Mike Boxall

@MaryCurnockCook Quite a misleading headline. International students' full-time entry 2 first-degree programmes dipped by 14%. This holds true for the Russell Group universities. All increases in international students are at PGT levels, where domestic demand is weak hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analy…

Does this look like #intled students are displacing home students? Source @ukhesa | hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analy… This holds true for the Russell Group too. @FT "Britons squeezed out of top universities by lucrative overseas students" ft.com/content/f25132…

"Universities have, in effect, lost around £3 billion from their annual teaching incomes in less than two years." The UK’s university funding systems need a bold resetting - another must-read from @markcorver timeshighereducation.com/blog/uks-unive… via @timeshighered

Nothing I write is going to match the brilliant writing all over the place about this kid since yesterdays heartbreak. I guess I just want to add my voice to say how proud I am of him. Being at this years Tour in the shape he was in was victory in my mind 🐐💙 #ThankYouCav

This week on Wonkhe: Policy making in England no longer seems able to think about higher education as a public good. For Simon Marginson, this is something in desperate need of recovery buff.ly/3NClzoa

NEVER FORGET Today they would want their parents on a flight to Rwanda #Toriesout266 #SunakOut157 #GeneralElectionNow

Important piece in the FT about the importance of using scenarios to plan properly. Check out artemonstrategy.com to see how we can help you with this.

@jimpurnell @UAL @CroydonVision @PaulKirkbright @JonTabbush @centreforlondon ⬆️ With the #levellingup agenda hot topic in 2022, @MikeBoxall1 of @PA_Consulting explained how universities are stepping up as orchestrators of collective learning within their cities. Missed it in August? Catch up here👇 big-knowledge.co.uk/news/universit…

New - “There was a brief moment and the people in charge, myself included, blew it." Kwasi Kwarteng, in highly reflective mood, in this quote-packed @FTMag long read on the crazy events of Autumn 2022. With @SebastianEPayne and @Laura_K_Hughes ft.com/content/736a69…

Martin Wolf: The UK government should stop doing stupid stuff on.ft.com/3BcrdrV

New on @Wonkhe: Income contingent tuition loans as a component of state support for higher education are a key legacy of the 1997 Dearing Report. Simon Marginson asks how the current system could work better for everyone. buff.ly/3FOYPit

Shut the gate

Still one of the best views in the world.

It has not been easy, but after careful consideration and discussing with friends and family, I have again decided not to enter the contest for leadership of the Conservative party.

A paragraph from Hilary Mantel's Reith lectures (2017). Especially apt for lawyers among others. RIP 🙏🏽

Nice tribute here to our (wonderful) former Chair, who sadly died last month: Tribute: Former Vice-Chancellor Sir Graeme Davies - News - University of Liverpool news.liverpool.ac.uk/2022/09/01/tri…

The new UK PM’s team needs to maintain access for the hardest-to-reach, fulfil research spending promises and continue levelling up, says Laura Brassington @HEPI_news timeshighereducation.com/blog/liz-truss…

Only 0.3 per cent of the British population get to choose the country's next prime minister. @tortoise is starting a legal challenge to get answers about the process. Read more here: torto.se/3wEWMIt