A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, 1973-90 by Brian Pullan, Michele Abendstern ( 9780719062421 )

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A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, 1973-90

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

071906242X

ISBN 13:

9780719062421

Publisher:

MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

5 December, 2003

Pages:

296

Description:

The second volume of history of the University of Manchester since 1951 spans 17 years in which public funding was contracting, student grants were diminishing, instructions from the government and the University Grants Commission were multiplying and universities feared for their reputations.

Synopsis:

Frank and entertaining account of the University of Manchester's struggle to meet the Government's demands for the rapid expansion of higher education in the 1950s and the 1960s. Looks at the University's ambitious building program: the controversial attempts to reform its constitution and improve its communications amid demands for greater democracy in the workplace, the struggle to retain its old pre-eminence in a competitive world where new 'green field' universities were rivalling older civic institutions. Tells the story, not just from the point of view of administrators and academics, but also from those of students and support staff (such as secretaries, technicians and engineers). Uses, not only official records, but also student newspapers, political pamphlets, and reminisences collected through interviews conducted by an experienced oral historian. The only book on the University of Manchester as a whole. -- .

Illustrations:

Illustrations, black & white

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Manchester University Press

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Non-returnable

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