Paul Kett, Senior Advisor and Global Director for Education and Skills, PwC
There are so many challenges but the two key ones I'd highlight are, actually a significant financial challenge for the sector, is a diminishing unit of resource - a greater reliance on international students to provide that kind of cross-subsidy particularly for the really important research in an environment where as everyone in the economy is seeing, increasing cost pressures. So, that focus on financial sustainability is really important for institutions.
We have a generation now going into education who were affected by the pandemic but we also have students who are digital first and digitally native and that brings new challenges for how we deliver education.
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