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Beschreibung
In 2021, as part of a programme called Shaping for Excellence, bosses at the University of Leicester made redundant numerous scholars in what was simultaneously an attack on academic freedom and trade union organisation. The authors of Shaping for Mediocrity not only had front-row seats in the campaign against these mass redundancies, they were in the ring - both as targeted employees and as trade union officers and negotiators. Shaping for Mediocrity tells the inside story of these attacks and the campaign against them. It situates this story within a longer history of struggle to make the university a place where critical thinking is possible, showing how events in Leicester are both reflective of higher education in the UK following four decades of neoliberal 'reform' and a particularly egregious instance of the increasingly authoritarian management of public institutions such as universities.
In 2021, as part of a programme called Shaping for Excellence, bosses at the University of Leicester made redundant numerous scholars in what was simultaneously an attack on academic freedom and trade union organisation. The authors of Shaping for Mediocrity not only had front-row seats in the campaign against these mass redundancies, they were in the ring - both as targeted employees and as trade union officers and negotiators. Shaping for Mediocrity tells the inside story of these attacks and the campaign against them. It situates this story within a longer history of struggle to make the university a place where critical thinking is possible, showing how events in Leicester are both reflective of higher education in the UK following four decades of neoliberal 'reform' and a particularly egregious instance of the increasingly authoritarian management of public institutions such as universities.
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By David Harvie; Gibson Burrell; Ronald Hartz; Geoff Lightfoot and Simon Lilley
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Erziehung & Bildung, Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781803417967
ISBN-10: 180341796X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Harvie, David
Burrell, Gibson
Hartz, Ronald
Lightfoot, Geoff
Lilley, Simon
Hersteller: Zer0 Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 214 x 137 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: David Harvie (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.2024
Gewicht: 0,308 kg
Artikel-ID: 129389797

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