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Damien Shannon on Universities, Education, and Equity

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Damien Shannon is a DPhil candidate in Economic and Social History at New College, Oxford. In this episode, Nick and Damien speak about: Damien's experience in suing Oxford University over its admissions criteria, which initially prevented him from taking up his degree place on financial groundsEducational access and equityDamien's current DPhil research on the abolition of tenure at British universities and the impact on research outcomes and long term institutional performanceThe history of universities as institutions from their earliest roots in Bologna and OxfordIntellectual freedom and the ideal conditions for free inquirySir Keith Joseph and the economic and philosophical foundations of the Thatcher administration The corporatization of universities and modern employment conditions for academics

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