Modern Work and the Marketisation of Higher Education

Gerbrand Tholen (City, University of London)

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English

Policy Press
08 September 2022

Sociology; Universities

Over recent decades, national Higher Education sectors across the world have experienced a gradual process of marketisation.

This book offers a new interpretation on why and how marketisation has taken place within England. It explores distinct assumptions on the nature of graduate work and how the graduate labour market drives the argumentation for more market and choice. Demonstrating the flaws in these assumptions - which are based on an idealised relationship between Higher Education and high-skilled work - this book fills an important need by questioning the current rationale for further marketisation.

By: Gerbrand Tholen (City University of London)
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781447355281
ISBN 10: 1447355288
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 08 September 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product

1. Introduction 2. Dimensions of Marketisation 3. Policymaking in Higher Education: Understanding the Economy 4. Policymaking in Higher Education: Understanding Work and the Labour Market 5. Policymaking in Higher Education: Human Capital 6. Graduate Work in Modern Capitalism 7. The Graduate Labour Market 8. Earnings 9. The Misinterpretation of Graduate Work 10. Conclusion

Gerbrand Tholen is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at City, University of London.

Reviews for Modern Work and the Marketisation of Higher Education

This is a hugely valuable addition to the growing critical literature on the impact of marketisation on the graduate labour market. Tholen offers a comprehensive skewering of policy makers' reliance on human capital theory and employability discourses in the name of 'meritocracy' and 'social mobility'. Colin McCaig, Sheffield Hallam University