Coming to you from a log flume in Florida just after the THE Young Universities Summit, the team reflect on the event's conversations and questions. Many young instituions thrive on the oppoturnities in their home metropolises but is a booming urban environment critical to be an innovative? And are higher education's foundational missions like the serach for truth and public still core to newer universities? Buckle your safety belt and tune in. 

John Gill, editor of Times Higher Education, is joined by Phil Baty, editorial director of global rankings and Tim Sowula, head of content and engagement for the THE World Summit Series.