Universities must stop being 'OK' in many different areas and instead develop world-class specialisms if they are to be financially sustainable, authors of a new report claim. While elite universities across the world are in a relatively safe financial position, the EY and Times Higher Education report looks at the challenges facing mid-tier institutions in Australia, Canada, the UK and the US. Researchers interviewed 11 university leaders across the four countries and all expressed concerns about their long-term financial sustainability, citing student recruitment pressures, ongoing inflation challenges and cost-of-living crises.

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