Article by Michael Wood in the current issue of the London Review of Books:
"Keith Thomas
and Michael Wood spoke at ‘Universities under Attack’, a conference
sponsored by the ‘London Review’, the ‘New York Review’ and Fritt Ord
held on 26 November at King’s College London."
Here is Sir Keith's talk, which does not mention Sanskrit but will be of interest to those who care about British higher education:
The programme of the conference was as follows:
- 10 a.m. ‘What Kind of University?’
Stefan Collini (Cambridge),
Tim Horder (editor, Oxford Magazine),
Peter Scott (Institute of Education). - 11.30 a.m. Coffee
- 12 p.m. ‘Universities in a Corporate World’.
Simon Head (Oxford and New York University),
Howard Hotson (Oxford),
Michael Wood (Princeton). - 1.30 p.m. Lunch
- 2.30 p.m. ‘Academic Labour as a Factor of Production: Hefce and Research Assessment’.
Matthew Feldman (Northampton),
Rachel Malik (formerly of Middlesex University),
Paola Mattei (Oxford),
Ann Mroz (editor, Times Higher Education).
- 4 p.m. Coffee
- 4.30 p.m. ‘Beyond the White Paper: What Is to Be Done?’
Terence Kealey (Buckingham),
Keith Thomas (Oxford),
Susan Wright (University of Aarhus).
DW