• Damien Shannon on Universities, Education, and Equity

  • Apr 23 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
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  • Damien Shannon is a DPhil candidate in Economic and Social History at New College, Oxford.

    In this episode, Nick and Damien speak about:

    • Damien's experience in suing Oxford University over its admissions criteria, which initially prevented him from taking up his degree place on financial grounds
    • Educational access and equity
    • Damien's current DPhil research on the abolition of tenure at British universities and the impact on research outcomes and long term institutional performance
    • The history of universities as institutions from their earliest roots in Bologna and Oxford
    • Intellectual freedom and the ideal conditions for free inquiry
    • Sir Keith Joseph and the economic and philosophical foundations of the Thatcher administration
    • The corporatization of universities and modern employment conditions for academics
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