On 10th November 2010 an estimated 55,000 people marched in London against UK government plans to raise higher education tuition fees from £3200 to £9000 per student per year, while simultaneously cutting all public funding for social sciences, arts and… Read More ›
What is at stake in the British government’s spending review announced some weeks ago, is not a question of so-called ‘cuts’, how massive they will be and whom will be most affected; that is a merely technical problem which takes… Read More ›
I graduated from the University of Manchester in 1987 with no debt. I paid no fees and received a maintenance grant to earn a degree in Politics and Modern History. If my seventeen year old son were to follow in… Read More ›
Social Research in an Age of Austerity A new coalition government pledges an unparalleled age of fiscal austerity and a new universities minister promises radical ‘reform’ of higher education: what does the future hold for the British university in an… Read More ›
David Barsamian is an American radio broadcaster, writer and director of Alternative Radio, a weekly political program broadcast on 125 radio stations in a variety of countries. He has written widely on American foreign policy, corporate control, the media and… Read More ›
Social Research in an Age of Austerity A new coalition government pledges an unparalleled age of fiscal austerity and a new universities minister promises radical ‘reform’ of higher education: what does the future hold for the British university in an… Read More ›
A new coalition government pledges an unparalleled age of fiscal austerity and a new universities minister promises radical ‘reform’ of higher education: what does the future hold for the British university in an age of fiscal austerity? What is this… Read More ›