What universities are for and what they are not for – exercise

Can you write down the words which are missing from this letter? Some of the words may be quite new to you – can you have a shot at spelling them? (to have a shot at doing something is to try to do something).

Sir,
I welcomed Professor Alison Richard’s ………….. ………………… 1 government "………………." 2 ……. ………. …………….. …………………….. 3 of our ………. 4 universities. Of course these institutions try to ………. …….. 5 the best students, ……………….. …………… ……………….. 6, and one ……………….. 7 of that is that they can help to ……………….. ……………….. ……………….. 8. But this is not their raison d’être.

……………….. …………….. ……………….. 9 is to ……………….. ….. ……………….. 10 education ……………….. …. ………………. ………………. 11. It is ……………….. 12 to ……………. 13 education ….. ….. ……………….. ……………….. 14 to the needs of industry, the ……………….. 15 of ‘skills’ or to some ……………….. ……………….. 16 of …………… ……………….. 17. The risk is that we are expecting universities to ………… ……………….. ……………….. ……………….. 18. ……… …… ….. …… 19 governments – ……….. ……… 20
Ruth Beesley

*the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University

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