Michael leads the education portfolio for the Research and Insight team at the British Council where he communicates insight to support decision making and policy at organisational and national level. He trained in research methods and statistics and has experience of researching international higher education since 2005. Michael has been integral to the inception, development and management of research projects covering different aspects of international education including surveying the motivations of prospective international students, forecasting international student mobility, and assessing the impact of TNE in participating countries.

He established the British Council’s ‘Shape of global higher education’ series which benchmarked the internationalisation activities of national systems with regard to student mobility; research collaboration; and international programme and provider mobility. Michael has initiated Futures studies from the British Council including Future of International Tertiary Education, and Future of English, and is currently developing a longitudinal study of international UK graduates.