A new book, based on the openDemocracy series of the same name, is now available.
After the trebling of tuition fees in 2010, student movements suffered a major blow. Now they are rising up again.
We started the series with the proposition that liberalism is far too important to be left to the ‘liberals'. 38 articles later, what did we find?
Those working in higher education now face a choice - capitulate to the de facto privatisation of universities, or fight it.
The neoliberal approach to higher education is turning social science academics into brand managers and commercial researchers.
Some issues pass through many organs of the body politic like a barium meal, rendering visible flaws and faults that might otherwise escape detection.
Despite what Spiked may claim, protecting our campuses from fascists, aggressive pro-life campaigners and sexism is entirely proper - 'free speech' debates must recognise the issue of power imbalance.
Tax's misleading interpretation of my arguments do little to counter the central realities - that liberals and imperialist feminists have been prominent supporters of authoritarianism and state violence.
A new generation of thinkers and activists are actively seeking a larger framework than the one liberals such as Tax can provide.
