Notes on contributors Selected abbreviations Introduction setting the scene Part one: The institutions The ancient collegiate universities Oxford and Cambridge The big civics Exeter University going back to the future? The 1960s new universities Old and new Durham and Stockton Higher education in Scotland diversity, distinctiveness and devolution Higher education in Wales The modern English universities Part two: Outsiders and insiders The funding councils governance and accountability The admissions system expansion, inclusion and the demands of diversity The cuckoo in the nest? the business school in a university The changing fortunes of continuing education from margins to mainstream to.? An unsuitable job for a woman? A view from the market place Part three: The Warwick way Managing transformation Academic development Conclusion triumph and retreat Bibliography Index.