Times Higher Education journalists name the academics and administrators who have shaped the debate in the past 12 months.
By Joyce Lau, Matthew Reisz, Anna McKie, Jack Grove, Ellie Bothwell, John Ross, Paul Basken, John Morgan and Chris Havergal
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