About the Univeristy

Research Cooperative
12/10/16 02:07:41PM
@chief-admin

The University of Auckland is a great place, and we do need to be connected with the world, but does language like this do the University and people justice? The University is much more than this:

"The University of Auckland is an essential contributor to the achievement of Treasury’s desired outcomes for the economy: an improved business environment, better integration and connections with the global economy, and more highly-skilled human capital and labour supply."

(Internet, 17th October 2016)

So there it is. A selected quote taken in isolation.

Should the University and the people who make it a living place aspire to be cogs in the wheels of the global economy?

Not a source of diverse ideas for how to live, how to build economies, or making the global and local economies work for people? Comments welcome!