Jeremiads abound on the ‘end’ or the ‘death’ of modern universities. There are claims that they are been severely compromised by ‘neoliberalism’ and social changes and left behind by technological advances. An increasing number of writers believe the university has been transformed turned into ‘safe spaces’, an extended school environment, that infantilises students. Many people describe this ‘crisis’ in academia but few offer any visions of the future and fewer still try to propose alternatives. This is an essay based upon a 'Thinking on Sunday' lecture given to the Conway Hall Ethical Society at Conway Hall, London on Sunday 4 December 2016.N/
[Extract] What a mess universities are in today. If they are not doomed, then they are most certainl...
http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/88510/1/2000_Change_and_University_1.pd
For over 30 years I have argued, in and out of print that, for both intellectual and humanitarian re...
During ten years of austerity and three years of Brexit-blindness, the UK government seems to be str...
Universities are currently in a period of transition as the Humboldtian institution reaches its limi...
Universities are currently in a period of transition as the Humboldtian institution reaches its limi...
As part of the Humanities Festival organised by the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at Dubli...
As part of the Humanities Festival organised by the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at Dubli...
As part of the Humanities Festival organised by the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at Dubli...
As part of the Humanities Festival organised by the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at Dubli...
We face grave global problems. We urgently need to learn how to tackle them in wiser, more effectiv...
This paper reflects the talk given by the author during the fourth of the ‘Birmingham Workshops on A...
Higher education is facing change across the world, but nowhere more so than in the UK with the impa...
We face grave global problems. We urgently need to learn how to tackle them in wiser, more effectiv...
We face grave global problems. We urgently need to learn how to tackle them in wiser, more effectiv...
[Extract] What a mess universities are in today. If they are not doomed, then they are most certainl...
http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/88510/1/2000_Change_and_University_1.pd
For over 30 years I have argued, in and out of print that, for both intellectual and humanitarian re...
During ten years of austerity and three years of Brexit-blindness, the UK government seems to be str...
Universities are currently in a period of transition as the Humboldtian institution reaches its limi...
Universities are currently in a period of transition as the Humboldtian institution reaches its limi...
As part of the Humanities Festival organised by the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at Dubli...
As part of the Humanities Festival organised by the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at Dubli...
As part of the Humanities Festival organised by the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at Dubli...
As part of the Humanities Festival organised by the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at Dubli...
We face grave global problems. We urgently need to learn how to tackle them in wiser, more effectiv...
This paper reflects the talk given by the author during the fourth of the ‘Birmingham Workshops on A...
Higher education is facing change across the world, but nowhere more so than in the UK with the impa...
We face grave global problems. We urgently need to learn how to tackle them in wiser, more effectiv...
We face grave global problems. We urgently need to learn how to tackle them in wiser, more effectiv...
[Extract] What a mess universities are in today. If they are not doomed, then they are most certainl...
http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/88510/1/2000_Change_and_University_1.pd
For over 30 years I have argued, in and out of print that, for both intellectual and humanitarian re...