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University—the Ivory Tower is Part of Society, Not Removed from It

April 16, 2018 · Anna Katarrh ·

Universities and especially the humanities, whose use for job markets and economic growth tends to be called into question, are often asked to justify their existence and their use of tax payers’ money for seemingly non-useful endeavours. How about turning the argument around?

Tagged With: academia, neoliberalism, universities

Introducing: Academia in a Neoliberal World

March 1, 2018 · Kurt Borg ·

This set of articles will foreground themes which are not always prioritised in discussions about academia.

Tagged With: academia, education, neoliberalism

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