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What Is "University"?
- 1. Philip Moriarty Physics and Astronomy C103 philip.moriarty@nottingham.ac.uk muircheartblog.wordpress.com F34PPP-6: What Is “University”?
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- 4. Dreaming spires and ivory towers?
- 8. https://muircheartblog.wordpress.com/ 2014/03/20/philip-moriarty-vacuity-excellence/
- 10. 27 Oct 2019 1 Nov 2019
- 11. Browne Review 2010 Lord Browne of Madingley, Former Chief Executive of BP
- 13. Dreaming spires no more…
- 17. Shouldn’t academics be expected to bring in ££s?
- 18. Metrics
- 20. “Statistically
- 21. “Students are, of course, a vitally important feature (though far from the only feature) of English universities and there are significant questions about the role of students in universities and what they expect – and/or should expect – from the universities they attend, or, indeed, do not ‘attend’. Are there, for example, things which might usefully be described as ‘graduate characteristics’ that universities, Government, employers, society – and of course the students themselves – should be able to expect of anyone who has successfully completed a degree course? And, if so, is a university the best place to develop such characteristics?” What Is “University”?
- 22. “Is it (now) essential for a university to engage in research? For whose benefit should such research be conducted? Who should fund such research? What should be the relationship between research and teaching in universities whether or not any particular university engages in both? And yet further questions arise about the relationship a university has (and should have?) with other parts of society, including its own local community … including, perhaps, other parts of the education sector.” What Is “University”?
- 24. Over to you… - Why did you come to university? - Did league tables influence your choice? - How has your perception changed over the course of your degree? Is £9250 per year a fair price? - Is social mobility universities’ responsibility? - Should student choices/utility/economic value drive course availability? - Who should decide what research is done?