In this podcast, HistGeogUni co-lead Miles Taylor discusses the wider contexts of the book he edited together with Jill Pellew on the new universities of the 1960s, addressing global perspectives and changing higher education landscapes in times of economic crisis and public austerity. This podcast underlines the broader societal risks resulting from further reductions of public funding for universities in the UK and elsewhere at the expense of inspiring utopianism, creative research, social justice scholarship, and widening participation:
The World of Higher Education Podcast
Utopian Universities: A Global History of the New Campuses of the 1960 with Dr. Miles Taylor
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For the book, please see:
Utopian Universities: A Global History of the New Campuses of the 1960s (2021)
Edited by J. Pellew and M. Taylor
London: Bloomsbury Publishing. 400 pp.
ISBN 9-781-3501-3863-6
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