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

by Jonathan Grant
April 2021
Intermediate to advanced
250 pages
7h 4m
English
Pearson Education
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Part Three

People, power and voice

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

Malala Yousafzai, Gen Z student and education campaigner

New power is about people – how they relate, how they connect and how they come together to create social change. The New Power University is made from three constituencies of people: the students, the staff and the community within which it resides, physically and virtually.

It is through understanding these groups of people, their motivations, concerns and ambitions, that their individual and collective power and voice can be mobilised to shape both the social purpose of the New Power University and wider society.

But to deliver on that social purpose, the New Power University will need ...

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