In a hotly-contested field, this week’s winner must surely be the new Exeter Civic University Agreement, which found its way onto last night’s city council Executive agenda.
Laced with the language of estate agency, this document envisages a utopian future for the city with the rest of the UK following behind. Here’s the rousing peroration:
“The university and its anchor city partners, as signatories of this Civic University Agreement, are committed to working together to help overcome the major social, economic and environmental challenges that we all face, together for Exeter.
“We are bound by the partnership framework set out in this document to seek to improve levels of prosperity, equal opportunity, sustainability, health and wellbeing for Exeter’s citizens, families and communities.”
Helpfully the doc includes photos of the four signatories so you’ll know who to look out for at the next Vice Chancellor’s garden party.
