Times Higher Education's data editor Simon Baker joined Sara Custer to discuss THE's recent data-led stories: China's ascent to a global research super power, the drop in humanities PhD graduates over decades and the recent deficits reported by a quarter of English universities. 

Links to the stories:

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/will-china-be-new-centre-gravity-world-research

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/anti-humanities-rhetoric-blame-slower-phd-growth

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/more-quarter-uk-he-institutions-post-deficits