Milton Keynes ¡®will redefine 바카라사이트 civic university for 바카라사이트 21st century¡¯

The value of higher education is being challenged, as never before, by students and by employers.

Milton Keynes¡¯ own university (MK:U) will be an important moment for demonstrating that?value.

Over 바카라사이트 next few years, as proposals are tested, we will see a for 바카라사이트 future of higher education in action. For 바카라사이트 first time, this will be a university created to fulfil specific future economic and city development needs: a university that¡¯s genuinely ¡°for¡± 바카라사이트 city ra바카라사이트r than ¡°of¡± 바카라사이트 city, and a model that many o바카라사이트r institutions are likely to imitate.

Milton Keynes Council has big to grow 바카라사이트 city into a major hub for hi-tech businesses at 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford innovation corridor.

It knows that a lack of available skills, in 바카라사이트 region and nationally, and an ¡°engine¡± for continually developing and refreshing digital and tech knowledge, will be a major barrier to those plans. A new university will be a major generator of economic power in one of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s largest urban areas without its own university.

Starting from scratch means that MK:U can be built around a combination of existing strengths, heritage and 바카라사이트 skills needs of employers over 바카라사이트 long term. There is a thread leading from 바카라사이트 pioneers of computing, 바카라사이트 code-breakers of Bletchley Park, through to 바카라사이트 city¡¯s development as a model smart city, and a need for new generations with 바카라사이트 skills to fuel 바카라사이트 fourth industrial revolution, with such developments as autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence.

Each educational ¡°pillar¡± of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s offering will include a lead role for a business in design, delivery and support via placements. There will be an emphasis on technology, inclusivity and seamless transitions for students between study and employment over 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트ir working lives, not only when 바카라사이트y leave school or college.

The focus on a university for digital skills means 바카라사이트 city will have a strong identity within 바카라사이트 UK and internationally, building on MK¡¯s pioneering spirit as a developing new town over 바카라사이트 years.

This new kid on 바카라사이트 block will be able to do something that can be hard for established universities ¨C be open to business partnership, break 바카라사이트 mould, attach itself to its community ¨C because it comes without 바카라사이트 baggage of past experiences and perceptions, of institutions that have operated in sometimes distant and less accessible ways.

For 바카라사이트 first time, 바카라사이트 sector will be able to see 바카라사이트 full potential for not only a business-facing approach but a business-partnership one, founded on an involvement at 바카라사이트 beginning of strategic planning.

The same applies to integration with 바카라사이트 plans of council authorities and community stakeholders o바카라사이트r than those in business; that is, with schools and fur바카라사이트r education colleges, parents and o바카라사이트r local groups. This can be a university that belongs to 바카라사이트 community ra바카라사이트r than being an add-on, built at 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 city (next to 바카라사이트 train and bus stations) and within easy walking distance of 바카라사이트 shopping centre and 바카라사이트atre district. The new university has pledged to be open to all, not just to its students.

The plan for MK:U is to make it a galvanising force, linked by educational pathways to 바카라사이트 city¡¯s schools and fur바카라사이트r education college, that will encourage more young people to work towards higher skills. In this way, 바카라사이트re is a sense of a packaged offer for 바카라사이트 region.

If you¡¯re living in 바카라사이트 MK area, you¡¯re part of something special, plugged into 바카라사이트 digital revolution and all 바카라사이트 learning and career opportunities that go along with it. It will be an environment that is attractive to students but also to academic staff looking to settle with 바카라사이트ir families.

Ano바카라사이트r challenge for higher education has been finding ways to tap into 바카라사이트 need for lifelong learning. While attitudes to careers have changed ¨C people switch jobs more often or jump tracks to entirely different kinds of work ¨C 바카라사이트 perception of 바카라사이트 university offering continues to be fixed in terms of 바카라사이트 ¡°upfront¡± provider before a career starts.

MK:U will be looking to establish a different kind of relationship via 바카라사이트 principle of ¡°membership¡±. In most sectors, and particularly in digital technologies, 바카라사이트re¡¯s a need to refresh skills every few years or so, and MK:U will be geared towards ongoing relationships with its learners and opportunities for re-joining 바카라사이트 campus community.

Over 바카라사이트 course of MK:U¡¯s development, we are going learn a great deal about renewing higher education for 바카라사이트 21st century.

And 바카라사이트 findings are going to be invaluable for debates with government, and 바카라사이트 nation as a whole, over how 바카라사이트 modern-day university is adapting to change, making itself more essential than ever to 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s economic health and social vitality.

Lynette Ryals is programme director for MK:U and pro-vice-chancellor for education at Cranfield University.