by Becca Bashford | Jul 3, 2020 | Covid-19, Manifestos for Change, Publications, Uncategorized
This paper was kindly contributed by Dr Jane Lethbridge and Professor Patrick Ainley from the University of Greenwich. It is the fourth in our series titled ‘Manifestos for Change’, in which we are seeking forward-thinking responses to the present Covid-19 crisis, and...
by Becca Bashford | Jun 23, 2020 | Casual staff, Covid-19, Manifestos for Change, Marketisation, Opinion, Publications, Uncategorized, University funding, University governance
This report was contributed to CDBU by Vision for Roehampton, a grassroots campaign organized by members of the UCU Roehampton branch. It is the third in our series titled ‘Manifestos for Change’, in which we are seeking forward-thinking responses to the...
by CDBU Admin | Feb 21, 2013 | Marketisation, Publications
by Prof. Patrick Ainley (University of Greenwich) Ken Roberts (pictured), Professor of Sociology at Liverpool University, described ‘The real trend in social mobility from upward to downward’ at the latest seminar in a series on precarious labour hosted by the...
by CDBU Admin | Jan 24, 2013 | CDBU Updates, Publications
Continuing our coverage of overseas reactions to the foundation of the Council for the Defence of British Universities, Germany’s leading newspaper and radio news outlets have also picked up the story. Germany’s most celebrated daily newspaper, the Frankfurter...
by CDBU Admin | Dec 17, 2012 | Marketisation, Publications
One of the leading historians of twentieth-century Britain, Dr Ross McKibbin of St John’s College Oxford, has greeted the foundation of the CDBU with an insightful piece ‘In Defence of British Universities’ in the London Review of Books. Those who...
by CDBU Admin | Dec 10, 2012 | CDBU Updates, Publications
Professor Martin Hall, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford and historical archaeologist, has written a piece in support of CDBU on his personal blog, which has also been reproduced on the higher education blog Wonkhe. Here are a few excerpts: The CDBU is...
