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If Manchesterism is going national, universities need to hold on to public engagement
Place-based growth needs the capacity to listen to places. Sophie Duncan makes the case for treating public engagement as essential infrastructure
Sophie Duncan|27/10/26
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Jisc explains procuring AI the sensible way
David Kernohan|27/10/26
OfS must pay full legal costs to Sussex
David Kernohan|26/10/26
Students sweep the populists from power in Serbia
Jim Dickinson|25/10/26
Are there really more graduate NEETs than A-level NEETs
Jim Dickinson|15/10/26
A slightly better outlook for graduate jobs
David Kernohan|14/10/26
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