The week ahead holds a combination of high-stakes global negotiations and high-stakes minutiae.
Formal talks on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union will begin today in Brussels, a year after the Brexit vote and four months after Theresa May triggered Article 50, giving notice that the UK would quit the bloc. Meanwhile institutions will shortly receive formal notice of whether their teaching has been judged to be of gold, silver or bronze quality. The results will be made public on Thursday.
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