A history of the University of Manchester, 1973-90

This is the second volume of a history of the University of Manchester since 1951. It spans seventeen critical years in which public funding was contracting, student grants were diminishing, instructions from the government and the University Grants Commission were multiplying, and universities fear...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Pullan, Brian S., author (author), Abendstern, Michele, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press 2004
2018.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Preliminary note
  • I The 1970s
  • 1 Uncertainty, economy and improvisation
  • 2 The academics
  • 3 The academics
  • 4 The students
  • 5 The students
  • II The 1980s
  • 6 New direction
  • 7 Contraction, 1981-84
  • 8 Enterprise and economy
  • 9 The Students' Union and the politicians
  • 10 Efficiency and academic freedom
  • 11 Research and rationalisation
  • 12 Student culture in the 1980s
  • 13 Epilogue
  • Sources and bibliography
  • People interviewed
  • Statistical appendix
  • Index