A history of the University of Manchester, 1973-90 /

This is the second volume of a history of the University of Manchester since 1951. It spans seventeen critical years in which public funding was contracting, student grants were diminishing, instructions from the government and the University Grants Commission were multiplying, and universities fear...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Pullan, Brian S. (Author), Abendstern, Michele (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Subjects:	University of Manchester. University of Manchester > History > 20th century. University of Manchester College students > History > 20th century. Students > History > 20th century. Étudiants > Histoire > 20e siècle. HISTORY / General. Students College students 1900-1999 manchester university education Chancellor (education) Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

Front matter
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Preliminary note
I The 1970s
1 Uncertainty, economy and improvisation
2 The academics
3 The academics
4 The students
5 The students
II The 1980s
6 New direction
7 Contraction, 1981-84
8 Enterprise and economy
9 The Students' Union and the politicians
10 Efficiency and academic freedom
11 Research and rationalisation
12 Student culture in the 1980s
13 Epilogue
Sources and bibliography
People interviewed
Statistical appendix
Index