Founding Mission Statement of the Bader International Study Centre (1994)

The Bader International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle seeks to enhance Queen’s University’s role in international education and research through the establishment of an international meeting place for students, scholars and professionals from around the world: a place where people from different nations can study and work together. It is an integral part of the Queen’s family of international programs.

The Centre is an academically fully-integrated but financially self-sufficient constituent of Queen’s University, and is thereby founded in the essential values of Queen’s — intellectual integrity, freedom of inquiry and expression, and the equal dignity of all persons.

The BISC seeks to develop:

• Academic programs for undergraduate students whose academic interests are oriented toward the United Kingdom, Europe and the European Union, and their extended associates
• Continuing-education programs for executives and other professional or “special interest” groups
• A venue and focal point for international conferences and meetings
• A base of operations for international graduate students and other scholars undertaking research in the United Kingdom and Europe
• An enhanced educational, social and cultural environment for the local community, utilizing the unique heritage of Herstmonceux Castle

[This Mission Statement is currently under review. We expect to publish a new Mission Statement early in 2012.]