It is no accident that we refer to higher education 'systems' – that is, a 'set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or interconnected network; a complex whole'. The label applies most obviously to the broad range of institutions occupying different spaces within a national system, whether that relates to location or disciplinary mix or university mission. But the systemic nature of higher education also extends well beyond institutional diversity: there needs to be harmony in all sorts of areas, from modes of delivery to the balance of teaching and research, undergraduate and lifelong learning to higher education funding.

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