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Call for Book Chapter Abstracts:
How to Embed EDI, Anti-Racism and Decolonisation in Business School Practice Edited by Dr Yaz Iyabo Osho (University of Westminster) Deadline for submissions for book chapter abstracts: 15th December 2023 Rationale Considerations for social justice through Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), and more recently, anti-racism and decolonisation, have gained widespread attention following high profile race…
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A tiered university system
In the aftermath of Lord Browne’s review on higher education, we are all left wondering the overall impact it will have on higher education in England. Some commentators suggest that Lord Browne’s recommendations will led to a tiered higher education system where elite universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, LSE and Kings could charge up to…
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University Education: A Luxury for the Rich?
In the aftermath of the shortages of university places this summer, comes another development – a potential rise in tuition fees. At present, the current cap for tuition fees is £3,290, but under a free market, universities would become free to charge more than £10,000 a year for course. The sharp rise would automatically price…
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Work-for-free graduate employment culture
The continuing rise in graduate unemployment has seen a sharp increase in public sector organisations using unpaid interns. The economic and employment crisis of recent years has seen this type of working practice expanded to different sectors, including higher education as this article suggests. The 1994 Group of universities – a group of research-intensive educational institutions, have…
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A ‘dead cert’ for a career in politics
It appears that if you want a career in politics, a ‘sure-fire’ way to achieve this is to study Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) at the University of Oxford, as documented in this article. In fact six members of the current cabinet, including the prime minister, foreign secretary and chief secretary to the treasury, are Oxford…
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The knock-on effect of an over-subscribed Higher Education system
The record demand for university places in 2010 has had an immense impact not just on Higher Education, but also Further Education, with some A-level students opting to go back to college to take further FE courses (as discussed in this article). This prospect in itself has a knock-on effect on recent school leavers (GCSE) who…
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Differentiating top grades at A-level
Latest figures show that as large as one in five A-levels taken by pupils at private schools achieved the top A* grade, compared with the national average of one in 10. This year’s shortage of university places together with the contrasting figures between A-level results between private and state schools have heightened the concern that most privileged…
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Turning the thesis into a book
A friend of mine recently sent a book proposal to a publisher in the hope of getting her PhD published. I have to say, the thought had crossed my mind a few years ago (after encouragement from others), but I never pursued it (concentrating on teaching and research). This summer – I pledge not only…
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Home Office ‘Police’
Traditionally, The Home Office is known to lead on immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime policy and counter-terrorism. It also is said to work to ensure visible, responsive and accountable policing in the UK. But nothing in that description suggests a link with Nazi Germany or even fascism. Well, that’s what Twitter users are accusing…
Dr Yaz Iyabo Osho 