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Earlier this month, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya awarded the Bennett School's Diane Coyle an honorary doctorate in recognition of her academic and institutional career, as well as for her contribution to contemporary economic thought. At the degree ceremony in Barcelona on 7 May, Diane championed the role of higher education in "extraordinarily turbulent times" like those the world is currently experiencing, and reiterated the need for universities to be considered "cultural and social institutions". She said: “Universities are more important than ever, and access to the intellectual horizons of an education, and the time to study and be curious, are privileges that should be available to anyone who wants them.” Read a summary of Diane's lecture: https://bit.ly/43wdiua Watch the lecture: https://bit.ly/3Q1e5QO University of Cambridge, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, The Productivity Institute,