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Democratic university governance

Universities for a Democratic Society (Part IV) Report from Future U: Creating the Universities We Want A conference of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations 27–28 February 2014...

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Higher Education for a Democratic Society (Part I)

Report from Future U: Creating the Universities We Want A conference of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations 27–28 February 2014 #futureu In England, there is considerable...

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‘For feminist consciousness in the academy’

‘For feminist consciousness in the academy’ My new piece in a special issue of Politics and Culture, Materialist Feminisms against Neoliberalism. ‘Ironically, it may be precisely because critical...

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Why schools are not like businesses (and how governors can protect them for...

In November 2014, school governors across England received news about a new campaign – ‘Make Schools Your Business’ – to place more people with business skills on governing bodies. It is one of a...

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Alternative ways of thinking the university (UNIKE conference)

In February, I presented one of several papers on ‘Alternative ways of thinking the university’ at a conference on Universities in the Knowledge Economy (UNIKE). I was joined by Joss Winn, also from...

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CSE Midlands launch event: What is to be done in the age of austerity and...

I will be speaking about placing higher education in the service of social justice at this exciting event in April… CSE* Midlands launch event: What is to be done in the age of austerity and autonomy?...

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Education Should Not Be Run for Profit

Published in Reclaiming Schools: The Arguments and the Evidence (March 2015) Full text Late last year, UK Education secretary Nicky Morgan made waves through schools by declaring that while she was...

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Education without borders

Two years ago, I wrote a blog post on the borders of education – the increasing use of state power to control international movement in and through universities in England. I was concerned with the...

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New book – The Education of Radical Democracy

I am delighted to annouce the publication of my new book, The Education of Radical Democracy. It explores why I think radical democracy is so necessary, difficult, and possible today – and why it is...

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Practices of possibility in neoliberal social systems

2015–16 Independent Social Research Foundation Mid-Career Fellowship Following is a brief summary of the research I will be undertaking this year. To read the full version of the proposal, visit the...

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The passion of despair

In the first chapter of The Highway of Despair: Critical Theory after Hegel (2015), Robyn Marasco opens up a whole new field of possibility, or ways of thinking it — through despair. ‘Against a...

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Building the co-operative university

Exciting developments in the project to conceptualise and lay foundations for the co-operative university PAPER: ‘Beyond public and private: a framework for co-operative higher education’ (Joss Winn...

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Imperialist, white-supremacist, capitalist patriarchy? No kidding.

This post began as a reflection on why the term ‘imperialist-white-supremacist-capitalist-patriarchy’ isn’t funny. I attended a conference session on gender violence and inequality in universities in...

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Remarkable ‘Foucault and Education’ readings

Bibliography of works on Foucault and Education I don’t think I’ve seen anything like this before… 50+ pages of references to works on education through many different Foucauldian lenses… Image: Thomas...

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