University of Exeter Press The City on the Hill: A Life of the University of Exeter

In 1955 the former University College of the South West was granted a royal charter and became the University of Exeter. Its development over the the subsequent six decades is the subject of this book. This is the history of an institution that is also a community, a focus of teaching and research set within a particular environment but also part of the wider world. Jeremy Black has drawn on a range of sources, from archive material to personal recollections of staff and students, past and present, to record and analyse the story of the university as it engaged with the need to expand and evolve, while responding to constant financial and political pressures. The result is a comprehensive portrait of this unique 'city on the hill'. Contents: HRH The Queen Foreword by The Vice-Chancellor Introduction Method and Sources The 1950s: The New University Into the 1960: Major Expansion The Later 1960s: Social Change The Early 1970s: The Brakes Go On The Later 1970s: A Divided University The Early 1980s: Crisis for an Old OrderThe Later 1980s: Difficult Tears, Again The Early 1990s: Change Starting The Later 1990s: New Strategies The Early 2000s: Restructuring From the Mid-2000s to the Present: The Big Bang Into the Future: The 2014 REF Conclusions Postscript