This week features Julian Gravatt, Deputy Chief Executive at the Association of Colleges, Janice Kay, former Provost of the University of Exeter, and James Coe, Associate Editor at Wonkhe. They dive into the implications of the government’s free speech act and its impact on academic discourse. The conversation highlights how crucial graduates are to the government’s industrial strategy and exposes the inequalities in student maintenance support, urging for overdue reforms. It’s an engaging exploration of higher education's evolving landscape!