Abstract
as for example “an institution of higher learning providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees,” (Merriam-Webster Online, 2005) reveal little of the underlying complexities that characterise a university’s working and learning environment. In fact, universities incorporate a multiplicity of different roles and aims aside from teaching and research. Findings are nowadays regularly turned into innovative products and services by spin-off enterprises and business incubators linked to universities. Through this and as major employers, they contribute significantly to the economic growth and wellbeing of their host regions. Universities are also stewards of cultural heritage through their libraries and museums and their staff act as mentors to generations of students entering a broad range of professions. Finally, in providing spaces for learning and thought development, universities are important agents of societal transformation on a large scale. Universities as places for study and education have persisted as organisations for around a millennium
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