Who Are Universities For?: Re-Making Higher Education

Tom Sperlinger; Josie McLellan; Richard Pettigrew

doi:10.46692/9781529200393

Who are universities for? argues for a large-scale shake up of how we organise higher education. It includes radical proposals for reform of the curriculum and how we admit students to higher education. Offering concrete solutions, it provides a way forward for universities to become more responsive to challenges.

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Frontmatter
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Dedication
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Miscellaneous Frontmatter
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Contents
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Authors’ note
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction: Who are universities for?
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1 - Towards a university for everyone: some proposals
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2 - Invisible crises: the state of universities in the UK
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3 - ‘It’s not for me’: outsiders in the system
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4 - Education and the shape of a life
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5 - False negatives: on admissions
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6 - The women in Plato’s Academy
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7 - Where do the questions come from?
pp 139-158
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Conclusion: The university-without-walls
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Appendix
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Notes
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References
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Dedication
pp iii-iii

Miscellaneous Frontmatter
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-v

Authors’ note
pp vi-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Introduction: Who are universities for?
pp 1-20

1 - Towards a university for everyone: some proposals
pp 21-34

2 - Invisible crises: the state of universities in the UK
pp 35-50

3 - ‘It’s not for me’: outsiders in the system
pp 51-76

4 - Education and the shape of a life
pp 77-96

5 - False negatives: on admissions
pp 97-122

6 - The women in Plato’s Academy
pp 123-138

7 - Where do the questions come from?
pp 139-158

Conclusion: The university-without-walls
pp 159-164

Appendix
pp 165-166

Notes
pp 167-172

References
pp 173-184

Index
pp 185-190

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