Fascinating to read a piece demanding further marketisation to solve the escalating crisis caused by previous rounds of marketisation which never quite grasps how the strategic function of specific institutions can force governments into panicked nationalisation rather than Schumpeterian destruction
Britain’s zombie universities should put Schumpeter on the syllabus on.ft.com/46tIQC1 | opinion
Britain’s zombie universities should put Schumpeter on the syllabus
It’s time to borrow from the corporate crib sheets — and if all else fails, creative destruction is a force for good
on.ft.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Fascinating to read a piece demanding further marketisation to solve the escalating crisis caused by previous rounds of marketisation which never quite grasps how the strategic function of specific institutions can force governments into panicked nationalisation rather than Schumpeterian destruction
‘Adolescence' and the marketisation of childhood open.substack.com/pub/jamesblo...
'Adolescence' and the marketisation of childhood
Radicalisation as sales funnel
open.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
‘Adolescence' and the marketisation of childhood open.substack.com/pub/jamesblo...
Gee I wonder which party initiated the marketisation of unis that led us here?
May 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Gee I wonder which party initiated the marketisation of unis that led us here?
It all inevitably goes back to the marketisation of higher education
I think this is such a major driver of AI use in university assessments. And also just a real… disconnection between why we think students are here (to learn about history!) and why students think they are here (to get good grades, to get a job)
When you're working 3 jobs while going to school full time and just barely making enough to feed yourself, ChatGPT offers an appealing way to make life a little bit easier without feeling like you're REALLY doing something wrong
I'm increasingly getting a double bell curve in my classes
I'm increasingly getting a double bell curve in my classes
June 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It all inevitably goes back to the marketisation of higher education
One of the greatest arguments against the marketisation of art can be found in the return of Friday Nights. Designed not to perform in line with algorithmic trends, but just to *be* a great series, & each new instalment is better than the last as a result.
youtu.be/5G_R-XVpt5A?...
youtu.be/5G_R-XVpt5A?...
The Deckmaster Game || Friday Nights S9E03
YouTube video by LRRMTG
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
One of the greatest arguments against the marketisation of art can be found in the return of Friday Nights. Designed not to perform in line with algorithmic trends, but just to *be* a great series, & each new instalment is better than the last as a result.
youtu.be/5G_R-XVpt5A?...
youtu.be/5G_R-XVpt5A?...
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is spot on here about the marketisation of education and the need to tax wealth more in order to redistribute it.
October 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is spot on here about the marketisation of education and the need to tax wealth more in order to redistribute it.
Academic publishing was bad long before the platformised web. This is a consequence of marketisation not enshittification.
January 8, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Academic publishing was bad long before the platformised web. This is a consequence of marketisation not enshittification.
Last 5 years saw this longterm marketisation of higher education put onto steroids ofc.
Like literally everything else, the Tories utterly vandalised our prized university sector, & relied on migrants both to save their skins & take the blame.
They have had nothing like the reckoning they deserve.
Like literally everything else, the Tories utterly vandalised our prized university sector, & relied on migrants both to save their skins & take the blame.
They have had nothing like the reckoning they deserve.
December 4, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Last 5 years saw this longterm marketisation of higher education put onto steroids ofc.
Like literally everything else, the Tories utterly vandalised our prized university sector, & relied on migrants both to save their skins & take the blame.
They have had nothing like the reckoning they deserve.
Like literally everything else, the Tories utterly vandalised our prized university sector, & relied on migrants both to save their skins & take the blame.
They have had nothing like the reckoning they deserve.
Historians slam ‘marketisation and neglect’ of higher education.
Royal Historical Society issues stinging rebuke of English model amid escalating cuts.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
Royal Historical Society issues stinging rebuke of English model amid escalating cuts.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
May 22, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Historians slam ‘marketisation and neglect’ of higher education.
Royal Historical Society issues stinging rebuke of English model amid escalating cuts.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
Royal Historical Society issues stinging rebuke of English model amid escalating cuts.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
The inevitable - and vile - consequence of the marketisation of education.
This is causing despair in academe. (1) We were forced to close during Covid. We had no choice! (2) We're not service providers like a restaurant, we are institutions of state. (3) We did everything we could. (4) This will cripple current students' education.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The students claiming uni Covid compensation 'for the principle'
Dozens of universities have received legal letters over what students say they missed out on during Covid.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 22, 2026 at 1:39 AM
The inevitable - and vile - consequence of the marketisation of education.
This is good. Very light on the research side of the equation but more than sane and informed on the teaching side, including failure of marketisation and a recognition that ‘cheap’ subjects subsidise expensive one. Well worth reading.
I'm in @theobserveruk.bsky.social today looking at why so many unis are in financial trouble and what the government needs to do to save HE.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Why saving universities is far more than academic
Modern Britain needs young people with degrees – here’s how to make sure they still have somewhere to study them
observer.co.uk
April 26, 2026 at 9:48 AM
This is good. Very light on the research side of the equation but more than sane and informed on the teaching side, including failure of marketisation and a recognition that ‘cheap’ subjects subsidise expensive one. Well worth reading.
“In fact, for some time Quiggin has argued that marketisation is inappropriate for all human services, including also vocational education, prisons and hospitals.”
Reminiscent of the aged care system abuses revealed by a Royal Commission - private ownership is being clearly named as a problem: profits come before children. #auspol #childcare
Failures in privatised care starkly illustrate the inevitable failure of neoliberalism
The failures of privatised child care and aged care have starkly illustrated the inability of markets to deliver quality service. The failure applies to all human services.
johnmenadue.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
“In fact, for some time Quiggin has argued that marketisation is inappropriate for all human services, including also vocational education, prisons and hospitals.”
What enormous damage the marketisation of universities has done, to staff, the debt-laden students, to the generation of knowledge. One more #Financialisation
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls
Up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses feared as institutes undergo restructuring
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
What enormous damage the marketisation of universities has done, to staff, the debt-laden students, to the generation of knowledge. One more #Financialisation
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
A regulator that does not protect customers - as none of them do - reveals the gigantic con at the heart of the rigged marketisation of our utilities and essential infrastructure.
OfCom at its best
Royal Mail scandal.
2nd-class post will be delivered every other weekday, scrapped on Saturdays.
Company hasn't met any letter delivery targets since privatisation, so regulator reduces targets.
Price won't be reduced for worse service
Promise of £500m investment by ripping off customers.
2nd-class post will be delivered every other weekday, scrapped on Saturdays.
Company hasn't met any letter delivery targets since privatisation, so regulator reduces targets.
Price won't be reduced for worse service
Promise of £500m investment by ripping off customers.
April 23, 2026 at 6:29 AM
A regulator that does not protect customers - as none of them do - reveals the gigantic con at the heart of the rigged marketisation of our utilities and essential infrastructure.
The current behavior of the UK Gov't confirms this.
February 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The current behavior of the UK Gov't confirms this.
20 years as a Senior Lecturer and I’m $7000 short of being able to live comfortably in West Virginia. Thanks, marketisation of HE.
June 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
20 years as a Senior Lecturer and I’m $7000 short of being able to live comfortably in West Virginia. Thanks, marketisation of HE.
a key element in both being the global marketisation of crops radically changing the price stability and affordability of food to the people growing it
July 23, 2026 at 9:20 PM
a key element in both being the global marketisation of crops radically changing the price stability and affordability of food to the people growing it
“The marketisation of higher education, like the marketisation of other public services, has proved to be an abject failure of political ideology.” Letter in today’s Guardian
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
“The marketisation of higher education, like the marketisation of other public services, has proved to be an abject failure of political ideology.” Letter in today’s Guardian
basically i'm of the belief that while not all marketisation was necessary, and not all marketisation was democratisation, the system /was/ unnatural and sort of had to be destroyed from the ground up
July 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM
basically i'm of the belief that while not all marketisation was necessary, and not all marketisation was democratisation, the system /was/ unnatural and sort of had to be destroyed from the ground up
Check out the latest from our Dispatches series
James Brackley examines how the marketisation of UK universities has worsened conditions for staff and students
James Brackley examines how the marketisation of UK universities has worsened conditions for staff and students
Why it’s time to end the marketisation of UK Higher Education
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May 20, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Check out the latest from our Dispatches series
James Brackley examines how the marketisation of UK universities has worsened conditions for staff and students
James Brackley examines how the marketisation of UK universities has worsened conditions for staff and students
She's horrible. Although I would argue that what marketisation has turned academia *into* makes it much less suitable for ND people. They should let us have it back
August 17, 2026 at 5:53 PM
She's horrible. Although I would argue that what marketisation has turned academia *into* makes it much less suitable for ND people. They should let us have it back
Former Labour minister Patricia Hewitt backs Forest City, representing the technocratic wing of the party that embraces:
PFI
Public-private partnerships
Marketisation of public assets
Zone-based economic governance
This is bipartisan collusion.
PFI
Public-private partnerships
Marketisation of public assets
Zone-based economic governance
This is bipartisan collusion.
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Former Labour minister Patricia Hewitt backs Forest City, representing the technocratic wing of the party that embraces:
PFI
Public-private partnerships
Marketisation of public assets
Zone-based economic governance
This is bipartisan collusion.
PFI
Public-private partnerships
Marketisation of public assets
Zone-based economic governance
This is bipartisan collusion.
The decision by past governments to push Australia's childcare industry in the direction of marketisation and corporatisation has left a lasting legacy.
Australia's scandal-ridden childcare sector a legacy of 'golden age' of reform
The decision by past governments to push Australia's childcare industry in the direction of marketisation and corporatisation has left a lasting legacy.
www.abc.net.au
November 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The decision by past governments to push Australia's childcare industry in the direction of marketisation and corporatisation has left a lasting legacy.
Their transphobia is contributing to the misery of my friends
Their attacks on disability benefits have me living in horror
Their failure to fund the nhs puts my life at risk
Their continuing marketisation of the university sector means I don’t have a future career
Their attacks on disability benefits have me living in horror
Their failure to fund the nhs puts my life at risk
Their continuing marketisation of the university sector means I don’t have a future career
As a Safety manager in the NHS, Labour is most likely making me redundant, and I could lose my house. Making NHS patients less safe in the process.
How are Labour policies changing your life?
How are Labour policies changing your life?
Why aren't Labour's life-changing policies connecting with voters - and what can the party do? It's down to messaging, how it's told, and the messengers...
November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Their transphobia is contributing to the misery of my friends
Their attacks on disability benefits have me living in horror
Their failure to fund the nhs puts my life at risk
Their continuing marketisation of the university sector means I don’t have a future career
Their attacks on disability benefits have me living in horror
Their failure to fund the nhs puts my life at risk
Their continuing marketisation of the university sector means I don’t have a future career