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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWill the market force Ron DeSantis to U-turn on his culture war?OPINION: Treating education like an industry instead of a public good has left the Florida governor in a tough place
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCapitalism and the University: the debate ends, the struggle continuesAfter the tuition fee protests, before the market-friendly White Paper on Higher Education was silently abandoned,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKScience and the corporate university in Britain
The instrumentalisation of research and successive governments' preoccupation with 'impact' have gradually eroded...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKShould the head of a top UK university be overseeing NHS privatisation on the side?The track record and ideology which won Malcolm Grant the chair of the Health Minster's NHS Commissioning Board are...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe new director of the London School of Economics must put students first
Following the resignation of financial man Howard Davies, the appointment of radical academic Craig Calhoun as...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFred Halliday was right: The LSE, Gaddafi money and what is missing from the Woolf Report
Fred Halliday has been vindicated in his long battle with the LSE over taking Gaddafi money. But the underlying...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy we should resist the idea of student as consumer
What are the consequences of the marketisation of higher education in England? Our consumerist society may get the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHigher education under siege: challenging casino capitalism’s culture of cruelty
Ongoing education reforms in Britain and the US are set in the context of wider issues concerning marketisation,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Assault on Universities: essays from the frontline of England's higher education sectorThe privatisation of English higher education is bitingly analysed in this essential collection of essays. Does the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK2012: a ‘Big Bang’ in higher education?This year will be a watershed in the transformation of universities from communities of scholars to cheap degree...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Social Science Centre: a radical new model for higher educationA co-operative education centre is opening in England, with no fees and no formal distinction between students and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe 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....
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Published in: Freedom of InformationBig Tobacco and data nabbing: when freedom of information reduces transparencyA tobacco corporation is attempting to access confidential data on teenagers' smoking habits, obtained by university...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSo long, Free Hetherington: a tribute to the historic occupation at Glasgow UniversityAlready this academic year student activism in Scotland is flourishing again. It owes a huge debt to the historic...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat is research for? celebrity, targets, exchange value... or knowledge?
The British research culture has shifted. The obligation to publish, the obscure ranking system, the need to deliver...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGet your politics out of our research! Universities fight on against 'Big Society' plans
UK universities are under pressure to research one of the government's key policy ideas - but they are resisting....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWomen - Universities and ZombiesDo we really need to talk about women in Universities? The answer is YES. Pay gaps, and the marginalisation of...
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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...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAll Power to the Students?
The Coalition plans to put "students at the heart of the system" with its higher education reforms. But the White...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLectures from a Spin Doctor: a Nato strategist's position at a top British universityWhen a Nato spokesperson is lecturing at one of the top British universities, it's clear that the autonomy of higher...
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