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Alex Otway
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Data scientist for the Labour Party. Prev TBI. Views my own.
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University funding model ‘needs more than tweaks to tuition fees’.

Tony Blair Institute report lays out trade-offs between migration policy and UK higher education funding.

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University funding model ‘needs more than tweaks to tuition fees’ - Research Professional News
Tony Blair Institute report lays out trade-offs between migration policy and UK higher education funding
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
June 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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NEW on Wonkhe: Consider immigration and university funding together, the Tony Blair Institute says bit.ly/4l7nCzy
June 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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NEW on Wonkhe: Consider immigration and university funding together, the Tony Blair Institute says bit.ly/4l7nCzy
June 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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'Post-1992 universities that underpin local prosperity in poorer areas of the UK will be hardest hit by efforts to restrict international student numbers, a new report by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change has warned.' 1/2
Post-92 universities ‘hardest hit’ by student visa restrictions
Deliberately reducing international student numbers will disproportionately harm modern universities based in poorer areas, says Tony Blair Institute
www.timeshighereducation.com
June 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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University funding model ‘needs more than tweaks to tuition fees’.

Tony Blair Institute report lays out trade-offs between migration policy and UK higher education funding.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
University funding model ‘needs more than tweaks to tuition fees’ - Research Professional News
Tony Blair Institute report lays out trade-offs between migration policy and UK higher education funding
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Very excited to launch our #DisruptiveDelivery Data Explorer at the Tony Blair Institute today. Here are some of the things I think are interesting, but you should play around yourself and find your own interpretations 1/

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Disruptive Delivery Data Explorer
Disruptive Delivery Data Explorer
bit.ly
March 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Voters are demanding change but mainstream politics isn’t delivering.

Across 6 major democracies our latest research with Peter Kellner & DeltaPoll highlights the rise of outsiders but also the chance to build a new coalition.

The message: Disrupt or be disrupted

Read full report: bit.ly/3X3c9Yz
Disruptive Delivery: Meeting the Unmet Demand in Politics
Disruptive Delivery: Meeting the Unmet Demand in Politics
bit.ly
January 31, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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“Disrupt or be disrupted.” A huge new study of people in the UK, USA, Germany, Canada and France shows a singular vision: those invested in mainstream parties and those going to insurgent parties are united in the belief that the system is no longer working and radical change is necessary.
Disruptive Delivery: Meeting the Unmet Demand in Politics
Disruptive Delivery: Meeting the Unmet Demand in Politics
institute.global
January 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Two graphs, on ‘growth week’.

1) the challenge: a crisis of social democracy is now also gobbling up the centre right - the old mainstream have fallen from ~75% to ~50% vote share.

2) the key cause: voters no longer believe in economic progress.

New report: institute.global/insights/pol...
January 31, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.
November 29, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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Our net zero polling with YouGov across Europe earlier this year found that this news – that China is ‘doing its bit’ – is *precisely* the thing that will persuade the (large) group of voters who might believe climate change but do not see it as a ‘top’ priority.

institute.global/insights/cli...
November 27, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Always nice to see your work picked up in another continent!

african.business/2024/11/tech...
Africa’s server capacity surges but power a major obstacle
Investment is surging as countries buy less cutting-edge servers but public infrastructure and training are still challenges.
african.business
November 25, 2024 at 10:19 AM
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John Prescott invented levelling up but didn’t call it levelling up because that’s an absurd name
November 21, 2024 at 7:29 AM
🧵 Compute is the infrastructure countries need in the age of AI - today at the Tony Blair Institute we've released our big new report and data explorer on the state of compute access. tldr (1) the US is powering ahead (2) the UK is regulating itself into decline (3) energy is a global bottleneck. 1/
State of Compute Access 2024: How to Navigate the New Power Paradox
State of Compute Access 2024: How to Navigate the New Power Paradox
institute.global
November 18, 2024 at 3:51 PM
huge question and we've covered some of this in our new report on compute today
November 18, 2024 at 2:11 PM