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Teachers and Learners in Bristol – new video blog

by michaelc Posted on 16 February 2011

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/20008781[/vimeo] The repercussions of the cuts in Higher Education are being felt in Bristol, where lecturers at the University of the West of England (UWE) have been forced to take strike action over threats to staffing. Here I report on the … Continue reading →

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Why Education is not a Commodity

by michaelc Posted on 8 February 2011

The arguments advanced by government ministers like David Willetts for the draconian reform of university funding are confused and specious. They would certainly fail any exam in logic. Rather than reason, they depend on various forms of mediatised rhetoric, like … Continue reading →

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Video blogging for the New Statesman: Camera in hand and idea in the head

by michaelc Posted on 26 January 2011

For the last few weeks I’ve been out and about filming moments in the developing protest movement against the unconscionable coalition government and its programme of swingeing cuts in every department of social provision. The result has been a number … Continue reading →

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Do you wanna marketise our education?

by michaelc Posted on 30 November 2010

Do you wanna marketise our education? We will educate your market! SOAS Occupation 2010 The first snows of winter have come early but it’s beginning to look like things are hotting up. The second mass student demonstration in a fortnight, … Continue reading →

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Feedback on Universities Funding Crisis

by michaelc Posted on 2 October 2010

Some interesting feedback on my recent post about universities funding, from discussion lists and private contacts. Two or three people thought that the situation I described isn’t crazy but a logical result of the way capitalism works. As one comment … Continue reading →

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Crazy about HE

by michaelc Posted on 26 September 2010

The last time I voted Labour (apart from the London Mayoral election) was 1997. My disillusion with New Labour under Tony Blair began almost immediately, and was due to his treatment of the Dearing Report on Higher Education. Higher education … Continue reading →

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Non-compliance

by michaelc Posted on 1 November 2009

This morning I caught the end of a story on the BBC news which concluded ‘The government says it wants universities to treat students more like consumers’. I respond by emitting an exclamation which cannot be repeated in polite language. … Continue reading →

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