Global Education for Urban Futures
Urban Pamphleteer #5 contents Urban governance as a pedagogic tool in the Asian context Towards a reflexive critical urban pedagogy Getting the education for the city we want Finding ‘community’, … Continue reading
From social rights to the market: neoliberalism and the knowledge economy
This paper looks at changing policies for higher education in the United Kingdom and the emergence of a neoliberal knowledge regime. This subordinates higher education to the market and shifts … Continue reading
The data revolution: finding the missing millions
This report sets out the evidence that, even when people are counted, the counting is frequently not good enough. What is assumed to be an empirical fact – a statistic … Continue reading
Financing the Future
This report has a simple message: the proposed SDGs are achievable, but adopting a business-as-usual approach will leave us far short of the target. Projections based on current patterns of … Continue reading
Free world-class education for anyone anywhere
Khan Academy and MIT OPenCourseWare offer easy access to high-quality education for free Khan Academy is a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class … Continue reading
Publishing strategies only benefit the publishers
How traditional publishing hurts scientific progress: Eighty five percent of published papers remain locked behind subscription pay walls, accessible only to those affiliated with universities and other large research institutions. … Continue reading
