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...
by Becca Bashford | Nov 26, 2021 | Brexit, Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Employability, Government, Humanities, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Opinion, Pensions, Racism, UCU, Uncategorized
THE LATEST CDBU NEWS: – New on the CDBU blog: ‘Getting off the back foot – and taking the offensive’ Words by Peter Scott, CDBU Trustee, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Studies at the UCL Institute of Education and former Vice-Chancellor of Kingston...
by Becca Bashford | Nov 25, 2021 | Academic freedom, Academic Freedom Blog Series, Brexit, CDBU Updates, Free speech, Government, Higher Education and Research Act, Humanities, In the News, Marketisation, National Union of Students, Office for Students, Opinion, Protest, Racism, UCU, Uncategorized
Words by Dr Heather McKnight, founder of the social enterprise Magnetic Ideals and Doctor of Legal Studies. In 1970, the Commission on Academic Freedom and the Law (CAFL) released research exposing changes in how universities were using the law: a discontinuity that...
by Becca Bashford | Nov 18, 2021 | Augar Review, CDBU Updates, Government, In the News, Marketisation, Opinion, Uncategorized
Words by Peter Scott, CDBU Trustee, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Studies at the UCL Institute of Education and former Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University. Universities are not popular – with politicians. They are very popular with the hundreds of...