Manifesto for the Public University

Zusatztext Following the 2010 announcement of what John Holmwood so accurately describes as the privatizing of undergraduate education, all that was once solid in higher education in Britain, if not yet melting into air, is now far more uncertain. In this balanced, calmly and carefully argued collection of chapters the case for something far better than what undergraduates are about to be offered is made. Informationen zum Autor John Holmwood is Professor of Sociology at the University of Nottingham, and is also the Chair of the Council of UK Heads and Professors of Sociology and a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He currently holds a Leverhulme Research Fellowship on the moral economy of inequality.Contributors: Professor Michael Burawoy, Professor Stefan Collini, Professor, Desmond King, Professor Lisa Jardine, Professor Diane Reay, Professors Steve McKay and Karen Rowlingson and Professor Steve Smith Klappentext This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. The Browne report advocates, in effect, the privatisation of higher education in England. With the proposed removal of the current cap on student fees and the removal of state funding from most undergraduate degree programmes, universities are set for a period of major reorganisation not seen since the higher education reforms in the 1960s. This book brings together some of the leading figures in Higher Education in the UK to set out what they see as the role of the university in public life. The book argues for a more balanced understanding of the value of universities than that outlined in the Browne Report. It advocates that they should not purely be seen in terms of their contribution to economic growth and the human capital of individuals but also in terms of their contribution to the public. This book responds to the key debates that the Browne review and Government statements have sparked, with essays on the cultural significance of the university, the role of the government in funding research, inequality in higher education, the role of quangos in public life and the place of social science research. It is a timely, important and considered exploration of the role of the universities in the UK and a reminder of what we should value and protect in our higher education system. Vorwort Responding to the debates the recent Browne report has sparked, this book addresses the public role of higher education. It is a manifesto arguing against the marketization of education and the inequalities that these policies will generate. Zusammenfassung This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.The Browne report advocates, in effect, the privatisation of higher education in England. With the proposed removal of the current cap on student fees and the removal of state funding from most undergraduate degree programmes, universities are set for a period of major reorganisation not seen since the higher education reforms in the 1960s. This book brings together some of the leading figures in Higher Education in the UK to set out what they see as the role of the university in public life. The book argues for a more balanced understanding of the value of universities than that outlined in the Browne Report. It advocates that they should not purely be seen in terms of their contribution to economic growth and the human capital of individuals but also in terms of their contribution to the public. This book responds to the key debates that the Browne review and Government statements have sparked, with essays on the cultural significance of the university, the role of the government in funding research, inequality in higher education, the role of quangos in public life and the place of social science research. It is a timely, import...

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Responding to the debates the recent Browne report has sparked, this book addresses the public role of higher education. It is a manifesto arguing against the marketization of education and the inequalities that these policies will generate.

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• Authors: John Holmwood
• Assisted by: John Holmwood (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2011
• EAN: 9781849666138
• ISBN: 978-1-84966-613-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Criminal Practice Series; Continnuum-3PL
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries