me too
On 28 September 2011 09:06, Carter, Erica <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Pol,
>
> I'd endorse Susanne's comments. It woud be good if the AGS could sign up to
> this - if not, I shall certainly support it individually. It is good to see
> a proper response to a policy that doesn't make economic sense, and
> that opens to door to a full-scale commodification of higher education.
>
> Erica
>
>
> Professor Erica Carter
> Department of German
> School of Arts and Humanities
> King's College London
> Strand
> London WC2R 2LS
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 2128
> FAX: +44 (0)20 7848 2089
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> ________________________________
> From: JISCmail German Studies List [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of Susanne Kord [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 28 September 2011 09:02
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: In Defence of Public Higher Education
>
> Dear Pol and all: I, for one, am in favour of endorsing the alternative
> white paper. It seems to me to suggest good ways forward in terms of
> sustainability as well as retain some sense of what Higher Education is
> supposed to be about. I am grateful that someone has finally taken an
> initiative.
> Susanne
>
> --
> Professor Susanne Kord
> Honorary Secretary, The English Goethe Society
> Editor, Publications of the English Goethe Society
>
> Department of German, UCL
> Gower Street
> London WC1E 6BT, UK
> Tel. +44 (0)20 7679 3103 (o)
> +44 (0)20 7679 7120 (main)
> FAX+44 (0)20 7679 0157
>
> http://www.ucl.ac.uk/german/aboutus/staff/susanne-kord
>
>
> On 28 Sep 2011, at 08:25, Ó Dochartaigh, Pól wrote:
>
> Thanks for this, Christine. Can I ask AGS members to let me know their views
> on Christine's suggestion?
>
> Regards,
> Pól.
> Prof. Pól Ó Dochartaigh, MRIA, FRHistS,
> Dean of the Faculty of Arts,
> President of AGS,
> University of Ulster.
> Tel: +44 28 7012 4517.
> On 28 Sep 2011, at 07:23, "Achinger, Christine" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> many of you will have seen this article today in the Guardian:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/sep/27/higher-education-alternative-white-paper
>
> I think the position paper at the centre of the article raises some
> important points; the full text can be found here:
> http://publicuniversity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/In_Defence_of_Public_HE.doc
>
> It is quite a substantial text, but provides a useful summary on the first
> few pages (see also
> http://publicuniversity.org.uk/2011/09/27/higher-education-white-paper-is-provoking-a-winter-of-discontent/).
> The paper has been open for signatures for a good week, but was only now
> launched officially and is still open for signatures by individuals and
> organisations (email [log in to unmask]). It has already been
> endorsed by a number of subject associations, such as the British
> Association for American Studies (BAAS); the British International Studies
> Association Board of Trustees (BISA) and the British Philosophical
> Association (BPA).
>
> It seems to me that it is important that the issues raised in this paper be
> more widely discussed both inside and outside academia, and I would like to
> suggest that we as an association should support it.
>
> Best wishes,
> Christine
>
>
>
> ------------------------
> Dr. Christine Achinger
> Associate Professor
> Department of German Studies
> University of Warwick
> Coventry CV4 7AL
> UK
>
> Tel.: +44-(0)2476-15 03 88
>
>
>
>
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