University Fundraising in Britain is an account of the culture change in British universities as people from all walks of life rallied to the cause of maintaining the quality of teaching and research through fundraising, in the face of the unprecedented expansion of student numbers. It recounts how a few individuals began to adapt professional fundraising to an academic environment, describes the impact of transatlantic ideas of 'best practice' and their adaptation to local circumstances through the work of a few individuals from the UK and North America, and how the academic leadership, government policy and influential volunteers came together to expand philanthropy as an important source of revenue in colleges and universities throughout the UK. It documents the expansion of student numbers in the USA and UK and the differing financial models supporting the higher education sector. When New Labour found the existing funding model of higher education to be unsustainable, one response was to seek new ways to kick-start university fundraising, and to encourage philanthropy. University leaders were quick to respond and to follow the early pioneers such as the universities of Edinburgh and later Oxford and Cambridge. The result was a significant increase in n-governmental sources of income and a new profession of university fundraisers. William Squire was the first development director at the University of Cambridge and the book incorporates many of his personal experiences in the changing world of university fundraising. Whilst University Fundraising in Britain is a work of social history that primarily focuses on university fundraising, many parts of the book apply wherever there is a need to attract funds for all kinds of charitable and cultural activities. The book has a foreword by Sir Adrian Cadbury, former Chancellor of Aston University and a well-kwn industrialist and philanthropist.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Matador, Troubador Publishing
ISBN-10
1784620092
ISBN-13
9781784620097
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216753692
Product Key Features
Author
William Squire
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Education & Teaching
Type
Textbook
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Leicester
Author Biography
William Squire spent his twenties in Northern Nigeria and another 30 years in the Diplomatic Service. He was British Ambassador to Israel before joining the University of Cambridge to set up its first university-wide fundraising programme. He served as the first chair of CASE Europe, the professional organisation of educational fundraisers, and later was chairman of the European subsidiary of Grenzebach Glier, the Chicago-based firm of consultants in philanthropy.
Date of Publication
31/07/2014
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
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