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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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Letting Universities Fail Won’t Solve the Higher Education Funding Crisis

by James Brackley and David Yates

The latest Education Committee report underlines the dire financial realities that UK universities are navigating. While the report proposes solutions, it fails to address a fundamental driver of the current crisis - the marketisation of higher education. James Brackley and David Yates explain further in their contribution to the Dispatches series.

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What Does It Feel Like to Live Under the Threat of Redundancy?

by Glen O’Hara

Restructuring is often touted as a necessary solution to respond to the financial crisis that numerous British universities face. For academic and professional staff, this means contending with the risk of redundancy. What does it mean to live under a constant cloud of uncertainty? Glen O'Hara shares more in this contribution to our 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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