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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 of the Oxford Policy Podcast, 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 grounds
  • Educational access and equity
  • Damien's current DPhil research on the abolition of tenure at British universities and the impact on research outcomes and long term institutional performance
  • The history of universities as institutions from their earliest roots in Bologna and Oxford
  • Intellectual freedom and the ideal conditions for free inquiry
  • Sir 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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