Alice Jolly taught at Oxford for 16 years ... until she had the temerity to complain about her pay.

Sacked from a job she loved, she took the university to court over her employment rights and won a famous victory.

But what are the broader lessons for the world of academia? In this Quiet Riot special, Naomi Smith talks with Alice, an award-winning writer and academic, about a sector that contributes £265billion to the economy yet where a deeply disturbing number of universities are running at a loss.

Are neo-liberal managers destroying the heart of Britain's higher education sector by prioritising areas such as property development over teaching?

‘When it is very difficult I remind myself that we are fighting for the future of higher education ... it is the basis of our civilisation’

'I loved Oxford University and the dream of that world’ 

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With Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell – in cahoots with SandStone Global.

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