Index

note: page numbers in italics denote figures.

AAUP (American Association of University Professors) 123–4

absenteeism 73

academic apartheid 111–12, 114, 115, 119, 167

academic freedom 112–13, 115, 123–4, 172–5

academic health science centres (AHSCs) 54, 162–3

academic mission 78–9, 82, 83, 86, 88–9

academies 112, 113–14

University of Newcastle, Australia 122–3

Academy Park, Athens 17–18

access to higher education 46–51, 139–41, 177–8

accreditation 46, 53–4

activism 94–5, 103–6, 109

adulthood, transition to 96–8, 108

advocacy 184–91

affiliations, with communities 143

African elephants 61

Airbnb 14, 189

Al al-Bayt University, Jordan 88

alliances between universities 164–6

Alternative Universities: Speculative Design for Innovation in Higher Education 155–7

ambulances 81

American Association of University ­Professors (AAUP) 123–4

American University of Beirut, Lebanon 88

anchor institutions 89–90

anti-intellectualism 176–7

anti-malaria programmes 73, 74

apprenticeships 54, 155–6

Arizona State University (ASU), USA 158–9

arXiv 67

Asfa, James 139–40

Athens, Greece 17–18

Australia 85, 115, 132–3, 160

same-sex marriage 179–80, 181–2

Melbourne University 23–4, 87, 132, 175–6, 182

Monash University 181–2

New South Wales University 45

Newcastle University 122–3

Sydney University 23–4, 132, 153, 181

University of Technology (UTS) 87, 141

autonomy, institutional 113

Baer, Ulrich 101–2

Bagshaw, Ant 187, 190–1

Bakker, F. 147

Bala lili 142–4, 162

Balfour Beatty 86

Barbarossa, Frederick 113

Barber, Michael 42–3

Barnett, Ron 160

beehive fences 61

Belmarsh Prison 80

Ben-Ze’ev, Aaron 77

Bennet, Daniel 140

BHP Billiton 73, 74

bicameralism 167, 170

Bingham, Alph 63

The Birds of Prey 4–5

Blair, Tony 48

Bologna University, Italy 19, 20, 37, 112–13, 114, 131, 153

Bolton, Matthew 35–6, 129, 137, 139, 189

Boomers 93, 95, 104, 108

Boots the Chemist 87

Bowling Alone 135

Boyer, J.W. 173–4

Brexit referendum, UK 9, 28, 177, 180, 182–4

The Brilliant Club 54, 139

Brooks, David 43, 147–8

Buchs, Milena 83, 84

Bull, Deborah 90, 135–6

Buller, Amy 4, 8–10, 134, 175, 177

Bush, Vannevar 55–6

Byrne, Ed xi–xii, 58, 78

Cambridge University 20, 131–2

Cameron, David 180

Cameroon 126–7, 199–204

Cancer Research UK 66

Canning, Anne-Marie 54, 139–41

carbon dioxide emissions 81, 83–4, 117

casual contracts 115, 120–3

Center for Community Partnerships (CCP), Pennsylvania University 138

Central European University 175

Chalmers, Iain 56

change, times of xv, 3, 5–10, 14, 42, 93, 115, 188

charities 81

Chester, Pennsylvania, Widener University 25–6, 27, 87, 89, 163

Chicago University, USA 133, 171–2, 173–5, 178, 179

China 51, 53

Circle U, European University Alliance 164

citations, research 24–5

citizen science 62, 65–6, 117

Citizens UK 35, 139, 140

civic mission 15–16, 18, 25–8, 73–90, 117, 159, 188

civic university 142, 161–2

Clarke, Charles 58

cleaners 29–30, 35–6

Clerisy 20

climate change 9, 104, 105–6, 108–9, 159–60 see also CO₂ emissions

CO₂ emissions 81, 83–4, 117

cOAlition S 70

collaboration 143

The Collapse of Globalism 3, 5

Collini, Stefan 18–19, 28–9, 89, 170

communities

economic impact of universities 144–7

social contract with universities 41, 134–44

universities in conflict with 131–4

university education divides 147–9

Comroe, Julius 58

conferences 84

Confessional University 20, 21

conflict, between universities and communities 131–4, 136, 149

Confucius 83

Contopoulos-Ioannidis, D.G. 58

contracts 115, 120–3, 125–6, 127, 200 see also psychological contract

cooperatives 168

Cornell University, USA 65, 67

corporate social responsibility (CSR) 74

Coursera 46

COVID-19 pandemic xviii, 193–5

critics 171–2, 179

Crow, Michael 23, 27, 158

crowdsourcing 62–4

curriculum 37–41, 116

Dabars, William 158

Daly, Veronica 178

Darkness Over Germany 4, 8–10, 177

data 65–6

Data Awareness for Sending Help (DASH) 81

dating 6, 8

Davis, Glyn 23–4, 44, 153–4, 175–6

Davis, Megan 132–3

De Vries, W. 22

decolonising of curriculum 37–40

Dickens, Charles 79

digital object identifiers (DOIs) 69

digital technology

online learning 14, 42–6, 116, 144, 166, 194

use of 96–7, 143–4

disciplines, of knowledge 153

diversity of knowledge 37–40

divestment 84–5

Donovan, Clare 23

Dripps, Robert 58

eBird 65, 90

ecclesiastical purpose of universities 18, 20

Eckel, Peter 166, 167, 170

Eco, Umberto 189

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 183–4

economic cycles 5–6 see also Kondratieff Waves

economic impact of universities 144–7

economic purpose of universities 19, 28–31

ecosystems 160–6, 169

education see also learning

access to higher education 46–51, 139–41, 177–8

digital learning 14, 42–6, 116, 144, 166, 194

expansion in 47

further 48, 80

universities working in partnership with schools 162–4

elephants, African 61

Elizabeth, Queen (later Queen Mother) 10

Elliot Major, Lee 48

endowment investments 84–5

Energise Phoenix 159

engagement, public 75, 135–6

engineering 157

environmental sustainability 81, 105, 158–9

ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) 183–4

estates, university 86–7

European University Alliance 164

Ewen, Shaun 141–2, 144

eye research 64

F1000Research 69, 70

facts, denial of 176–7

faculties 153

fascism 8–10

fees, tuition 30, 37

#FeesMustFall, South Africa 37

Fight Club 99

Fight for Sight 64

financial crises

2008 global 6

due to COVID-19 194

financing, of universities xvii–xviii

flexible working 30, 120–3

followership 130

football clubs 169

Ford, Robert 148

Fortnite 11–12, 143–4

France, Paris University 20

Francis Crick Institute, London 158

Franklin, Benjamin 85, 136

Freedman, Lawrence 193

freedom of expression 101, 174–5, 178

French, Catherine 163–4

Fulop, Naomi 163–4

funding, research 57–8

Furedi, Frank 98

further education 48, 80

FutureLearn 88, 165

Gage, Suzanne 96

Ganz, Marshall 82, 129, 186

Gardner, Margaret 181–2

Gavazzi, S.M. 27

Gee, E.G. 27

gender identity 95, 102

Generation X 93, 95, 102, 103, 104, 108

Generation Z 42–3, 53, 93–109, 197–8

gig academics 120–3, 125–6, 155–7, 204

Ginsparg, Paul 67, 69

Glasziou, Paul 56

Global Institute of Sustainability 158–9

Global Learner Survey, 2019 40

Goddard, John 28, 78

Goodfellow, Julia 182

Google 120

gospel fragment, forgery 60

Gough, Louise xix

Gove, Michael 176, 177

governance 166–70

Guest, David 121

guilds 19, 113–14

Guterres, Antonio 193

Gutmann, Amy 26, 33, 75, 79, 85, 137

Habib, Adam 37–8

Haidt, Jonathan 98–100

Haifa University, Israel 77

Halpern, David 135

Hanrahan, Daniel 142, 144

Harkavy, Ira 138

Harris, James T. III 25–6

Heffernan, Amanda 114–15

Heimans, Jeremy 1, 4, 11–12, 63, 65, 105, 135, 142–3, 154, 190

HiEdBizUK (Higher Education Business UK) 19, 28–31, 41, 170

higher education policy 175–6

Hillman, Nick 47

His Dark Materials 113

history of universities 17–31, 190

Hockey, Joe 85

Hong Kong, Water Movement 37

horizontally integrated ecosystems 164–6

Horne, J. 24

Howard Hughes Medical Institutes’ Janelia Research Campus 158

Howe, Jeff 62

humanities 70–1

Humboldt, Wilhelm von 18, 22

iGen 42–3, 53, 93–109, 197–8

immigrants 19

impacts of research 59–62

in-between times xv, 3, 5–10, 14, 42, 93, 115, 188

inclusivity 46–51

indigenous peoples 132–3, 142–4

industrial disputes 13, 28, 30, 36–7

inequalities

in access to higher education 48, 49, 139, 177–8

between graduates and non-graduates 148–9

Influencing Higher Education Policy 187, 190–1

information, providing 190

InnoCentive 63–4

innovation districts 146–7

innovation, technological 5–6

institutional autonomy 113

interdisciplinary approach 156–7, 158–9, 160 see also multidisciplinary research

International Association of Universities 113

international students 24–5, 134, 194

internationalisation 37–40

internet 6–8 see also digital technology

investments 84–5

Israel, Haifa University 77

Italy, Bologna University 19, 20, 37, 112–13, 114, 131, 153

Jansen, Jonathan 39–40

Jensen, M.R. 97

Jesus 60

John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA 23

Johnson, Boris 185

Joint Expert Panel (JEP) 36

Jones, G.A. 167

Jordan, Al al-Bayt University 88

Kalven Committee report 171–2, 173, 174, 179, 181, 187

Kellerman, David 45

Kennie, Tom 128–9

Kerr, Clark 23, 113–14, 128, 129

Kerslake, Lord 78

King, Martin Luther 195

King’s College London xviii–xix, 41, 78–82, 88–9, 139–41

King’s Maths School 80

Kiron Open Higher Education 46, 88

Klingler-Vidra, Robyn 74

knowledge

diversity of 37–40

open access 14, 62, 66–70

politicisation of 176–7

technical and practical 43

Kondratieff Waves 5–6, 7, 42

Kramer, Mark 74

Lambeth, London 140

land grant universities 26–7

Leach, Mark 185

Leadbeater, Charles 195

leadership 127–30, 154

Leadership Transitions in Universities 128–9

league tables 24–5

learning 37 see also curriculum; education; Global Learner Survey, 2019

lifelong 51, 53

online learning 14, 42–6, 116, 144, 166, 194

service learning 41, 138

two-way 141–4

Lebanon, American University of Beirut 88

Lee, Bruce 37

Lester, Mark 165

Levitt, Steven 124

Levitt, Tom 87

Lewis, T. 160

liberalism 5

lifelong learning 51, 53

listening campaigns 139–41

living wage 35, 82

location 54, 86–7, 89–90, 147

lockdown 193

London

Francis Crick Institute 158

King’s College xviii, 41, 78–82, 88–9, 139–41

Lambeth and Southwark 140

London Ambulance Service 81

London University 164

Wrap up London 81

Lukianoff, Greg 98–100

Machin, Stephen 48

Macron, Emmanuel 164

McVitty, Debbie 187

malaria 73, 74

managerialism 13, 28–9, 119, 170

Manchester University 86

marriage, same-sex 179–80, 181–2

Mars, M.M. 161

Maskell, Duncan 176, 177

Mason, Paul 5–6, 42

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA 145

massive online courses (MOOCS) 44, 46, 88

May, Theresa 54

Melbourne University, Australia 23–4, 87, 132, 175–6, 182

membership 168–9

Menon, Arnaud 183–4

mental health 95–8, 108

Mexico, Tecnológico de Monterrey 77, 89, 163

Middlehurst, Robin 128–9

Millennials 93–5

mission, academic 78–9, 82, 83, 86, 88–9

mission statements 75–6

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), USA 145

mobile phones 96–7

Monash University, Australia 181–2

Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico 77, 89, 163

MOOCS (massive online courses) 44, 46, 88

Moody, Glyn 67

Morrill Act, 1862 26–7

Mozal, Mozambique 73, 74

Muldoon, James 39

Mulgan, Geoff 157

multidisciplinary research 70–2 see also interdisciplinary approach

multiversity 23, 113–14

Napster 43–4

narratives 185–91

NASA 63–4

National Science Foundation, USA 55–6

National Union of Students (NUS) 84–5

National University of Singapore 45

Nazism 8–10

Netter Center, Pennsylvania University 26, 138

networks 15, 159–60, 167

neutrality, ideological 171–5

New Power 4, 11–12, 13–14, 63, 135, 154

New South Wales University, Australia 45

Newcastle University (UON), Australia 122–3

Newman, John Henry 22–3, 29, 43

Nigeria 126–7, 199–204

Nottingham, universities 145–6, 164

NUS (National Union of Students) 84–5

Obama, Barack 129

Odgers, C.L. 97

old power 12–14, 24–5, 57–9

Oldham 140

Olin College of Engineering, ­Massachusetts, USA 157, 159

Olonisakin, ’Funmi 38

online learning 14, 42–6, 116, 144, 166, 194

open access 14, 62, 66–70

open educational resources (OER) 46

open innovation 62–4

Open Library of Humanities 69

organisational design 15, 154, 155–60, 169

Orr, David 106

Ortega y Gasset, J. 151, 170, 171

Oswald, J. 132

outsourcing 29–30, 35–6, 82, 125–6

overseas students 24–5, 134, 194

Oxford University 20, 54, 131

PADILEIA (Partnership for Digital ­Learning and Increased Access) 88–9, 90

Palahniuk, Chuck 99

Panizzi, Anthony 67

Parent Power 139–41, 178

Paris University, France 20

participation in higher education 46–51, 52

Partnership for Digital Learning and Increased Access (PADILEIA) 88–9, 90

patient and public involvement (PPI) 64

PatientsLikeMe 65–6

peer review 69

Pennsylvania, USA 25–6

Pennsylvania University 25–6, 27, 85, 133–4, 136–8

Widener University, Chester 25–6, 27, 87, 89, 163

pension reform 13, 28, 36–7

people, associated with higher education 87

People & Planet 84–5

The Permeable University, report 78

permission, assuming 11

Philosophy in Prisons 80

Phoenix, USA 159

Pietsch, T. 20

places, of learning 54, 86–7, 89–90, 147

Plato 17–18

PLuS Alliance 165–6

policy, higher education 175–6

political correctness 98–100

political neutrality 171–5

politicisation of knowledge 176–7

politics 100–1, 149, 178–9, 189–91

populism 5, 9, 187

Porter, Michael 74

Pow, Ross xix

power 36–7

PPI (patient and public involvement) 64

practical knowledge 43

Practical Wisdom: Thinking Differently About ­College and University Governance 166, 167, 170

Prepanet, online high school 77, 89, 163

presidents, of universities 128–9

procurement 14–15, 86, 178

professionals, third space 115–19, 118, 127, 202

psychological contract 120–3, 203

public engagement 75, 135–6

publishing, scholarly 67–70

Pullman, Philip 113

purpose of universities 17–31 see also academic mission

Putnam, Robert 135

QWERTY keyboard 154

Raphael 18

reasoned thinking 9

Rebels and Rage 37–8

redbrick universities 28

refugees 88–9

research 18, 81

citations 24–5

conflict with teaching/education 22–5

grants 125

new power 59–72, 117

old power 55–9

Research Excellence Framework (REF) 71, 72

respect, mutual 137

results, open access to 66–70

#RhodesMustFall 37, 39

Richardson, Louise 54

Richardson, Paul 114–15

Robbins Report, 1963 47

Rodin, Judith 133–4, 136–8, 147–8

Romania 126–7, 199–204

Rosenfeld, Michael 6

Ross, Edward 123

same-sex marriage 179–80, 181–2

Saul, John Ralston 3, 4–5, 8, 42, 106, 193

Schacht, Aaron 63

schools, partnerships with universities 162–4

Science: The Endless Frontier 55–6

screen time 96–7

security staff 29–30

self-interest 36–7, 184

service 15–16, 18, 25–8, 73–90, 117, 159, 188

service learning 41, 138

sessional contracts 115, 120–3

sexuality 95, 102

shaping 154

shared decision making 167–8

shared value 74–5

Sherington, G. 24

Shirky, Clay 43–4

Shutt, Liz 78

signalling 154

Singapore, National University 45

Sivers, Derek 11, 130

Sled, Vladimir 133, 136

Slowey, M. 22

smartphones 96–7

‘snowflakes’ 99, 101–2

social capital 135

social contract xv–xvi, 134–44, 172, 184

social media 6–8, 11–12, 143–4, 187

social mobility 48, 49, 139–41, 177–8

social responsibility xvi, 15–16, 18, 25–8, 73–90, 117, 159, 188

social sciences 70–1

soft skills 40

Sorbonne University, Paris, France 20

South Africa 30, 37, 39

Southwark, London 140

spaces, university estates 86–7 see also places, of learning

Spain 126–7, 199–204

Spence, Michael 181, 182

staffing 111–30, 199–204

Staley, David 155–7

Stamford University, USA 123

Stokes, Doug 39

strikes 13, 28, 30, 36–7

structure 15, 154, 155–60, 169

Stuart, Mary 78

studentification 134

students 39

compared to non-students 106–7, 197–8

Generation Z 93–109

power 36–7

strikes 30

world ready 40–1, 156–7

subscriptions 68

sustainability 81, 105, 158–9

Sydney, Australia

Sydney University 23–4, 132, 153, 181

University of Technology (UTS) 87, 141

systems approach 54

Talloires Network 77

teaching, conflict with research 22–5

technical knowledge 43, 45

technological innovation 5–6

technology 155–6

Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico 77, 89, 163

Temple, William 8

temporary workers 121 see also casual contracts

tenure 123–6, 127, 201, 203 see also casual contracts

thinking, reasoned 9

third space professionals 115–19, 118, 127, 202

Thrun, Sebastian 44

Thunberg, Greta 103, 104

timing 189–90

Timms, Henry 1, 4, 11–12, 63, 65, 105, 135, 142–3, 154, 190

‘town and gown’ 131–2, 134, 136, 149

transdisciplinary structures 156–7, 158–9, 160 see also multidisciplinary research

transgender rights 102

translation 189, 190

travel 83–4

Trower, Cathy 166, 167, 170

Truly Civic, report 78

Trump, Donald 13–14, 129

trust 189

tuition fees 30, 37

Twenge, Jean 96–8

Uber 14

UCL Press 69

Udacity 44

Universities UK (UUK) 180, 182–4

UON (Newcastle University, Australia) 122–3

USA

American Association of University Professors (AAUP) 123–4

universities, social responsibility of 25–7

Arizona State University (ASU) 158–9

Chicago University 133, 171–2, 173–5, 178, 179

Cornell University 65, 67

John Hopkins University, Baltimore 23

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 145

National Science Foundation 55–6

Olin College of Engineering, Massachusetts 157, 159

Pennsylvania University 25–6, 27, 85, 133–4, 136–8

Stamford University 123

Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania 25–6, 27, 87, 89, 163

UTS (University of Technology Sydney) 87, 141

UUK (Universities UK) 180, 182–4

vaccinations 9, 194

Valero, A. 146

van Agtmael, A. 147

Van Reenen, J. 146

vertically integrated ecosystems 162–4

vice-chancellors 128–9

virtual education 14, 42–6, 116, 144, 166, 194

volunteering 81, 87, 194

wages, living 35, 82

Wagner, Julie 146

waste, in research 56–7

Water Movement, Hong Kong 37

Watson, David 77

Watson, Francis 60

Webb, Paul 141

Weiss, Carol 189

Wellmon, Chad 112

Wentworth, William 23–4

West Philadelphia Initiative, Pennsylvania ­University 137–8

What Are Universities For? 19, 89

Whitchurch, Celia 115–19

White, S. 116

Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania 25–6, 27, 87, 89, 163

Willetts, David 22

Williamson, Gavin 48

Wilson, P. 64

The Works, University of Manchester 86

world ready students 40–1, 156–7

Wrap up London 81

Yousafzai, Malada 91, 103–4

Zimmer, Robert 173–4