stagnation seems inevitable?
Tristan Colgate-McFarlane
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2026-05-16 08:33:09 UTC
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