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What
are the challenges that face a new campus for a university, particularly
in an area - such as East London - which is in need of regeneration and
investment? Can a university become integrated into the community, and at
the same time contribute to the regeneration of that community, both by
helping individuals and the community as a whole? If so, what can it do
and how? The authors consider these questions in relation to the new campus
of the University of East London which is situated in Docklands.
The essays in this book consider how the university should adapt itself
to these changing needs and expectations. They argue that there can no longer
be a single model of what a university should be. Non-traditional universities
need to redefine their roles and find new ways of meeting local needs. This
will include: new relationships between teachers and students;more involvement
in the regeneration of the local economy, including in the cultural industries;
more involvement in training, including a role in lifelong learning, access
courses, and other intermediate forms of education; new partnership with
other agencies - local industry, the local state and voluntary agencies.
Tim Butler is Principal Lecturer in Sociology at the University of
East London. He co-edited, with Michael Rustin, Rising in the East
(L&W 1996), and is editor of the journal of East London studies, Rising
East.
This book is published by Lawrence & Wishart in partnership with the
proposed new University of East London Press.