De blinde vlek van het neoliberale onderwijsbeleid
Onderwijs wordt steeds meer een richtingenstrijd. Met in het ene kamp bestuurskundigen en neoliberale economen en in het andere kamp…
Dysfunctional PhDs in a dysfunctional university
If one’s experience as a PhD student is dominated by hierarchy, perhaps that also says something about the changes occurring…
Academic assessment gone mad
Has accountability to stakeholders got out of hand? Steven Ward imagines an Orwellian world of over-assessment by Steven Ward (professor…
2.Dh5: Beweging zonder (voor)geschiedenis?
Het eerste weekend van februari vindt in Den Haag de 9e editie van het 2.Dh5-festival plaats. Het festival is een…
What’s At Stake In Privatizing Education
What Is At Stake? Nothing short of genuine education itself is at stake. What particularly vitiates the learning process is…
Matt Damon’s New Years Resolution: less civil obedience, more disobedience
In 2012, Matt Damon helped pay tribute to the late historian and author Howard Zinn. This rendition of a speech…
De oorlog tegen Rishi: waarom die doorgaat na zijn dood
Abulkasim Al-Jaberi en Bryan van Hulst over de straffeloosheid van de politie in Nederland Via Joop.nl Op 24 november vorig…
Everyday communism and the “spirit of Christmas”
In these times of crisis, it is crucial to remember that the seeds of a better society already lie embedded…
Uncivilizing the PhD: for a politics of doctoral experience
The road to a PhD is a common source of frustration. It is time to acknowledge and contest this experience…
Paul Mattick Jr.: The Permanent Crisis
Video of the best session of the Global Uprisings conference in Amsterdam two weeks ago. In this closing plenary, Paul…