This seminar on Feb 20th from our external member Janja Komljenovic will be of interest to some of our followers. Find out more and register here: Higher education is transforming into an industry consisting of diverse, multiple and variegated markets in which universities are both sellers and buyers of products and services. There is also … Continue reading Digitalisation, Assetization and the Future of Value in Higher Education
What we talk about when we talk about universities
By Jana Bacevic [This review essay was originally published at the LSE Review blog on 19 December 2019] It is perhaps cliché to say that no conversation concerns only its subject. Rarely, however, does this ring as true as when it comes to universities, institutions that are simultaneously objects of inspiration and intimidation, pride and … Continue reading What we talk about when we talk about universities
From hermits to celebrities – How social media is reshaping academic hierarchies and what we can do about it
By Mark Carrigan This was originally published on the LSE Impact Blog To type the word ‘scholar’ into Google Image search leaves you immediately presented with images of bearded white men toiling away in obscurity. It has often struck me how apt this is in terms of the cultural connotations which remain attached to the … Continue reading From hermits to celebrities – How social media is reshaping academic hierarchies and what we can do about it
Between education and employment: EU governance and the Europeanisation of teacher policy
We were pleased to host Tore Sorensen this week for a special seminar on Teachers’ Work and Europe. His talk on EU governance and the Europeanisation of teacher policy came out of the TeachersCareers project. Here are the slides from Tore's presentation:
Our new MPhil programme: Knowledge, Power and Politics in Education
Following a successful launch at the Faculty’s post-graduate open day, applications are currently being received for the Faculty’s new full-time MPhil route in Knowledge, Power and Politics in Education. The course presents an exciting new offering in the Faculty MPhil programme, drawing on an interdisciplinary approach to examine the dynamics shaping knowledge formation in formal, … Continue reading Our new MPhil programme: Knowledge, Power and Politics in Education
