{"id":1258,"date":"2010-10-25T19:29:43","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T18:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digital-citizen.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2010-10-26T12:43:48","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T11:43:48","slug":"should-the-university-survive-in-its-current-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/digital-citizen.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1258","title":{"rendered":"Should the University Survive in its current form?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What does the future hold for universities? What could the role of the university be in the Big Society? As part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insideoutfestival.org.uk\/\">Inside\/Out Festival<\/a> the University of London hosts a debate on the issue.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nMay Chien Busch, MCB Enterprises, ex Chief Operating Officer Morgan  Stanley Europe<br \/>\nProfessor Geoffrey Crossick, Vice-Chancellor, University of London<br \/>\nProfessor AC Grayling, Birkbeck, University of London<br \/>\nProfessor Rick Rylance, Chief Executive, Arts and Humanities Research  Council<br \/>\nRt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for the Universities and  Science<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Chair:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nAnne McElvoy, New Statesman Columnist and Executive Editor of the London  Evening Standard.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m liveblogging the event using a web-based service called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coveritlive.com\/\">CoveritLive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coveritlive.com\/index2.php\/option=com_altcaster\/task=viewaltcast\/altcast_code=ea9a82e62c\/height=750\/width=470\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"750px\" width=\"470px\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coveritlive.com\/mobile.php\/option=com_mobile\/task=viewaltcast\/altcast_code=ea9a82e62c\" >Should the University Survive in its Current Form?<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[Please note that the liveblog is my notes taken in realtime at the event and not a transcript &#8211; happy to take any comments or corrections].<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1258\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/digital-citizen.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1258&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-1258\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/digital-citizen.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1258&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1258\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/digital-citizen.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1258&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/digital-citizen.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1258&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span>Tumblr<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does the future hold for universities? 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