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Harriet is a comment editor at Research Professional News, commissioning and writing news and analysis on UK higher education policy. She was previously deputy books and features editor at The Times Higher Education Supplement, and has freelanced for 15 years for The Guardian’s education section. She has a degree in history from Balliol College, University of Oxford, and a journalism diploma from City University London, where she is also a visiting lecturer.