In short, a relapse into THE FUTURE OF OUR UNIVERSITIES SYMPOSIUM 01 Future of our Universities Symposium INTRODUCTION The symposium on the Future of In his opening remarks, Dr Oliver Our Universities, organised by The Hartwich, the executive director New Zealand Initiative and the Free of The New Zealand Initiative, Speech Union, brought together underscored the importance of a diverse array of. [...] Over the course of the day, the founder of the modern research panellists and participants engaged university, Hartwich emphasised in robust discussions and debates, the need to keep the Enlightenment but also shared ideas about what spirit of open inquiry and has gone wrong in higher education academic rigour alive in the face of in this country and how to change contemporary challenges. [...] The symposium’s programme was designed to tackle a range of critical themes, including the financial sustainability and governance of universities, the protection of academic freedom and viewpoint diversity, the pursuit of research excellence and impact, and what the real purpose of universities should be. [...] While there was no consensus Drawing on his book The on the way forward, the Constitution of Knowledge, Rauch symposium played a valuable made a passionate case for the role in raising awareness of the importance of preserving the critical importance of academic Enlightenment values of free freedom and viewpoint diversity inquiry, rational debate, and the to the health and vitality of New pursuit. [...] Figure 4: R&D funding in New Zealand 10 THE NEW ZEALAND INITIATIVE Prof Kendall Clements speaking at the Symposium Jonathan Rauch speaking at the Symposium COMPARING INTERNATIONAL MODELS AND APPROACHES The symposium benefited from the traced the origins of this crisis to a the importance of safeguarding insights of international speakers confluence of factors, including the academic freedom in th.
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Table of Contents
- THE FUTURE OF OUR UNIVERSITIES SYMPOSIUM 01 3
- FOREWORD 3
- THE FUTURE OF OUR UNIVERSITIES SYMPOSIUM 03 5
- INTRODUCTION 5
- THE FUTURE OF OUR UNIVERSITIES SYMPOSIUM 05 7
- THE STATE OF NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITIES 7
- THE FUTURE OF OUR UNIVERSITIES SYMPOSIUM 07 9
- REFORMING UNIVERSITY FUNDING AND GOVERNANCE 9
- 08 THE NEW ZEALAND INITIATIVE 10
- DEFENDING ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND VIEWPOINT DIVERSITY 10
- THE FUTURE OF OUR UNIVERSITIES SYMPOSIUM 09 11
- 10 THE NEW ZEALAND INITIATIVE 12
- ELEVATING RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AND IMPACT 12
- THE FUTURE OF OUR UNIVERSITIES SYMPOSIUM 13 15
- COMPARING INTERNATIONAL MODELS AND APPROACHES 15
- THE FUTURE OF OUR UNIVERSITIES SYMPOSIUM 15 17
- INCORPORATING MĀORI KNOWLEDGE AND PERSPECTIVES 17
- 16 THE NEW ZEALAND INITIATIVE 18
- CONCLUSION 18
- THE FUTURE OF OUR UNIVERSITIES SYMPOSIUM 17 19
- SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME 19