Gown and out: are British universities broke?
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
4.6 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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UK universities are internationally renowned, but their finances are in a mess. Our correspondent offers a lesson in how to fix them. Why an amateur football league is thriving in China. And what Superman tells us about American foreign policy. Listeners of “The Intelligence” get 15% off our business writing and storytelling course. Visit economist.com/writingcourse and use code INTELLIGENCE
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