Can the Prizes Still Glitter?: The Future of British Universities in a Changing World - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 095546420X ISBN 13: 9780955464201

Publisher: University of Buckingham Press, 2007

Synopsis

Do academics still think? Is this the student experience? What is the future of science? Funding and freedom - where are we going wrong? Are Mickey Mouse degrees crucial to the economy? Should we understand the Bologna Process? How do we select students for universities of the future? What does globalization mean for research and teaching?

'Can The Prizes Still Glitter?' is the inaugural publication of Agora, a new independent think tank focusing on the future of our universities. Thirty-four high profile vice chancellors, politicians, business people and academics from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and a variety of institutions have written personal essays about where universities are now and where they ought to be. Between them they tackle the whole spectrum of higher education. They confront many of the big and often uncomfortable issues Britain needs to face up to, exhibit some of the solutions of which individual institutions are proud, and outline the kind of tough decisions that politicians and university leaders need to take if British institutions are to match rapid progress elsewhere in the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Hugo de Burgh is Professor of Journalism at the University of Westminster, where he set up the China Media Centre in 2005. He is also Professor in the School of Media & Communications at Tsinghua University. Previously he was a journalist and television producer for Scottish Television, BBC and (the UK s) Channel4. He has published books on British investigative journalism, Chinese journalism, the professional formation of journalists around the world and on environment journalism.

Review:

Universities are in a period of major change-some aspects of which are exciting but others which are threatening. This book is timely and provocative, addressing some of the key challenges facing the HE sector in a series of papers by the leaders and innovators in the field.' --Dame Nancy Rothwell FRS, Vice President and MRC Research Professor, The University of Manchester.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Buckingham Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 095546420X
• ISBN 13: 9780955464201
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Black Jeremy, De Burgh Hugo, Fazackerley Anna