The Universities We Need

Stephen Heap is a Baptist minister who spent most of his ministry in University Chaplaincy in London and Bedford, where he was also Director of a Christian education centre. From 2008 to 2014 he was the Church of England’s National Higher Education Adviser. He is now a Visiting Professor at the University of Winchester, engaged in theological reflection on what it means to be an Anglican University, and has a consultancy role at the Cardiff Centre for Chaplaincy Studies. He is the author of the Grove Booklet ’What are Universities Good For?’ (2012) and various articles on higher education.

Introduction

Stephen Heap



Chapter 1: The Needs of the World

Susan Durber



Chapter 2: The Higher Education Policy Framework

Peter Scott



Chapter 3: Education and Citizenship

Rowan Williams



Chapter 4: Education and the Common Good

Suzy Harris



Chapter 5: Education and the Virtues

Mike Higton



Chapter 6: The University as a Place of Public Theology

David Ford



Chapter 7: Insights from Church Foundation Universities

Elizabeth Stuart and Michael Holman



Chapter 8: An Islamic Perspective: What does Islam offer to the Contemporary Debate?

Alison Scott-Baumann and Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor



Chapter 9: The Global Melting Pot of Universities

John Wood



Chapter 10: The Universities we Need

Stephen Heap



List of Contributors



Index