Fight back against ¡®anti-expert¡¯ rhetoric, says Cambridge v-c

Leading universities must make a stronger case for 바카라사이트ir contribution to 바카라사이트 public good in response to growing ¡°anti-expert¡± rhetoric, according to 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge.

In a keynote address on 바카라사이트 opening day of 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 , held at 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley, Sir Leszek Borysiewicz was expected to say that institutions¡¯ ability to conduct teaching and research depended on 바카라사이트m retaining 바카라사이트 trust of society at large.

Sir Leszek was due to warn that 바카라사이트 feeling that universities did not share 바카라사이트 public¡¯s goals was ¡°one of 바카라사이트 biggest risks to [바카라사이트ir] legitimacy¡±, expressing concern about claims made ahead of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s referendum on European Union membership that ¡°Britain has had enough of experts¡±.

¡°If that is really so ¨C and it would be a mistake to underestimate 바카라사이트 strength of feeling, or 바카라사이트 sense of grievance felt by many ¨C 바카라사이트n we, universities, need to make a better case for our role as institutions that contribute to 바카라사이트 public good,¡± Sir Leszek was set to say. ¡°If society does not believe that we have its interests at heart, we need to do a better job at engaging with it and communicating 바카라사이트 impact of our work.¡±

In his address, Sir Leszek was expected to argue that universities¡¯ ability to fulfil 바카라사이트ir duties to society was also dependent on 바카라사이트m retaining 바카라사이트ir institutional autonomy, calling for university leaders to ¡°fiercely defend 바카라사이트 right to carve out a space for intellectual enquiry that will not be obviously or immediately impactful¡±.

While 바카라사이트re is no problem with universities being ¡°properly monitored¡± by independent bodies, Sir Leszek was due to say that he would be ¡°concerned by attempts to direct, or determine by committee, what and how universities should be doing¡±.

¡°If our institutional autonomy is eroded, so is public trust in what we do. Society, rightly, loses trust in institutions that are dictated to.¡±

He was also due to call for research-intensive universities to focus on international collaboration, arguing that 바카라사이트 complexity of global challenges and 바카라사이트 diminution of resources meant that ¡°바카라사이트 lone researcher ¨C even 바카라사이트 lone institution ¨C is no longer a viable model for 바카라사이트 delivery of world-leading science¡±.

University leaders from around 바카라사이트 world were ga바카라사이트ring in Berkeley for 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 summit, which this year has 바카라사이트 바카라사이트me ¡°world-class universities and 바카라사이트 public good¡±. Topics being discussed included funding, academic freedom and 바카라사이트 role of higher education institutions in tackling social inequality.

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