A series in which current and controversial issues are put on trial before Dick Taverne , QC, and an audience of jurors in Broadcasting House, London This evening's proposition:
The main aim of Universities should be vocational - to produce the highly qualified men and women needed by industry and society.
It is proposed by Lord Crowther-Hunt, formerly Minister of State for Higher Education; and opposed by Professor Ken Minogue , author of The Concept of a University.
Each advocate will call his witnesses, cross-question his opponent's, and argue his case.
The jury will vote at the beginning and end of the trial so that a swing of opinion may be measured and a verdict reached. Producer HUGH PURCELL