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Lifelong learning and the Aims of Higher Education

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Last Thursday, I gave the annual Daniel C.

Lifelong learning and the Aims of Higher Education Richard Pettigrew Feb 24, 2026 19 6 12 Share Last Thursday, I gave the annual Daniel C. Dennett Lecture in Culture and Technology , a public lecture hosted by Northeastern University London. Below is the text. While I didn’t realise it at the time, my generous respondent, Christoph Schuringa, pointed out to me that the topic of the lecture was particularly apt, as Northeastern University in Boston began life as an institute offering evening classes. Introduction: who and what are universities for? The story of this paper begins fifteen years a

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