Ever greater scrutiny: Researching the bureaucracy of educational accountability
This is the title of a book chapter in the following book: Education Governance and Social Theory:...
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Category: Governance
Authoritarian neoliberalism and the alienation of academic labour
I recently delivered a keynote on neoliberalism and HE at a British Educational Research...
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How will higher education shape the future? A symposium
Roles and responsibility of the university in shaping future societies How can higher education...
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Debating theories of neoliberalism: New perspectives and framings in education research,
June 27th, 2018, London This symposium aims to explore the relevance of theories of neoliberalism...
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Call for participation: Workshop on “Researching administrative power”
This workshop, to take place at the University of Essex on 20-21 September, will be of interest to...
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Borrowing from Foucault: his notions of discourse and governmentality [PART 1]
[This blog post refers to the following article: Mifsud, D. (2015) ‘Decentralised’ neoliberalism...
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Finding Bourdieu
As with many doctoral candidates (and faculty I might add) working in the intellectual space that...
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Spectres of Weber: Precision and perversity in governance
No one should be surprised when faced with the unintended consequences of bureaucracy, new or old;...
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Editor’s Choice: Researching Curriculum Policy in Australia
Top of the class this week: Jessica Gerrard & Lesley Farrell (2013). ‘Peopling’ curriculum...
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The Politics of Regulation, pt. 4: Intended or Unintended Consequences?
[image (c) Le service photo du Conseil général du Val-de-Marne] In last week’s seminar (abstract...
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How Much Should We be Troubled by the Past?
This post is a response to a question from Rille Raaper, a PhD student at the University of...
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The Politics of Regulation, Pt. 3: Fear in the Ranks
The empirical evidence suggests that, far from creating a democratic and effective culture of...
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