Preface: Anecdotes and Judgement | p. vii |
Acknowledgements | p. ix |
The Economic Case for Higher Education | p. 1 |
Education as Investment | p. 3 |
The Old Idea of a University | p. 21 |
Newman | p. 23 |
Jane Austen, Leading Authority on Liberal Education | p. 36 |
The New University for Life | p. 57 |
The Vision and the Mission | p. 59 |
Mr Collins as the Leading Modern Authority | p. 59 |
Sir Ron Dearing, Son of Collins | p. 63 |
The New University as Training in Skills | p. 72 |
How to Run a New University in Seven Easy Lessons | p. 88 |
Teach | p. 89 |
In Courses | p. 91 |
With Aims, Objectives and Goals | p. 92 |
In Modules | p. 95 |
Total Quality Controlled | p. 102 |
Give Firsts | p. 106 |
Put on the Crown Jewels: Research, or, Great Heaps of Nothing | p. 108 |
Levering Up Standards, or, Top-Down Drivel | p. 115 |
Introduction to Part IV | p. 117 |
A-level, the Jewel in the Crown | p. 122 |
Introductory | p. 122 |
Examining the Examiners | p. 123 |
Inspecting the Inspectors | p. 140 |
The New, Modern A-level | p. 144 |
An Examining Board in the New University | p. 151 |
Conclusion | p. 161 |
The Tree of Knowledge or a Shopping Mall? | p. 163 |
An Anecdote of Institutional Life | p. 177 |
An Education Policy Document | p. 183 |
Notes on the Text | p. 190 |
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