The UK higher education industry needs to be more savvy to “tipping points” where other parts of society may see reasons to attack the sector, according a former universities minister.
During The PIE Live Europe in London, Chris Skidmore said that since 2019, international students have increasingly been “fair game” to be attacked in the media.
“There’s a number of tipping points to be very careful about that, not necessarily we suggested is a problem, but we work out how to anticipate where we think potentially others may view it as a problem,” he suggested.
“We [need to] act early to identify some of the pointers where potentially where we can reassure [the critics].”
