University of Exeter Press

Exeter's University

A History

    • 352 Pages

    Tracing the development of the University of Exeter over the six decades since it was granted its royal charter in 1955, this book tells the history of the institution and its community. Jeremy Black draws on a wide range of resources, from archival material to the personal recollections of staff and students. He records and analyses the story of the university as it engaged with the need to expand and evolve while responding to constant financial and political pressures. The book includes interviews with leading university figures, contributions from former students, and a postscript looking to the future. It charts the University of Exeter’s changing place in the world of higher education.

    from the author’s Preface …

    'In 2013–14, I wrote The City on the Hill: A Life of the University of Exeter, which was published in 2015 as part of the university’s Diamond Jubilee. That extensively illustrated and very heavy book is a worthy memorial. This is a
    different book: it draws on some additional research, while the opportunity to rewrite the study, and bring it up to date has proved welcome. The work has been greatly eased by the great friendship and wonderful co-operation I have
    encountered. Staff and students, past and present, have given much time, to pass on information and opinion, to answer questions, and to read and comment on drafts.'

    Tracing the development of the University of Exeter over the six decades
    since it was granted its royal charter in 1955, this book tells the history
    of the institution and its community. Includes interviews with leading university figures, contributions from former students, and a postscript looking to the future.


    A good friend of mine read English at Exeter in the 1970s and was thrilled with this trip down memory lane. It will no doubt also appeal to the 2019 intake of students. The book is indeed a detailed account of one of the UK’s leading and most respected universities.

    Annette Shaw
    Devon Life

    Preface
    The Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors
    Abbreviations
    1. Introduction
    2. The 1950s: The New University
    3. Into the 1960s: Major Expansion
    4. The Later 1960s: Social Change
    5. The Early 1970s: The Brakes Go On
    6. The Later 1970s: A Divided University
    7. The Early 1980s: Crisis for an Old Order
    8. The Later 1980s: Difficult Years, Again
    9. The Early 1990s: Change Starting
    10. The Later 1990s: New Strategies
    11. The Early 2000s: Restructuring
    12. The Later 2000s to the Present: the Big Bang
    13. Into the Future
    14. Conclusions

    Jeremy Black is a leading scholar in the field of British history and the author of more than one hundred books. He has held the Established Chair in history at the University of Exeter since 1996.

    ISBN
      • 352 Pages