Special Webinar Series: The Critical Economics of Higher Education
Organised by the Centre for Global Higher Education, this webinar series is designed to start, to support, to air and to discuss new thinking about the economics of higher education. It will hear from speakers who are unsatisfied with the economic policy frameworks currently in use and determined to find and apply better alternatives.
Webinar 1 – Challenging the Skills Fetish
Date: Thursday 31 March 2022, 14:00-15.00 (UK)
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Webinar abstract
Leesa Wheelahan, University of Toronto
Gavin Moodie, University of Toronto
Webinar 2 – Regulating the teacher: is there any alternative to regulation?
Date: Tuesday 5 April 2022, 14:00-15.00 (UK)
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Webinar abstract
Saumen Chattopadhyay, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Webinar 3 – What is the appropriate higher education finance model for sub-Saharan Africa?
Date: Thursday 7 April 2022, 14:00-15.00 (UK)
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Webinar abstract
Moses Oketch, UCL’s Centre for Education and International Development
Webinar 4 – Agency, purposeful work, and economic change: reconceptualising the relationship between HE and the economy
Date: Tuesday 12 April 2022, 14:00-15.00 (UK)
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Webinar abstract
James Robson, University of Oxford