The New Power University: The social purpose of higher education in the 21st century

Author’s acknowledgements

Countless people have supported me in writing this book. Sometimes, they did this by not realising it; other times, I reached out to people asking for a conversation, a coffee and, on occasion, a beer. Other times, I was seeking a specific piece of information, fact check or a request to critically review some text. In the Preface, I explain how three people – Ed Byrne, Louise Gough and Ross Pow – have been instrumental in shaping a number of ideas I put forward in the book. I also acknowledge my attempts to adopt some new power values in writing the book – in building, as I wrote, a network or social movement of people, who I could bounce ideas off, stimulate my thinking and help me illustrate my ideas by example. ...