What are universities for?

Coalition policies have led to a surge of interest in debating the purpose of higher education

William von Humboldt did it in 1810, Cardinal Newman did it in 1852 and Lord Robbins did it in 1963. Now recent changes to UK higher education policy have led to a surge of interest in doing it again – with concern in some quarters that it is not being done enough – that is, defining what universities are for. Read the full Guardian article here.

Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, will be discussing the importance, value and impact of researching the arts, humanities and social sciences in universities during his soldout keynote speech during the Festival of Ideas.

Professor Stefan Collini will also be discussing the importance of higher education during the What are universities for? event on October 22.

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