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Neoliberal development and struggle against it: The importance of social class, mystification and feasibility (2018)
Journal Article

In this article I introduce and develop neoliberalism through a discussion of Marxism and the way that classed mystification and feasibility are crucial concepts for understanding the maintenance of neoliberalism, and revolutionary possibilities. The... Read More about Neoliberal development and struggle against it: The importance of social class, mystification and feasibility.

Politics, public pedagogy and action: Beyond a pedagogy of hope (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Class consciousness and education in Sweden: A Marxist analysis of revolution in a social democracy (2017)
Book

Emerging from a Marxist perspective, this book focuses on the importance of social class and the role of education broadly in relation to the possibility of revolutionary change in Sweden and beyond. Critically tracing the celebrated so-called ‘Swedi... Read More about Class consciousness and education in Sweden: A Marxist analysis of revolution in a social democracy.

Ethnography and Education (2017)
Book Chapter

As described in Beach and Dovemark?s 2007 book, Education and the Commodity Problem , critical researchers have identified two fundamental roles for modern-day schools within capitalist states. These are the ideological and material roles and functio... Read More about Ethnography and Education.

Critical Realism for Marxist Sociology of Education: A Book Review Symposium (2017)
Journal Article

Mystification of production and feasibility of alternatives Social class inequality and education (2017)
Book Chapter

This chapter develops a critique of the neoliberal capitalist mode of production through discussing the role and function of fee-paying private schools in the first section, of which I explain that there are two sorts: one for the ruling class and th... Read More about Mystification of production and feasibility of alternatives Social class inequality and education.

The Neoliberalisation of Higher Education in England: An Alternatives is Possible (2017)
Journal Article

In this article, we provide a critical explanation and critique of neoliberal policy. We attempt an innovative focus ranging from the wider contemporary political and ideological shifts, to specific higher education influences and consequences, of ne... Read More about The Neoliberalisation of Higher Education in England: An Alternatives is Possible.

The neoliberalization of higher education in England: An alternative is possible (2017)
Journal Article

© Author(s) 2017. In this article, we provide a critical explanation and critique of neoliberalism. We attempt an innovative focus ranging from the wider contemporary political and ideological shifts, to the way in which neoliberal policy specificall... Read More about The neoliberalization of higher education in England: An alternative is possible.

Conservative Education Reloaded: Policy, Ideology and Impacts in England (2016)
Journal Article

This article, written in December 2016 following the election in May 2016 of a majority Conservative government, and the election to the leadership of the Labour Party of Jeremy Corbyn, a left-wing social democrat, ?Old Labour style socialist?, revis... Read More about Conservative Education Reloaded: Policy, Ideology and Impacts in England.

Class Struggle in Cultural Formation in Contemporary Times: A Focus on the Theoretical Importance of Antonio Gramsci and the Organic Intellectualism of Russell Brand (2016)
Journal Article

The importance of education for social transformation is not exclusively something that is done in schools and universities. Taking education in its broadest formulation ? something that happens all of the time, in this article I posit the argument t... Read More about Class Struggle in Cultural Formation in Contemporary Times: A Focus on the Theoretical Importance of Antonio Gramsci and the Organic Intellectualism of Russell Brand.

Testing times and the thirst for data: For what? (2016)
Other

The emphasis on tests has made teachers and pupils depressed, harm themselves, and even turn suicidal. High-stakes testing and an oppressive data-drive accountability system de-humanise what should be an experience of enrichment, creativity and fun.... Read More about Testing times and the thirst for data: For what?.

The (im)possibility of the intellectual worker inside the neoliberal university (2016)
Journal Article

The provocation and point of this paper is that universities of the North during the era of neoliberalism of have been sucked of their human life-giving capacities. What remains are closed doors and bare walls. Lest we give the impression of a hopele... Read More about The (im)possibility of the intellectual worker inside the neoliberal university.

Thatcher the State School Snatcher (2015)
Digital Artefact

Blogpost for The BERA Blog: Research Matters. https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/thatcher-the-state-school-snatcher

The corporate university: An e-interview with Dave Hill, Alpesh Maisuria, Anthony Nocella, and Michael Parenti (2015)
Journal Article

Since the neo-liberal turn, corporate investment in universities has accelerated as the withdrawal of government funding, among other factors, has further exposed universities to market forces. While this process offers numerous benefits for corporat... Read More about The corporate university: An e-interview with Dave Hill, Alpesh Maisuria, Anthony Nocella, and Michael Parenti.

Neoliberal and neoconservative immiseration capitalism in England: Policies and impacts on society and on education (2015)
Journal Article

In this article we firstly set out the facts about the current stage of capitalism, the Immiseration stage of neoliberal capitalism in England. We note its relationship with conservatism and neo-conservatism. We identify increased societal inequaliti... Read More about Neoliberal and neoconservative immiseration capitalism in England: Policies and impacts on society and on education.

The neo-liberalisation policy agenda and its consequences for education in England: A focus on resistance now and possibilities for the future (2014)
Journal Article

In this article, the author explores the way that neo-liberalism is becoming more entrenched in the fabric of the education system in England. The article begins by setting out a very brief historical trajectory of neo-liberalism to provide a working... Read More about The neo-liberalisation policy agenda and its consequences for education in England: A focus on resistance now and possibilities for the future.