UK higher education’s Christmas list

Funding for green campuses, levelling up and international links would be a gift from Santa Rishi Sunak to himself, too, says Nick Isles

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December 21, 2021

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December 21, 2021

Twitter: @nicisles

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Rishi Sunak is the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Print headline: My HE Christmas list

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