Civic University Commission Evidence Session: Nottingham
Session 1: Universities' Global Role

The UPP Foundation Civic University Commission is a major new independent inquiry into the future of the civic university.
The Commission will be holding three major oral evidence sessions across the country and seeking written evidence from as wide a range of institutions, organisations, and people as possible.
This session will be focusing on universities’ global role.
- From: Friday 22 June 2018, 11.30 am
- To: Friday 22 June 2018, 1.15 pm
- Registration: 11.15 am
- Location: Adams Room, Nottingham Conference Centre, Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU
- Booking deadline: Thursday 21 June 2018, 6.00 pm
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Event details
The UPP Foundation Civic University Commission is a major new independent inquiry into the future of the civic university: how can universities most successfully serve their place in the 21st century?
The Commission wants to understand how civic universities operate today, how they operated in the past, and how they should operate in the future: to do that they are looking for evidence from a wide range of sources.
The Commission will be holding three major oral evidence sessions across the country and seeking written evidence from as wide a range of institutions, organisations, and people as possible.
In Nottingham it will be focusing on the relationship between universities and schools; and universities’ global role.
The Civic University Commission's Chair, Lord Kerslake, and commissioners will be hearing from the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University; and from key stakeholders from the city and the surrounding region.
This session will be focusing on universities’ global role, and is open to observers.
Programme
Witnesses
Mr Ian Curryer - Chief Executive, Nottingham City Council
Mr Brendan Moffett – Chief Executive, Marketing NG
Mr Nicholas Randall QC – Chairman, Nottingham Forest Football Club
Ms Sandeep Mahal - Director, Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature
Mr Mark Jefferies - Chief of University Research Liaison, Rolls-Royce plc
Professor Shearer West - Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Nottingham
Booking information
This event is free to attend. Please book your place using the registration button at the top of this page.
For any questions relating to this event, please contact notts.civicex@ntu.ac.uk.
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Location details
Room/Building:
Address:
Burton Street
Nottingham
NG1 4BU
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