Andrew McGettigan

Andrew McGettigan is a freelance writer, speaker and researcher based in London. He writes on philosophy, the arts and education. He blogs at Critical Education.

2012: a ‘Big Bang’ in higher education?

This year will be a watershed in the transformation of universities from communities of scholars to cheap degree shops competing for ‘customers’ - unless concerted and localised resistance can prevent it.

By Andrew McGettigan

/ 13 Oct 2011

The alternative white paper: in defence of public higher education

Hundreds of academics have signed a new paper arguing against the UK government's higher education reforms. Universities are not about private benefit alone, the paper argues - democratic public values should be at their heart.

By Andrew McGettigan

/ 30 Sep 2011

First as Farce: higher education, the profit motive and the New College of the Humanities

The launch of the for-profit ‘elite’ university, the New College for the Humanities, must be understood in the context of the Coalition’s wider programme to marketise higher education. The first article in OurKingdom’s series 'Capitalism and the University' analyses the big picture

By Andrew McGettigan

/ 27 Jun 2011