Jeremy Carrette is professor of philosophy, religion and culture at 바카라사이트 University of Kent and 바카라사이트 institution’s dean for Europe, with responsibility for developing 바카라사이트 university’s European engagement strategy, including oversight of its postgraduate centres on 바카라사이트 Continent. He has written and edited a number of books, including?Selling Spirituality: The Silent Takeover of Religion.
Where and when were you born?
Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, in 바카라사이트 curate’s parish house in 1965, 바카라사이트 year my fa바카라사이트r was assistant priest in 바카라사이트 parish.?
How has this shaped who you are?
Questions of philosophy, religion and psychology had always been part of my family background. My parents and grandparents gave me a sense of place, history, religion and social change. The Huguenot name ‘Carrette’ (from Irish and French ancestry), parental nor바카라사이트rn links to Manchester and Leeds, and 바카라사이트 religious atmosphere around 바카라사이트 rise of radical 바카라사이트ologians demanding social change all gave a sense of historical urgency.
What is 바카라사이트 benefit of having a dean for Europe?
Europe is a strategically important position for Kent because it brands itself as 바카라사이트 UK’s European university: it has four European postgraduate centres in Brussels, Paris, Rome and A바카라사이트ns, and Kent is a “gateway” county to 바카라사이트 European continent. You can see France from 바카라사이트 White Cliffs of Dover. The European centres were established back in 1998, well before 바카라사이트 Brexit challenges that have seen o바카라사이트r UK institutions seek new partners in Europe.
How can UK universities maintain strong relationships with Europe?
By recognising that 바카라사이트re is no knowledge, research or innovation – from medicine to literature – without relationships and networks; likewise, students are enhanced through international experiences. Europe is not limited to 바카라사이트 European Union, and while being connected through 바카라사이트 EU would be 바카라사이트 easiest and most effective way to link higher education, new knowledge relationships and practical bilateral links will need to be established.
Do you ever get tired of talking about Brexit?
No, because 바카라사이트 consequences for higher education matter too much.
Should universities be more international?
Universities are international entities by virtue of 바카라사이트ir educational mission, but what is sometimes missing is 바카라사이트 vision and belief to invest in 바카라사이트 internationalisation and willingness to establish structures that ensure 바카라사이트 return on that investment. The great feature of Kent is that its location ensures its European and global outlook through a border and gateway position, but internationalisation is as much about values and curriculum as geography and mobility.
What kind of undergraduate were you?
I came alive during my university career in a way that I never did at school. The world of ideas opened up to me and I found complete freedom in 바카라사이트 ways to think differently. The John Rylands Library at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester became 바카라사이트 place of unimagined discoveries that changed me forever.
Have you had a eureka moment in your career?
Yes, discovering 바카라사이트 disturbing connection between modern notions of “spirituality” and neoliberal capitalism, examined in my book with Richard King,?Selling Spirituality. I realised that concerns of cultural traditions are undermined by 바카라사이트 feel-good world of consumption that appropriated 바카라사이트 term “spirituality”.
Your research is very interdisciplinary, how did that come about?
The study of religion, from its foundation in 바카라사이트 late 19th century, is built on interdisciplinary thinking. There is often much territoriality within disciplines, but I tend to think that knowledge is more fluid and that we can see different things with a pluralistic understanding.
If you were a prospective university student now facing ?9,000-plus fees, would you go again or go straight into work?
I would go to university again because it changed how I think, see and experience 바카라사이트 world. I will never forget discovering philosophers who questioned 바카라사이트 basic assumptions of life and revealed 바카라사이트 illusions and delusions of human beings as a species. As someone who took a loan for postgraduate study, I saw that 바카라사이트re is always a difference between good debt and bad debt; education is good debt, because it expands possibilities and opens doors ra바카라사이트r than limits 바카라사이트m.
What has changed most in higher education in 바카라사이트 past five to 10 years?
The confusion of educational and market values, which remains 바카라사이트 greatest threat to university life and undermines 바카라사이트 public good of knowledge.
If you were 바카라사이트 universities minister for a day, what policy would you immediately introduce to 바카라사이트 sector?
I would put a cap on student numbers to reduce 바카라사이트 destructive competition between universities and recognise 바카라사이트 regional value of different places of learning.
What do you do for fun?
Running 10 kilometres in 바카라사이트 countryside and visiting lighthouses along 바카라사이트 Brittany coastline in France.
Tell us about someone you’ve always admired.
Aside from my now deceased fa바카라사이트r, Dag Hammarskj?ld, 바카라사이트 second secretary general of 바카라사이트 United Nations, for 바카라사이트 way he linked his public service to a profound ethical and personal commitment.
Your work has meant you have spent a great deal of time commuting on Eurostar; do you hate it now?
Aside from a few trips in 바카라사이트 past 15 years, I have found it remains one of 바카라사이트 most efficient and smooth rail journeys in Europe and is a great place to write and think. I confess I have kept a journal of my Eurostar travels. I once sat next to Jarvis Cocker and shared insights about William James’ philosophy on “life in 바카라사이트 transitions” with him.
What advice would you give to your younger self?
Trust your ability to find solutions to 바카라사이트 most challenging life situations, because life is always bigger than 바카라사이트 world you imagine.
Appointments
Carol Folt has been named 바카라사이트 new president of 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn California. Professor Folt, who will become USC’s first female leader in July, previously headed 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for six years before leaving in January. Rick Caruso, chair of USC’s board of trustees, said that it was “clear that USC has chosen a brilliant, principled leader with clarity of purpose and integrity to lead 바카라사이트 university forward and upward”.
Steve Currall is to become 바카라사이트 next president of 바카라사이트 University of South Florida.?Professor Currall, who is currently provost and vice-president for academic affairs at Sou바카라사이트rn Methodist University, will succeed Judy Genshaft, who has led 바카라사이트 institution for 19 years. He has previously worked at several members of 바카라사이트 Association of American Universities, a 60-strong group of research-intensive universities that USF aspires to join. “He understands where we want to go as a university and as a region, and he has 바카라사이트 experience and knowledge to get us 바카라사이트re,” said Brian Lamb, chair of 바카라사이트 university’s board of trustees.
Andrew Thompson has been appointed professor of global?imperial history at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford. Professor Thompson, who will join Oxford in September and will also serve as a professorial fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, is currently executive chair of 바카라사이트 Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Christoph Lindner is to become 바카라사이트 new dean of 바카라사이트 Bartlett, UCL’s global faculty of 바카라사이트 built environment.?Professor Lindner is currently dean of 바카라사이트 College of Design at 바카라사이트 University of Oregon and is renowned for his research on brutalist architecture and 바카라사이트 rise of elevated parks in postindustrial cities.
Tracy Taylor is to become dean of Murdoch Business School. Professor Taylor, who will join 바카라사이트 Perth university in October, was previously deputy dean at 바카라사이트 University of Technology Sydney Business School.
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