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Diana Beech

UK higher-education policy specialist, director of the Finsbury Institute and assistant vice-president for policy and government affairs at City St George's, University of London; formerly chief executive of London Higher and an adviser to three UK universities and science ministers.

Current clusters

science1 publisher

Eight UK higher-education leaders agree the funding model is unsustainable

Four in ten UK institutions are forecast to run a deficit this financial year while more than 518,000 students arrive, and the eight leaders Nature asked divide over whether that is a transition or a failure.

Publishers:nature.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+20
Incentives60
Confidence50