Is a co-operative university model a sustainable alternative?

By Tom Sperlinger. The new free university project is replicating a flawed university model, rather than radically transforming it, says Tom Sperlinger. A friend, who teaches English literature at a top UK university, recently met with a first-year student who was planning to drop out of his degree. He explained that he had not expected an English degree to involve reading books (and so many of them!), rather than the extracts he was used to at A-level. Read more...