John Holmwood is Professor of Sociology at the University of Nottingham. He was an expert witness for the defence in cases of professional misconduct brought against senior teachers at Park View Educational Trust by the National College of Teaching and Leadership. He is the author, with Therese O’Toole, of Countering Extremism in British Schools? The Truth about the Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair.
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Published in: HomeThe neo-liberal knowledge regime, inequality and social critique
The argument about students holds that there should not be a direct public subsidy of a private beneficiary. But on...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe history of higher education reform, and the Coalition's betrayal
The government's higher education proposals would see a fundamental reversal of the direction of reform embarked...