by Becca Bashford | Feb 16, 2022 | Book review, CDBU Updates, Guest blog, Opinion, Uncategorized
Review by Professor Julian Preece Ronald J. Daniels, the lead author of this original and much-needed book, has been President of Johns Hopkins since 2007. He was previously head of the Law School at Toronto, then Provost at Pennsylvania. Universities have not only...
by Becca Bashford | Feb 9, 2022 | Press Releases, Uncategorized
PRESS RELEASE: FEBRUARY 9, 2022 The Council for the Defence of British Universities is deeply concerned by reports of undue political involvement in the appointment of a new Economic and Social Research Council Executive Chair, as reported in The Financial Times and...
by Becca Bashford | Jan 31, 2022 | Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Government, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Opinion, Pensions, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, UCU, Uncategorized, Universities UK
CDBU UPDATES Last month, the CDBU Executive Committee met to discuss some new ideas for 2022. We are very pleased to announce that we will now be offering a fee to those who write for our blog! We are particularly keen to offer this fee to help support students and...
by Becca Bashford | Jan 11, 2022 | Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Humanities, In the News, Marketisation, Opinion, Uncategorized
Words by Dr Alexis Artaud de La Ferrière, Lecturer in Sociology at Royal Holloway. In what is called the Humanity Formula of his Categorical Imperative, Immanuel Kant states that we should never act in such a way that we treat humanity as a means only; but instead...
by Becca Bashford | Dec 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
Our news round-up has changed! CDBU will now be curating a monthly news round-up with more in-depth articles about higher education and related topics. If you come across a piece you feel should be included in the round-up, please email us at cdbupress@gmail.com....
by Becca Bashford | Dec 9, 2021 | CDBU Updates, Guest blog, Humanities, Marketisation, Opinion, Uncategorized
Words by Ronald Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, University College London. Can we really think about higher education? To what extent are there spaces in universities for collective thinking about higher education? And to the extent...
