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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David Willetts (Visiting Professor, King's College, London)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.754kg ISBN: 9780198767268ISBN 10: 0198767269 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 23 November 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsI don't think I have read anything better on British universities and their international competition. His book charts the rise of the modern university and is filled with bold ideas. * Harry Yorke, The Sunday Telegraph * This is an important book. providing a large-scale, wide-ranging argument across history and across the present There are two strands: a commentary on current issues, and a larger long-term agenda - the role of Higher Education in the world. * Professor Simon Marginson, Director of the Centre for Global Higher Education, UCL, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Higher Education. * Powerful, interesting, and important. A very good read, and full of wisdom. * Sir Michael Barber * I don't think I have read anything better on British universities and their international competition. * Chris Patten, Chancellor, University of Oxford * This is an excellent book. * Nigel Thrift, Times Higher Education * Policy enthusiasts will find these descriptions, and meticulous analysis of research funding systems, invaluable. * Miranda Green, Financial Times * Willetts's consistently thoughtful approach to higher education has earned him the respect even of his political opponents. Academics and students out of sympathy with his reforms will need to read his book and engage with his arguments if they are to build a case to challenge them. * Stephen Curry, The Guardian * Blending serious scholarship with reflections on his time as a minister, it's a tour-de-force by a politician who starts with a confession: I love universities . * James Wilsdon, The Guardian, Favourite reads of 2017 - as chosen by scientists * It mixes killer historical facts and sharp policiy analysis (including some criticisms of the coalition government) with bold predictions for the future. Most readers will learn something new on every page. * Nick Hillman, The Guardian * Magisterial study. * Barbara Kiser, Nature * Meticulously researched and incredibly detailed. * Andy Westwood, HEPI * It's an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to understand the modern university system, both here and abroad. * Roger Mosey, Reaction * A reader may wish for a more thorough investigation of potential solutions to these problems. But A University Education is nevertheless an admirably clear analysis of English higher education. To its credit, it is an inversion of most writing about English universities, which tends to be laudatory of the Oxbridge model and unduly sceptical of others. Lord Willetts's book is all the more interesting for it. * Economist * A masterly exploration of the modern higher education institution... Willetts has provided us with a text for our times. * Matthew D'Ancona, Evening Standard * Peppered with entertaining and enlightening asides and illustrations... a treasure-house. * Kevin Stannard, Conference and Common Room * An ex-minster's love letter to universities offers an optimistic verdict. * Howard Davies, Prospect * This is one of the few books that everyone interested in education - and not just higher education - should have a copy of... This book is excellent. Well researched and intelligently argued, it is an authoritative account of English universities setting them in their historical, legal and regulatory framework... It deserves to be widely read by anyone with an interest in education. * Education Journal * Excellent book. * Education Journal * I don't think I have read anything better on British universities and their international competition. * Chris Patten, Chancellor, University of Oxford * His book charts the rise of the modern university and is filled with bold ideas. * Harry Yorke, The Sunday Telegraph * Powerful, interesting, and important. A very good read, and full of wisdom. * Sir Michael Barber * I don't think I have read anything better on British universities and their international competition. * Chris Patten, Chancellor, University of Oxford * Author InformationDavid Willetts was Minister for Universities and Science in the UK's Coalition Government. He stood down as an MP at the 2015 General Election and is now a Visiting Professor at King's College London and a member of the House of Lords. He served as an official in HM Treasury and in Margaret Thatcher's No 10 Policy Unit. He has written widely on economic and social policy, including The Pinch, How the Baby Boomers took Their Children's Future - And Why They Should Give it Back (2011). He is executive Chair of the Resolution Foundation, an independent think tank established with the aim of improving the standard of living of low- and middle-income families. He is Senior Adviser to 2U, the American ed tech company, Chancellor of Leicester University, an honorary fellow of the Royal Society, and an Honorary Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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