Chief Executive UA Summit speech: Leading the way in our cities and regions
…t connecting them to the wider world, bringing the benefits of research, business, culture and investment. From this, you can infer our views on the EU referendum. Our next transformation was forged in what Harold Wilson called the “white heat of the technological revolution.” During the 1950s and 60s most of our founder institutions evolved to become Colleges of Advanced Technology or polytechnics – specialising in technical and professional educ…