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Boris Johnson rose to the premiership of the United Kingdom on the back of his promise to hardliners to deliver Brexit by 31 October, with or without a deal with the European Union. But the combination of a no-deal Brexit and work visa regime changes carries great risk for UK universities.
Without a free flow of information and an atmosphere free of unnecessary secrecy, creativity in universities will be stifled, innovation will be discouraged and the global common good will get little or no benefit. There will be no winners in the race to the bottom that will result from a continuing US-China trade war.
Students from Western Sahara face threats and violence if they organise to defend their rights, but too few people globally know about their plight.
The surge in nativist political populism across much of the world has brought all forms of cross-border engagement and mobility into question. It is not enough simply to say that higher education contributes to the common good. We need detailed evidence to show how.