Are Russell Group universities really “leading universities”?
| Dates: | 9 March 2016 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:30 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | methods@manchester |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Vikki Boliver |
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Dr Vikki Boliver, Senior Lecturer in Sociology/Social Policy at Durham University, leads a seminar on Cluster Analysis.
In 1992 the binary divide between universities and polytechnics was dismantled to create a nominally unitary system of higher education for the UK. Just a year later, the first UK university league table was published, and the year after that saw the formation of the Russell Group of self-proclaimed "leading" universities. This paper asks whether there are distinctive clusters of higher and lower status universities in the UK, and, in particular, whether the Russell Group institutions can be said to constitute a distinctive elite tier.
Speaker
Vikki Boliver
Role: Senior Lecturer in Sociology/Social Policy
Organisation: Durham University
Travel and Contact Information
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Room 2.07
Humanities Bridgeford Street
Manchester
