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How can universities prove their value to society? What are the best ways to measure impact? And how can higher education solve the world¡¯s most pressing challenges?

Peter Mathieson, vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, speaks to 51³Ô¹Ï about these issues and explains how Hong Kong is learning from the UK¡¯s experience of measuring research impact.

The interview was recorded at the THE Innovation and Impact Summit, which took place in Hong Kong earlier this month.

During a summit session, Professor Mathieson spoke about how his university has ¡°engineered¡± an interdisciplinary approach to research through a ¡°radical reform¡± of funding.

He added that universities should ¡°involve students¡± in designing curricula and in decisions around the delivery of teaching.