Description
Book SynopsisEd Byrne is an Academic Neurologist who has worked in Australia and the UK. His research contributions are in the fields of mitochondrial disease and neuromuscular disorders. He was Professor of Neurology and Director of the Centre for Neuroscience at the University of Melbourne, and then had a number of leadership positions in health and in the university world including Dean of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University, Vice-Provost for Health at UCL and Vice-Chancellor of Monash University. He is now the President and Principal at King's College London. He is currently the Chairman of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. He has long-standing interests in working to improve the contribution that the university sector can make to society at large.
Charles Clarke studied at King's College, Cambridge. He was President of the National Union of Students from 1975 to 1977 and then advised Neil Kinnock, Education spokesma
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Changing universities in changing times
- 2 Historical perspectives and international comparisons
- 3 Universities and work
- 4 Research: understanding and transforming the world
- 5 The local economic and social impact of universities
- 6 Who benefits from a university education?
- 7 Education is for life
- 8 Who pays for it all?
- 9 University governance, leadership and the state
- 10 Ten questions about the future of universities
- 11 Conclusion
