The final of the ESRC seminar series  - New Institutional Imperative – Third Mission and the Transformation of the Contemporary University will be held on Friday 26 October in London as an evening event.

Speakers

Rt Hon David Willetts - Minister of State for Universities and Science

Prof Mary Walshok- UC San Diego

Prof Nick Petford - University of Northampton

Prof Geoffrey Crossick – Director of the AHRC's Cultural Value Project

Sir Tim Wilson – Author of the Wilson report

Seminar Overview

The New Institutional Imperatives seminar series has sought to explore the key avenues in which contemporary universities are developing their third mission activities. These are in regards economic, societal, political, and enterprising engagement. Our final seminar will raise two fundamental challenges associated with the third mission, namely the future autonomy of academic scholarship and the economic model to sustain and develop HEIs over the coming years.

This seminar series has shown how the third mission seeks to harness the entrepreneurial and civic capacities of universities to develop innovative ways to bridge public and private divide and generate greater impact by playing a more strategic social and economic role locally and globally. This final seminar will explore these questions from a series of influential figures from academic, policy, and practitioner domains.

To register for the seminar go to http://www.niiseminars.co.uk/
or contact Tim Vorley - [email protected] or Fumi Kitagawa - [email protected]

The Future of the Intellectual Project

Venue: Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square  London WC1H 9HQ

Date: Friday 26 October, 2012

Time:  6pm to 8.30pm

Dr. Fumi Kitagawa
Manchester Business School
University of Manchester
Harold Hankins Building
Manchester
M15 6PB
0161-306-8433