Disclaimer -- not a universities topic. But for anyone in Britain with kids (and even for those without), the following might be of interest.
A
Guardian article says UK schools are poised to allow massive entry by for-profit corporations. "Academies" were merely a stepping-stone here: Gove now wants private corporations to "provide services" for them.
I find this terrifying. Not for my own kids -- they'll be fine -- but for country as a whole. Making it work would require the kind of regulation the Conservatives want to avoid. In its absence, at best we'll get some improvement in many schools accompanied by disasters for which the government will disclaim responsibility.
The analogies with the NHS reforms (which may or may not be falling apart) seem clear: privatization in all but name. I sometimes try to reassure myself with the notion that Cameron is to the left of Obama, but that is emerging as a dangerous fallacy.
