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For me the civic university movement can be traced back to a 1994 report commissioned from the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) at Newcastle by the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principles (CVCP) the predecessor to the current association Universities UK on Universities and Communities as part of its evidence to the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education, chaired by Lord Dearing and published in 1997. The report was commissio

The National Civic Impact Accelerator (NCIA) and Civic University Network in association with Universities UK’s Civic & Local Growth Network presents: High Hopes, Hard Realities: Civic Universities at the Crossroads An online roundtable discussion: 1pm-3pm, Thursday 6th November 2025 Provocation by Professor John Goddard OBE - Special Advisor to the NCIA High Hopes, Hard Realities: Civic Universities at the Crossroads