A History of the University of Manchester, 1973-90Manchester University Press, 2004 - 334 lappuses This is the second volume of history of the University of Manchester since 1951. It spans 17 critical years in which public funding was contracting, student grants were diminishing, instructions from the government and the University Grants Commission were multiplying and universities feared for their reputations in the public eye. It provides a frank account of the University's struggle against these difficulties and its efforts to prove the value of university education to society and the economy. The volume describes and analyses not only academic developments and changes in the structure and finances of the University, but the opinions and social and political lives of the staff and their students as well. feminism, free speech, ethical investment, academic freedom and the quest for efficient management. The author draws on offical records, staff and student newspapers and personal interviews with people who experienced the University's very different ways. With its wide range of academic interests and large student population, the University of Manchester was the biggest unitary university in the country and its history illustrates the problems faced by almost all British universities. 1951-73, should appeal to past and present staff of the University and its alumni and to anyone interested in the debates surrounding higher education in the late 20th century. |
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Uncertainty economy and improvisation 32388 | 3 |
achievement and selfdoubt | 29 |
consultation and conditions | 53 |
life and opinions | 68 |
campaigns and causes | 96 |
Efficiency and academic freedom | 214 |
Research and rationalisation | 239 |
Student culture in the 1980s | 268 |
Epilogue | 293 |
Steve Chick | 312 |
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