# University Fundraising in Britain: A Transatlantic Partnership

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/university-fundraising-in-britain-a-transatlantic-partnership/
- Published: 2014-11-16T16:37:03+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**William Squire’s book is published 20 years after the founding of the Council 
for Advancement and Support of Education Europe. Squire was one of the founders 
of CASE Europe, which sought to support and develop fundraising initiatives, skills
and leadership in higher education.**

The book presents a valuable history of how university fundraising has developed
over the past 20 years. It also explains how it has been influenced by the experiences
of US university fundraisers.

Squire was the first development director at the University of Cambridge, and is
a former diplomat with experience of the Middle East.

_University Fundraising in Britain_ is an account of the culture change in British
universities as people from all walks of life rallied to the cause of maintaining
the quality of teaching and research through fundraising, in the face of the unprecedented
expansion of student numbers.

It recounts how a few individuals began to adapt professional fundraising to an 
academic environment, describes the impact of transatlantic ideas of ‘best practice’
and their adaptation to local circumstances through the work of a few individuals
from the UK and North America, and how the academic leadership, government policy
and influential volunteers came together to expand philanthropy as an important 
source of revenue in colleges and universities throughout the UK. 

## Reviews

‘_University Fundraising in Britain_ is a meticulous history… an interesting and
informative read for any aspiring fundraiser.’
**Times Higher Education**