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The relationship between universities and business has been subject to a significant amount of change over the past decade. Here Sir Richard Lambert, Chancellor of the University and former Director-General of the CBI, explains more about the shift in the relationship and what the future may hold.
"Like the British constitutional expert, Vernon Bogdanor, who argues that the British state needs a written constitution, I believe that it is time to write a proper constitution for universities rather than rely on an implicit constitution."
One of the keynote events of the Festival of Social Sciences was 'Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities'. Here 糖心TV University Registrar John Baldwin tackles the key question 'What makes a successful University? Defining Success in Higher Education'.
Dr Peter Hedges, Director of Research Support Services explains the process behind the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and highlights the benefits they hold both both the University and the partner businesses.
"Ethnography is one of the standard research tools used by academics in the social sciences and humanities nowadays. Surprising then that academia often seems remarkably under-studied in ethnographic terms."