Hello. How do managers deal with perpetual change, from climate and the pandemic to geopolitical conflict and artificial intelligence?

Read the first edition of our periodic Management Insights report to learn about how top business schools are teaching leadership, and the best research on related topics including supply chains.

We begin by looking at the rapid wave of change impacting organisations of all sizes.

Faculty: Check out our latest professors’ picks of recent FT articles, complete with suggested classroom questions, and encourage your students to join the debate by commenting underneath.

From the FT

The £450,000 degree: how English university fees for overseas students are surging Top-ranking universities plan a 29 per cent rise in international undergraduate fees.

Why bother with university? As costs soar and graduate prospects dim, the value of higher education can no longer be taken for granted.

Employers step in to fill the AI education gap School and university curricula aren’t nimble enough to keep up with rapid tech transformation, according to Working It’s Isabel Berwick.

Europe’s best employers 2026: ranking Employees across the continent were surveyed by the FT and Statista for the latest edition of the list.

Donald Trump’s proposed grant rules could destroy US science, researcher warns US science risks a “mortal blow” if the Trump administration proceeds with plans to impose tighter political control over federal research grants, the head of one of the world’s leading groups of academic journals has warned.

Confidence in the value of a degree hits record low in England The number of Britons saying a university degree is worthwhile has halved in less than a decade, amid a weak graduate jobs market and ballooning student debt.

Professor insights

South Korea booms on AI race and global conflict Asia’s fourth-largest economy has become a global economic winner as its makers of chips, ships and tanks reap the benefits of a race for AI supremacy and a wave of rearmament.

Data line

Between 2024 and 2025, more than a quarter of schools taking part in the executive education ranking reported a decline in revenue. Schools in the US, Canada and the UK were more likely to experience this drop compared to institutions in other regions.

In contrast, three-quarters of schools in the Asia-Pacific region reported a revenue increase of at least 10 per cent, with nearly a quarter having revenue growth exceeding 50 per cent.

Research round-up

‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival The report by the World Inequality Lab provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions.

Businesses that care in a crisis tend to perform better over the long term “Collective empathy helped organisations turn disruption into learning, adaptation and renewal,” said Lucrezia Nava from the University of Exeter Business School.

Business school news

Landmark $20mn gift for London Business School from alumni Anjuli and Raj Rao The funding will establish the school’s first endowed research fund, faculty chair and scholarship for students on the MBA and Masters in Finance courses.

ESCP Business School dean Léon Laulusa to step down Léon Laulusa will leave his role this summer to pursue a professional opportunity.

University of Richmond announces new leader Stacie Petter will become dean of Richmond’s Robins School of Business on August 1.

Fudan University launches MBA in Thailand Delivered entirely in English through a hybrid format, the course is designed to fit the schedules of working professionals.

Chicago Booth’s new course: The Future of Your Family Office This aims to help family office leaders create a clear strategy to develop their businesses.

King’s College London and Cranfield University propose merger The plan is to bring the two UK universities together from August 2027.

University of Michigan offers online construction engineering and management masters Institutional expertise in managing construction projects is not being transferred to the next generation.

FT Live

AI skills at work: Building a competitive EU labour market Discover workforce insights to inform policy and guide workplace adoption this Thursday, in Belgium.

Women in business summit Join this hybrid event and get insights on leading through the equality crisis on June 16 in London.

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Business School Insider is written by Wai Kwen Chan, Sam Stephens, Leo Cremonezi and Andrew Jack, and edited by Jonathan Moules.