Ideology in practice : the construction of British higher education in the service of the state 1979-1990

Since 1979, British higher education has moved away from a model informed by traditional liberal values. Government now expects universities to serve the instrumental needs of the state. This thesis asks how and why this change was possible, arguing that this was not an inevitable, “natural” respons...

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Main Author: Halliday, Josephine
Published: Goldsmiths College (University of London) 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.591999