David Willetts (Visiting Professor, King's College, London)

A University Education

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Produktbeschreibung

Former Universities and Science Minister David Willetts combines a passionate advocacy of the value of a university education with a serious in-depth knowledge of the higher education sector to present his vision of what our universities can offer us--both now and in the future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 153mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9780198835127
• ISBN-10: 0198835124
• Artikelnr.: 54329935

Autorenporträt

David Willetts was Minister for Universities and Science in the Coalition Government. He is now a Visiting Professor at King's College London and a member of the House of Lords. He served as an official in HM Treasury and in Margaret Thatcher's No 10 Policy Unit. He has written widely on economic and social policy. His previous book was The Pinch, How the Baby Boomers took Their Children's Future--And Why They Should Give it Back (2011). He is executive Chair of the Resolution Foundation. He is Senior Adviser to the American ed tech company 2U, an Honorary Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, an Honorary Fellow of The Royal Society, and Chancellor of Leicester University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
I. The University
1: The Rise of the University
2: Robbins and After
3: How to Pay for It
4: The Research-Intensive University
II. The Student
5: Why it's Worth Going to University
6: Which Three Years?
7: Getting in to University
8: The Student Academic Experience
III. The Useful University
9: Vocational Higher Education
10: Driver of Innovation
11: The University in the Marketplace
IV. The Future
12: Where: Globalization
13: How: EdTech
14: What: A Broader Education
Conclusion