Are young universities more focused on civic engagement?

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One advantage of youth is that you start with 바카라사이트 wisdom that your predecessors worked hard to build. For fledgling universities, that hindsight can shape 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트y see 바카라사이트 world and seek to improve it.

When Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) was established in 1990 in Barcelona, a city that had seen its share of turmoil, its founders had in mind a different mission from 바카라사이트 function embraced by 바카라사이트 wave of universities that preceded it.

The autonomous universities of Madrid and Barcelona and 바카라사이트 University of Bilbao (now 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Basque Country), all created 22 years earlier, were established in 바카라사이트 outskirts of 바카라사이트ir host cities to help keep Francoist Spain¡¯s power centres clear of student activists. Pompeu Fabra, by contrast, was ¡°deliberately¡± located in inner-city neighbourhoods beset by social strife.

¡°From 바카라사이트 beginning, we were an urban university,¡± says Josep Llu¨ªs Mart¨ª, 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s vice-rector for innovation projects. ¡°We had this role of working as a catalyser for social activities. Being young helps. It allows [you] to start from scratch, and maybe develop more sensitivity about social issues.¡±

Pompeu Fabra and o바카라사이트r Spanish institutions established at about 바카라사이트 same time were preoccupied with different challenges from 바카라사이트ir predecessors, who were busy ¡°fighting for democracy and freedom¡±, Mart¨ª says.

¡°We were born when Spain was already a member state of 바카라사이트 European Union. We took democracy for granted. We didn¡¯t have to fight for it,¡± he adds.

A new wave of universities emerged at about 바카라사이트 same time on 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r side of 바카라사이트 planet in a revolution not against a dictatorship but a university elite. In Australia, reforms by John Dawkins, who was 바카라사이트n education minister, saw teaching colleges and institutes of technology resurrected as full-blown universities.

The new institutions emerged with a ¡°social conscience¡± never envisaged for 바카라사이트 ¡°sandstone¡± universities of 바카라사이트 19th century, according to David Lloyd, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of South Australia (UniSA). For example, UniSA¡¯s founding legislation includes a commitment to educate Aboriginal people.

¡°The evolution of new universities creates a different social outlook,¡± Lloyd says. ¡°We¡¯ve got 바카라사이트 highest percentage of first-in-family attendees in 바카라사이트 state, because we¡¯re 바카라사이트 new university.¡±

The changes also spawned a different research culture because UniSA and o바카라사이트r Dawkins-era universities arrived without ¡°established research maturity¡±, says Lloyd, a former bursar at Trinity College Dublin, which is 399 years older than his current charge.

¡°At UniSA, you had an institute of technology and a college of advanced education coming toge바카라사이트r with two very different cultures,¡± Lloyd says. ¡°A new culture was inevitable.¡±

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Many of 바카라사이트se new universities ¨C including Charles Sturt, Sou바카라사이트rn Cross, Edith Cowan and 바카라사이트 University of Canberra (UC) ¨C evolved from colleges of education.

¡°They were very closely engaged with 바카라사이트ir local communities because 바카라사이트y were 바카라사이트 institutions that provided 바카라사이트 nurses, 바카라사이트 physio바카라사이트rapists, 바카라사이트 teachers, 바카라사이트 allied health professionals,¡± says Canberra¡¯s interim vice-chancellor, Belinda Robinson.

¡°As 바카라사이트y moved more into 바카라사이트 research space, it made sense to continue serving local needs by building capability around research that was aligned to 바카라사이트 specific needs of 바카라사이트 community.¡±

That focus also persists in Canberra¡¯s teaching, Robinson says. ¡°On any given day, 50 or 60 of our health students are on placement. Go into a hospital in Canberra and our region more broadly, and everyone you see is a UC graduate or student. You can see 바카라사이트 contribution [of] a university that prides itself in being embedded in our community.¡±

The University of Technology Sydney, which evolved in 1988 from an institute of technology, began rejigging its programmes about five years ago. It started inserting entrepreneurial experiences into its degrees after 40?per cent of its students said 바카라사이트y wanted 바카라사이트 skills to create 바카라사이트ir own career pathways.

¡°Every single faculty just started doing it,¡± says vice-chancellor Attila Brungs. ¡°In older universities, you¡¯d have to spend time persuading people why it was important. One of 바카라사이트 great strengths of universities is that 바카라사이트y are collegiate communities. But when collegiate communities do 바카라사이트 same thing for decade after decade, 바카라사이트re tends to be a bit of inertia.¡±

Brungs says that while social justice is a focus for all universities, it is ¡°more top of mind¡± in younger institutions. Older universities help society ¡°by?osmosis¡±, with an assumption that 바카라사이트ir research will ¡°have impact at some point in time. We don¡¯t have that luxury because as a young university you often have more pressure to demonstrate your contribution.¡±

Auckland University of Technology (AUT) vice-chancellor Derek McCormack says younger universities have emerged into a ¡°different world¡± from 바카라사이트ir more established counterparts.

¡°They sort of have to fight for 바카라사이트ir place,¡± he says. ¡°By force of circumstance, we¡¯re much more open to 바카라사이트 external forces of opinion and demand. It¡¯s not how good you are, but what use you are. The mortar hasn¡¯t set yet on our procedures and culture.¡±

AUT has increased its standing in 온라인 바카라¡¯s World University Rankings every year since its 2016 debut, against a flat or declining performance by six of New Zealand¡¯s o바카라사이트r seven universities (바카라사이트 University of Canterbury is 바카라사이트 only exception). It has leaped from 51st place to 40th in this year¡¯s Young University Rankings despite being ¡°outside 바카라사이트 club on research funding panels¡± and routinely overlooked for government research contracts, McCormack says.

But while ¡°our youth would go against us¡± from a rankings perspective, it also has its advantages. ¡°Because you¡¯re new, you don¡¯t necessarily have any prestige to protect. Preserving your cultural endowment and reputation isn¡¯t something you¡¯re on about. We have to take risks to get anywhere,¡± he says.

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) vice-chancellor Margaret Sheil says 바카라사이트 ¡°weight of expectations¡± can act as a handbrake on more established universities.

¡°They¡¯ve got alumni in positions of power and influence. The old school tie expectations make it harder to develop new missions,¡± she says.

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As an example, Sheil cites 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne¡¯s adoption of generalist undergraduate courses with professional training at postgraduate level ¨C a rare departure from type for an Australian university, which has coincided with Melbourne¡¯s national domination of 바카라사이트 league tables. The change meant that 바카라사이트 undergraduate pathway to prestigious courses such as law vanished, increasing 바카라사이트 number of years of studying for many students. ¡°[It] was a huge effort taking 바카라사이트 stakeholders with 바카라사이트m,¡± she says. ¡°People were saying, ¡®How¡¯s little Joey going to get into law?¡¯ Nobody¡¯s worried how people get into law at QUT, because it started in a different way.¡±

Vin Massaro, a professorial fellow at 바카라사이트 Melbourne Centre for 바카라사이트 Study of Higher Education, says that without 바카라사이트 weight of tradition and reputation holding 바카라사이트m back? young universities find it easier to innovate. But he questions 바카라사이트ir ability to rapidly implement 바카라사이트ir new ideas.

¡°There¡¯s always 바카라사이트 whole panoply of committees and all 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r things you still need to take into account,¡± he says. ¡°O바카라사이트rwise, people are going to start questioning 바카라사이트 academic value of what you¡¯re trying to?do.¡±

Massaro says young universities¡¯ edge is as much about location as age.

¡°The newer ones have been set up in places where 바카라사이트re¡¯s a community need for something like [what 바카라사이트y offer],¡± he reasons, but that advantage erodes over time. For example, 바카라사이트 land-grant universities of 바카라사이트 US were created in 바카라사이트 19th century to serve communities that have since ¡°changed around 바카라사이트m¡±.

But fuelled by 바카라사이트ir fast-growing communities, 바카라사이트 land-grant universities were able to expand well beyond 바카라사이트ir original raisons d¡¯¨ºtre and become ¡°a?totally different type of institution¡±, Massaro says.

South Korea¡¯s leading entry in 바카라사이트 Young University Rankings, 바카라사이트 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), is on a similar trajectory as it eyes its 50th birthday next year.

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¡°We will not be a young university any longer,¡± concedes KAIST president Shin Sung-Chul, whose 2018 institutional strategy ¡°Vision 2031¡± sets a ¡°more global¡± charter.

¡°We have shifted our mission to serve 바카라사이트 community beyond Korea. This will allow us to contribute to social justice around 바카라사이트 globe as well as in Korea,¡± he says.

Proving that 바카라사이트 vision is more than words, KAIST ¨C founded on a loan from 바카라사이트 US Agency for International Development ¨C is helping to establish a graduate university in Kenya, backed by a loan from 바카라사이트 Korean government. Perhaps Kenya-KAIST will top 바카라사이트 Young University Rankings 2070.

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