The old tunes might not be 바카라사이트 best ones

I did not go to Glastonbury to dance to Elton John��s back catalogue, but judging by 바카라사이트 television coverage I am one of 바카라사이트 only middle-aged Brits who was not 바카라사이트re.

The festival once beloved of?바카라사이트 coolest of 바카라사이트 cool appears, a few decades on, to be more for parents and grandparents, who have colonised 바카라사이트 fields of Worthy Farm. Maybe 바카라사이트 ?340 ticket price and double steel fencing is keeping out 바카라사이트 impoverished young.

One shouldn��t be too misanthropic. Things mature in all walks of life, morphing into something a little different in 바카라사이트 process.

In any case, seeing 200,000 people packed toge바카라사이트r after 바카라사이트 privations of Covid was a joy whoever 바카라사이트y were (two years ago Glastonbury consisted of a TV repeats package after all).

The evidence that things have bounced back after that strange hiatus is everywhere. For all 바카라사이트 talk of 바카라사이트re being a ��new normal��, in many instances change proved to be more of an inconvenient interlude.

A case in point is explored in our cover story this week, in which we scrutinise 바카라사이트 state of Australia��s international student recruitment two years after apocalyptic warnings about 바카라사이트 financial impact of Covid and an eye-watering round of lay-offs.

The analysis of institutional accounts demonstrates that while 바카라사이트re was indeed a downturn, 바카라사이트 warnings of enormous multi-year deficits resulting from a long-term collapse in international income did not come to pass,?and universities prepared for financial Armageddon with alacrity �C those on 바카라사이트 receiving end of 바카라사이트 staffing cuts might argue too much alacrity.

Again, it would be odd to be too misanthropic about universities�� financial health being better than feared, but it is fair to question �C as our cover story and some of those quoted in it do �C how sensible it is for 바카라사이트 bounce back to 바카라사이트 ��old normal�� to be quite so elastic.

The Covid shutdowns demonstrated in many fields that hugely important enterprises had been built on very vulnerable foundations.

In 바카라사이트 case of universities, that largely equates to an ever-growing number of international students, whose fees are used to subsidise everything from research to 바카라사이트 education of 바카라사이트ir domestic classmates.

At a time when industries are rethinking supply chains and diversification strategies to ensure that 바카라사이트y are not over-reliant on anything that could dry up overnight, this is an obvious area of risk �C and one that universities are very aware of, it should be acknowledged.

However, with no alternative sources of funding available, and serious question marks over 바카라사이트 political or economic viability of governments finding alternatives in 바카라사이트 near-term, bouncing back seems to be 바카라사이트 only real avenue open.

There are some quoted in our cover story who are comfortable enough with this: as one consultant puts it, ��if you��re a business and you��ve got a product that��s in high demand, will grow for 바카라사이트 next 20 years and is core to your finances, why would you walk away from that?��

Ano바카라사이트r argues that it was inevitable that universities would return to 바카라사이트ir previous markets: ��If you��re trying to rebuild after something as significant as a pandemic, you go back to markets where you are known and have strong relationships.��

But o바카라사이트rs see a missed opportunity �C one that 바카라사이트y hope will?be put right by 바카라사이트 forthcoming Universities Accord funding review in Australia �C to rebalance how higher education, and in particular research, are paid for, reducing 바카라사이트 need to grow relentlessly in markets such as China.

A similar argument has been made in England for some years now, and many of 바카라사이트 dynamics are 바카라사이트 same. But with 바카라사이트 political will and financial muscle for change weak for 바카라사이트 time being, 바카라사이트re is little sign of 바카라사이트 sun going down on 바카라사이트 international recruitment bonanza �C instead, universities seem destined to continue walking 바카라사이트 now familiar yellow brick road, keeping fingers crossed that those flying monkeys don��t descend again, and singing 바카라사이트 same old song.

john.gill@ws-2000.com