The return of Michael Gove threatens to breathe some life back into the government’s levelling up agenda.
Higher education has never been presented by the government as central to levelling up. It receives some passing mentions in the Levelling Up White Paper and all but a sprinkling of the monies so far allocated as part of the Levelling Up Fund appear to be available to higher education related projects.
However, while none of the 12 missions which are at the centre of the Levelling Up White Paper refer to higher education explicitly, one does focus on research and development.
