Don’t abandon the idea of a university
It’s a pity Simon Jenkins doesn’t run his own blog as ace controversialist as well as Chair of the National Trust. This champion of that oxymoron the civilising market is in fine form today, denouncing in a dozen ways in as many paragraphs not only the UK government’s proposed university settlement but the thinking behind it and the basic concept of what’s being financed: There is not an arts course invented that could not be completed in 18 months, and …