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Smash the system: universities and the rise of market Stalinism

14 August 2020

6:02 PM

14 August 2020

6:02 PM

As a new generation of school leavers now consider their options on the basis of predicted A-levels and Highers, what kind of education can they expect to receive on locked-down campuses with remote teaching governed by social distancing? The sorry truth is that Britain’s universities were in a mess long before coronavirus.

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Philip Cunliffe is the co-author of ‘Saving Britain’s Universities: Academic Freedom, Democracy and Renewal’, which is available to read here.


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