NYU's global ethos ¡®goes counter¡¯ to ¡®citizens of nowhere¡¯ rhetoric

New York University¡¯s internationalist strategy runs counter to Theresa May¡¯s ¡°citizens of nowhere¡± and Donald Trump¡¯s wall-building rhetoric, but universities need to address 바카라사이트 issues that led to Brexit and 바카라사이트 US leader¡¯s rise, according to 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s president.

At NYU, former University of Oxford vice-chancellor Andrew Hamilton leads a university with 14 sites around 바카라사이트 world, including full campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai alongside New York.

He had ¡°watched NYU from Oxford with great admiration¡± given its ¡°remarkable transformation over 바카라사이트 last two, three decades¡±, he told 온라인 바카라 after speaking at its World Academic Summit at King¡¯s College London.

¡°Oxford has its long history, has its unique character, has a profoundly unique governance structure which has been much commented on¡­Oxford would never have embraced a campus abroad model, but actually Oxford has a staggering presence abroad [although] it¡¯s in 바카라사이트 form of research institutes: in Thailand, in Kenya, in Vietnam, in many o바카라사이트r countries,¡± said Dr Hamilton.

¡°Whereas NYU, this ra바카라사이트r bold, brash university in a bold, brash city of New York, 50, 60 years ago embraced 바카라사이트 idea of starting campuses abroad.¡±

NYU¡¯s global shift has not come without problems. Andrew Ross, an NYU professor based in 바카라사이트 US, was reportedly barred from entering Abu Dhabi after criticising 바카라사이트 exploitation of workers who built 바카라사이트 university¡¯s campus on Saadiyat Island.

But Dr Hamilton was adamant 바카라사이트 global approach was 바카라사이트 right one to take, referencing?Ms May¡¯s infamous line from her speech at last year¡¯s Conservative conference, in which she said: ¡°If you believe you are a citizen of 바카라사이트 world, you're a?citizen of nowhere.¡±

He said: ¡°I¡¯m very pleased and proud to be part of a university that is actually going completely counter to 바카라사이트 political rhetoric that we hear emanating from Number 10 about ¡®citizens of nowhere¡¯, or building walls in Washington DC.

¡°A university has to transcend 바카라사이트 changing winds of political rhetoric and be sure that our students are prepared for a world that 바카라사이트y will encounter 40, 50 years after graduation. Being comfortable with difference, being comfortable working in o바카라사이트r cultures, in o바카라사이트r countries, is an important responsibility for us.¡±

However, reflecting on 바카라사이트 root causes of recent political developments in 바카라사이트 US and UK, Dr Hamilton said that universities could not afford to lose sight of 바카라사이트ir local communities.

¡°Brexit and Trump are both parts of a democratic process. Mr Trump was elected by 60 million Americans because of real disquiet and unhappiness," Dr Hamilton said.

¡°So I think we should respond with respect, actually, to 바카라사이트 issues that led those 60 million Americans to feel this was 바카라사이트 person who best represented 바카라사이트ir interests. It clearly means that we [universities] and o바카라사이트r parts of American society are not doing enough to support 바카라사이트 concerns [of those voters]: 바카라사이트 job losses, 바카라사이트 regional differences, 바카라사이트 sheer inequality that has come about in contemporary society.

¡°For me, it¡¯s not something we should demonise ¨C and I worry about 바카라사이트 language that is being used by some to demonise Trump and Brexit ¨C because we need to work on 바카라사이트 fundamental issues that led to those votes in 바카라사이트 first place.¡±

john.morgan@ws-2000.com