His book charts the rise of the modern university and is filled with bold ideas.
David Willetts was Minister for Universities and Science in the Coalition Government. He is now a Visiting Professor at King's College London and a member of the House of Lords. He served as an official in HM Treasury and in Margaret Thatcher's No 10 Policy Unit. He has written widely on economic and social policy. His previous book was The Pinch, How the Baby Boomers took Their Children's Future--And Why They Should Give it Back (2011). He is executive Chair of the Resolution Foundation. He is Senior Adviser to the American ed tech company 2U, an Honorary Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, an Honorary Fellow of The Royal Society, and Chancellor of Leicester University.