• What’s the Point of Universities in the Age of Radical Inequality and Fake News?

    Steven Jones in Conversation with Andrew Keen

    Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

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    In this episode, Andrew is joined by Steven Jones, author of Universities Under Fire: Hostile Discourses and Integrity Deficits in Higher Education.

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    Steven Jones is Professor of Higher Education at the University of Manchester, UK, and currently head of Manchester Institute of Education. His academic background is in English Linguistics, and he brings the tools of critical discourse analysis to the university sector. He has written op-ed pieces for The Guardian and presented research evidence to policy-makers and government ministers.


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