29/08/2010

University in an Age of Austerity: A Discussion on Wednesday 1st September .

The Nerve Centre presents a discussion taking place in The Nerve Centre at 3pm on September 1st concerning "The University in an age of Austerity: Public Service or Middle Class Luxury?"

Focus on Higher Education and its relationship to “reclaiming the city” including the prospect of massive cuts. Talk by Ross Dawson who will introduce some of the issues facing the university on the cusp of massive cuts to the sector. These include, the question of access and social mobility for students, the changing nature of the university as a workplace, the new managerial class, the university’s relationship to the city and the significance of a “knowledge economy”.

Come and have your say!

The Nerve Centre.

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