Education Guardian: Oxford University to press ahead with controversial reforms
Oxford University is to press ahead with controversial reforms of the way it is run, including plans to hand more power to business despite growing opposition among some dons.
In a white paper, the vice-chancellor, John Hood, confirmed that the council, which runs the university, would have a majority of outside members, including those with strong corporate interests, for the first time in Oxford's 800-year history. The move, part of a drive to modernise Oxford's governance, will be put before Congregation, the dons' ancient parliament, in the autumn.
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Our friends in the US may be interested to learn that the debate on Governance is not entirely one-sided. I enclose a few links:
Recent correspondence in the Times:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,59-2208438,00.html
The record of the November Debate in Congregation:
http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2005-6/supps/1_4749.htm#23Ref
The paper proposing less drastic reforms of Governance referred to by nearly everybody in the University as ``The Blue Paper'', together with various other papers on governance written for the ``Democratic Governance'' group
http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/users/scooper/gov.htm
Alumni may also want to read recent reports about Oxford Governance in the Times Higher Educational Supplement.
Posted by: B.A. Sufrin | July 3, 2006 04:28 PM