Jonathan Grant has written on Wonkhe about a gap between the rhetoric around civic activities and what universities do in practice.
He focuses his argument on whether universities – particularly those which signed up to publishing a Civic University Agreement – are accredited by the Living Wage Foundation.
No single measure can demonstrate whether a university is truly Civic or not, but it is an important challenge to the sector.
Is our approach to the civic role authentic, or is it simply a tactical response to the political agenda or even just a PR exercise?
