Lost and Found

I want to argue in favour of a modern take on the broad medieval conception of higher learning in which the study of language or music should sit happily side by side with the study of maths or science, and a reaffirmation for new generations of the roots of the expression ‘liberal arts’ to the classical notion that liberal education is what people need to be free citizens not slaves.

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—	Lammy gets Medieval on our asses: The value of higher education in the arts and humanities

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Although there was a close relationship between industry and universities through research, universities were “not basically about improving competitiveness or building industrial strategy”, Lord Baker of Dorking asserted.

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—	Times Higher Education - Lords condemn ‘retrograde’ department merger - Whoever would’ve thought that it would be Ken Baker standing up for the integrity of higher education in the face of the business onslaught.

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