Modern universities are not neoliberal – but many academics are

Neoliberalism is not always a negative

Market-like mechanisms within higher education are unpopular with academics but can have positive effects, say Rebecca Natow and Kevin Dougherty

By Rebecca Natow

21 March

After neoliberal misery will come collegial and creative universities

Self-organising academics who are still passionate about their jobs will diverge from depressing, neoliberal institutions to create new, democratic ones, predicts Monika Kostera

By Monika Kostera

12 February

Michael Parkin illustration 25 June 2015

Surrey shows how ‘voice’ can change the neoliberal tide

Popular action can still make a difference, as the U-turn on the fate of a university politics department shows, says John Holford

By John Holford

25 June

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Reader's comments (3)

#1 Submitted by Classic on May 16, 2019 - 9:49am

Meanwhile the customer is ignored. What other business would get away with this for so long.

#2 Submitted by will.mington on May 16, 2019 - 10:31am

Only ones which are sustained by a near limitless gusher of taxpayers' money.

#3 Submitted by Eugen Spierer on May 17, 2019 - 2:27pm

This explains why most of my teachers sucked.

Modern universities are not neoliberal – but many academics are

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Modern universities are not neoliberal – but many academics are

Successful publish-or-perish operators should look in the mirror before writing their next diatribe about marketisation, says Mike Marinetto

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