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New Labour's Skills Policy: R.I.P.
A short note to say that the news that Peter Mandelson is planning to slash spending on training for young people should come as a surprise to no one. New Labour’s educational policy—which is to say, … more →
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New Labour's Skills Policy: R.I.P.
ecologics wrote 1 month ago: A short note to say that the news that Peter Mandelson is planning to slash spending on training for … more →
Putting a Price on Peter Mandelson
ecologics wrote 1 month ago: This blogger’s first reaction to the news that Mandelson is banging on again about ’stud … more →
New Labour's Consequentialism
ecologics wrote 2 months ago: Here’s a pub quiz question for moral philosophers: what does New Labour have in common with Jeremy B … more →
The writing was on the wall---or rather, between the covers of the Lambert and Leitch Reviews
ecologics wrote 3 months ago: A brief post about news that are depressingly predictable: the CBI is calling for students to pay mo … more →
New Labour: Is it a small world after all?
ecologics wrote 3 months ago: Who is behind New Labour’s sweeping policies? It is well known that New Labour won the last el … more →
The Problem with Media Studies
ecologics wrote 4 months ago: Media Studies is once again under attack by the Conservative Party. If you believe David Cameron, th … more →
Alan Milburn, the Chamaeleon
ecologics wrote 5 months ago: Updated July 23, 2009 Despite everything that’s happened, I don’t think many people grasp just how r … more →
Peter Mandelson in Higher Education (or, when New Labour's Amazonia came to Britain's Universities)
ecologics wrote 6 months ago: “In the 21st Century, our natural resource is our people – and their potential is both u … more →
Howard Newby, Higher Education's Dr Beeching, has been stopped
ecologics wrote 7 months ago: Howard Newby is to Higher Education in the early 21st century what Richard Beeching was to our count … more →
New Labour's Assault on Higher Education: the end of 'universitas' and 'educere'
ecologics wrote 7 months ago: Posted 14 May 2009; updated 8 December 2009: New Labour’s Independent Review of Higher Educati … more →
Peter Mandelson, New Labour and Knowledge Exchange (Updated)
ecologics wrote 7 months ago: Anyone who is still not quite sure about the main driving force behind New Labour in the wake of las … more →
The UWE Experiment--And Why it Matters to Higher Education in the UK and Beyond
ecologics wrote 2 years ago: What makes a university, a university? Or, to put it somewhat differently, when does a university st … more →
