The drivers for change are clear and, promisingly, the methods may exist too.
One commented that councillors set the political programme and are good drivers for change.
In commissioning contributions for the 2012 UK edition of Blue Skies, Pearson Think Tank's collection of essays on HE, it became apparent that the drivers for change can be group under the following headings: funding, quality, fairness, and technology.
"The Green League itself is driving real improvements across the sector, but a lot of the policy drivers for change, like carbon-reduction targets, were put in place by the previous government," Hazan says.
Since the drivers for change have only recently formed, including new organisations in control of the purse strings, only time will tell whether this is the age of telehealth – but the conditions are certainly ripe and ready.
Maternity leave can now be split between partners; if this has sufficient uptake, it could be one of the most significant drivers for change in gender equality in science.
David Benzaquen, CEO of PlantBased Solutions, a US-based marketing agency, credits the rise of private investors putting millions into food start-ups, and the growing consumer base of "flexitarians" as real drivers for change in the US market.
Mr Barber suggests that chefs and food writers will play a huge role in influencing behaviour but the high cost of cheap food will be one of the big drivers for change.
Collaboration among geoscience professionals was one of the predominant drivers for change.
Because less is known about drivers for change, it is valuable to unpack these most-frequently noted drivers.
