There has been much hoo-har over the setting up of this new private university especially from academics at state-funded institutions. Given that state funding has eroded academic freedom, instrumentalised the purpose of higher education, and made a degree about obtaining 'skills for the labour market', rather than about obtaining knowledge in your specialist subject for its own sake - surely this new institution shows an imagination sadly lacking amongst many academics?
"A new private university in London staffed by some of the world's most famous academics is to offer degrees in the humanities, economics and law from 2012 at a cost of £18,000 a year, double the normal rate.
The Oxbridge-style university college aims to educate a new British elite with compulsory teaching in science literacy, critical thinking, ethics and professional skills on top of degree subjects taught in one-to-one tutorials."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/jun/05/new-university-college-humanities-degrees
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