The Pursuit of Possibility: Redesigning Research Universities

Are British Research Universities Losing Their Way Or Are They Finding A New Way? Nigel Thrift, A Well-known Academic And A Former Vice-chancellor, Explores Recent Changes In The British Research University That Threaten To Erode The Quality Of These Higher Education Institutions. He Considers What A Research University Has Now Become By Examining The Quandaries That Have Arisen From A Succession Of Misplaced Strategies And False Expectations. Challenging Both Higher Education Policy And Leadership, He Argues That The Focus On Student Number Growth And A Series Of Research Policy Missteps Has Upset Research Universities’ Priorities Just At A Point In The History Of Planetary Breakdown When Their Research Is Most Needed.