1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798214803321

Autore

Chouiten Lynda

Titolo

Commanding words : essays on the discursive constructions, manifestations, and subversions of authority / / Lynda Chouiten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4438-9213-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Disciplina

301.1552

Soggetti

Authority

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Sommario/riassunto

In a twenty-first century which celebrates freedom and equality while also beginning to question the lax attitudes and methods which have triumphed since the late Sixties, reflecting on the concept of authority is as necessary as ever. What role does, and should, authority play in political, social, and academic organization? Should one plead for stricter or more flexible authority? Where does the frontier between authority and authoritarianism lie? In examining these, and other related questions, this volume, postulating the interconnectedness between authority and discourse, also discusses t



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911007463503321

Autore

Taylor John

Titolo

The Historical Disruption of English Higher Education : The Victoria University and its Federalisation Legacy / / by John Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025

ISBN

3-031-82090-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 434 p.)

Collana

Education Series

Disciplina

370.9

Soggetti

Education - History

Great Britain - History

Education, Higher

School management and organization

History of Education

History of Britain and Ireland

Higher Education

Organization and Leadership

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The Need for a New University -- 3. A University for the North of England? -- 4. An Expanding University -- 5. A Working University -- 6. Funding the University -- 7. Increasing Tensions -- 8. The "Disruption" of the Victoria University -- 9. Postscript: A University for Yorkshire? -- 10. The Legacy of the Victory University.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the establishment (in 1880) and dissolution (in 1903) of the Victoria University as a federal institution for the North of England. It was a ‘disruptor’, an experiment intended to meet growing demand for high level study in the industrial cities of the North and to provide a regional organisation for higher education. The experiment ended in failure and has never been repeated; rather, it heralded the emergence of independent civic universities that would prove so influential in the following years. As well as considering the federalisation legacy, the book also identifies important areas of



activity where the Victoria University broke new ground, including innovations in the relationship between teaching and examining, links with schools and other education providers and the funding of higher education. The book is based on original archival research and will appeal to historians of education and more generally to social historians. John Taylor is Visiting Professor in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University, UK.