The “Higher Education and Research Act 2017”: Death Notice of Higher Education Public Service in England?

Le Higher Education and Research Act 2017: Acte de décès du service public de l’enseignement supérieur en Angleterre ?

Annie Vinokur () and Corine Eyraud ()
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Annie Vinokur: EconomiX - EconomiX - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Corine Eyraud: LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: English higher education was, in the 1980s, the first in Europe to start moving from a public service to the market. The "Higher Education and Research Act" adopted in June 2017 seems to finalise the process. This paper looks back to the specificities of the English university model and examines the nearly 40 years of reforms which have deconstructed its main features as a public service. It anal-yses how the new law, by setting up a new regulatory body (the Office for Stu-dents), may amplify the already strong contradictions and conflicts of interest within the sector. Finally it questions the viability of the model.

Keywords: England – Capitalism – Higher Education – Public Service – Universities; Angleterre – Capitalisme – Enseignement supérieur – Service public – Universités (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Published in Droit et Société : Revue internationale de théorie du droit et de sociologie juridique, 2018, 98, pp.113-138. ⟨10.3917/drs.098.0113⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/drs.098.0113

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