Times Higher Education journalists name the academics and administrators who have shaped the debate in the past 12 months.
Dene Mullen, John Ross, Simon Baker, David Matthews, Joyce Lau, John Morgan, Ellie Bothwell, Paul Basken Anna McKie
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