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Here you can read the latest news and views from our Fellows and associates. Many articles are also reprinted in the ISRF Bulletin, the Foundation’s in-house periodical.

The Blog and Bulletin are edited by Baindu Kallon.

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Dispatches from British Academics

by Christopher Newfield

Policy analysts in the UK's higher education sector are grappling with a system in crisis. Missing from this discourse is those on the front lines - academics. This month's Director's Note from Christopher Newfield outlines why it is crucial to include academic expertise and voices in conversations on the present conditions and possible future of British universities.

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What’s the future for our universities?

by Glen O’Hara

The UK's current higher education environment is in turmoil as courses close, resources are cut and staff face the constant threat of redundancy. When the dust settles, how will the higher education landscape change? Glen O'Hara explores further in his contribution to the ISRF's Dispatches series.

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Bulletin #33: Counterpoints: Power and Its Discontents

Based on research presented at the ISRF’s fifth Congress in June 2025, the contributions unravel dominant discourses to offer more nuanced understanding of contemporary social, political, and cultural issues.

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