David Bell

Upset England football fans, illustrating the government's own-goal on international students

Overseas student crackdown shows contempt for large swathes of UK HE

As political own goals go, threatening to both cap and confine international students to ��elite�� institutions was in a class of its own, says David Bell

By David Bell

5 December

Think global, pitch national, pivot local

UK higher education is in robust shape, but it must be willing to build multiple bridges in 2022, says David Bell

By David Bell

31 December

Party leader Harold Wilson (1916 - 1995) addresses the Labour Party Conference in Scarborough, 30th September 1963

Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties, by Peter Hennessy

David Bell enjoys a lively overview of an era by ��the doyen of post-war British history��

By David Bell

2 January

Social mobility is not just about moving to richer areas

Students from poorer regions who enter their local workforce after graduation should also be celebrated, says Sir David Bell

By David Bell

29 July

Matthew Brazier illustration (18 January 2018)

The heavy lifting is done, but Sam Gyimah still has bridges to build

The UK��s new higher education minister needs to move beyond recent spats to prioritise science, funding and mitigating Brexit, says David Bell

By David Bell

18 January

Short-term politics must not slow the democratisation of HE

Sir David Bell reacts to HE participation rate figures

By David Bell

2 October

Matthew Brazier illustration (8 June 2017)

General election 2017: higher education must change the record

UK universities could curry much more political favour if they adopted a more constructive and pragmatic tone, says Sir David Bell

By David Bell

8 June

The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them, by Christopher Newfield

Sir David Bell fails to recognise the portrait of v-cs in a critique of neoliberalism in the US academy

By David Bell

12 January

All change in Whitehall can mean positive change for HE

The sector must exploit machinery of government changes to boost science, social mobility and teacher education, argues Sir David Bell

By David Bell

21 July

Miles Cole illustration (12 November 2015)

Sir David Bell analyses the higher education Green Paper

Consultation is good, but universities must respond robustly, he says

By David Bell

12 November

Matthew Brazier illustration (6 August 2015)

Why we need new measures of student well-being

We should pay attention to undergraduates�� physical and mental health, finances, ambitions and expectations, argue David Bell, Marina Della Giusta and Antonia Fernandez

By David Bell

6 August

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David Bell

Articles by David Bell

Overseas student crackdown shows contempt for large swathes of UK HE

Think global, pitch national, pivot local

Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties, by Peter Hennessy

Social mobility is not just about moving to richer areas

The heavy lifting is done, but Sam Gyimah still has bridges to build

Short-term politics must not slow the democratisation of HE

General election 2017: higher education must change the record

The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them, by Christopher Newfield

All change in Whitehall can mean positive change for HE

Sir David Bell analyses the higher education Green Paper

Why we need new measures of student well-being