on disorder and faith
Tied up in disgrace/How can we keep a man so long/Waiting for a fate/Stripped of all our hearts/Never dreamed we would belong/In a world, a world that’s just gone wrong And if we try to stand alone/We’ll be playing with…
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notes on saying “no” to the TEF
educational value-in-motion it is clear that universities must do more to demonstrate they add real and lasting value for all students. Now that we are asking young people to meet more of the costs of their degrees once they are…
In solidarity with students: so what more might academics do?
A while back Andrew McGettigan ended a piece on Financialising the University with a call for action. It goes without saying that this process [negotiated independence for the elite or shedding charitable status the better to access private finance] and…
Beyond the Neoliberal University: Critical Pedagogy and Activism
There is a symposium being hosted by Coventry University UCU, on Friday 15 September 2015. The symposium is focused on the following two questions. Has the idea of Higher Education as a social good been replaced by the idea of…
on dismantling the curriculum in higher education
I’m presenting at the Bishop Grosseteste University learning and teaching conference on Monday 22 June. There is a separate blog-post on my topic of dismantling the curriculum in higher education here. The abstract and some references are linked here. The slides for my…
Critically questioning educational innovation in economics and business: Human interaction in a virtualising world
I’m speaking at the Educational Innovation in Economics and Business (EdinEB) conference next Wednesday (3 June), in Brighton. The conference is focused on the interplay between theory and practice, with the focus on “Critically questioning educational innovation in economics and business: Human…
Dismantling the Curriculum in Higher Education
I’m presenting at the Bishop Grosseteste University learning and teaching conference on Monday 22 June. There is a fuller blog-post on my topic of dismantling the curriculum in higher education here. Abstract As a response to on-going economic crisis and the…
on academic bewilderment
anxiety aŋˈzʌɪəti/ noun a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome: “he felt a surge of anxiety” Synonyms: worry; concern; apprehension; apprehensiveness; consternation; unease; fearfulness; disquiet; perturbation; fretfulness; agitation; angst; nervousness; stress; trepidation; foreboding; suspense.…
Critically questioning educational innovation in economics and business: human interaction in a virtualising world
I’m speaking at the Educational Innovation in Economics and Business (EdinEB) conference on 3 June, in Brighton. The conference is focused on the interplay between theory and practice, with the focus on “Critically questioning educational innovation in economics and business:…
On common educational ownership and refusing human capital
ONE. Resistance is futile. In discussing the financialisation of higher education, and the marketisation that is immanent to it, Andrew McGettigan has argued that: I am frequently asked, ‘what then should be done?’ My answer is that unless academics rouse…