Reclaiming the University for the Public Good: Experiments and Futures in Co-operative Higher Education

by Malcolm Noble (Editor), Cilla Ross (Editor)

This book asks how we can reclaim the university for the public good. The editors and contributors argue that the sector is in crisis, accelerated by the passing of the UK Higher Education Research Act in 2017 and made visible during the University and College Union strikes in April 2018. In response to this, there are widespread demands to reclaim the university and protect education as a public good, using co-operative structures. Taking an interdisciplinary and social justice perspective, the editors and contributors offer concrete examples of alternative higher in doing so, analysing how the future of the university can be recovered. This intersectional volume discusses a broad range of approaches to higher education while disseminating new ideas. It will be of interest and value to those disenchanted with the current state of higher education in the UK and beyond, as well as activists and policy makers.

291 pages, Hardcover

Published January 2, 2020

About the author

Now, 'gently retired'. I have closed my bookshop but still host a radio programme each Sunday night from 10pm to 1 am. 102.3fm or harboroughfm.co.uk Last years, published A Life of Blind Willie McTell with another blues book coming out later in the year.
Previously, wrote twenty mystery novels which follow the characters from the 1920s through to the 1960s. A series of of his radio theatre plays have been broadcast on fm radio. Press reviews of the novels have emphasised the sense of place and atmosphere, strong characterisation and first rate storytelling. Repeatedly been in the top 20% of authors borrowed from UK libraries - but not any more!!