Beyond the Neoliberal University: Hopeful Critique

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Sean Sturm
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4011-7898

Abstract

Review of Ruth Barcan. 2013 (hb), 2016 (pb), 'Academic Life and Labour in the New University: Hope and Other Choices', London: Routledge and Richard Hil. 2015, 'Selling Students Short: Why You Won’t Get the University Education You Deserve', Sydney: Allen & Unwin.

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Reviews
Author Biography

Sean Sturm, University of Auckland

Sean Sturm is deputy director of the Centre for Learning and Research in Higher Education at the University of Auckland. His writing ranges widely across the higher education landscape, taking in the nature of the university, academic labour, learning spaces, the digital humanities and academic writing.

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