 In an interview with the Daily Telegraph in July 2019 Louise Richardson addressed the issue of higher education funding in the UK, noting that "Our American competitors are so far ahead of us in fundraising".Her approach has been to explore alternative sources of funding, including a £4 billion partnership with Legal and General to provide staff housing and science facilities, securing a £150 million donation from US billionaire Stephen Schwarzman to fund humanities research at the University of Oxford, and a £750 million bond issuance in December 2017 - the biggest amount raised this way by a UK university.Richardson is the author of "What Terrorists Want", an account of terrorism written after the September 11 attacks.