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Joanna Williams

Joanna Williams is a senior lecturer in higher education and academic practice at the University of Kent. Her book Consuming Higher Education Why Learning Can’t Be Bought was published in 2013. Joanna is particularly interested in the impact of marketization upon universities, knowledge and the public good in higher education, and academic freedom. She is the education editor of the online current affairs magazine Spiked.

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Diversity of Viewpoints is Essential for the Pursuit of Knowledge

By Joanna Williams | Published: September 6, 2016

Pushing for a lecture to be cancelled, or disrupted so that it is either postponed on health and safety grounds, or goes ahead but speakers are unable to be heard, is censorship, argues Jo Williams,...

‘Value for Money’ Is Not the Same as Quality in Higher Ed

By Joanna Williams | Published: January 30, 2014

In the past 15 years and across successive governments in the United Kingdom, the concept of value for money has been internalized throughout higher education. Here, the author of "Consuming Higher Education: Why Learning Can’t...

Posted in Higher Education Reform, Impact, International Debate, Public Policy | Tagged Higher Education, Value for Money, Vocational Education | Leave a comment

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