From the desk of Matthew Fell

When I joined the College of the Future Commission last year, our society and economy faced a number of major challenges including rapid demographic change, technological revolution and social inequality. Society has since been rocked by the pandemic, making the need to address these issues all the more urgent. We must now double our efforts to protect young people’s future prospects and prevent long-term economic scarring from unemployment

Colleges are absolutely central to this agenda. Over recent months, institutions in every corner of t