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Flow of Ideas: events - Business Takeover of Schools |
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| The Business Takeover of Schools: Exploring Explanations by Glenn Rikowski ESRC Seminar, Private Sector Participation in Public Sector Education, Convened by Professor Stephen Ball, The Clarke Hall, Institute of Education, University of London, 14th May 2004 The Business Takeover of Schools: Exploring Explanations (Abstract) by Glenn Rikowksi Programme for Seminar Series: Private Sector Participation in Public Sector Education The Woodhead Federation? The Business Takeover of Schools in England by Glenn Rikowski Guest Lecture in Sociology of Education, The Gillian Rose Room, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, 9th May 2002 The Woodhead Federation? The Business Takeover of Schools in England by Glenn Rikowski Presentation given at the ATTAC London Meeting, London School of Economics, 13th May 2002 A World to Win Education Group Launch Glenn Rikowski talking about his analysis of the Education White Paper, 2005 Talk entitled Profits in Chains? The Capitalisation of Schools in England and the White Paper Held on Saturday 18 February at the Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way All welcome A World To Win Education Group notes that: "The opposition within New Labour to Blair’s education proposals together with Conservative support indicates the extent to which schools are to be opened up to business interests. The corporations' push to open education as a supply of new markets and new sources of profit is sharpening the political crisis. This gives an added urgency to the launch of A World to Win’s Education Group." A World To Win Education Group is delighted that Glenn Rikowski will give an introductory talk A World To Win Education Group notes the fact that Glenn’s analysis of the Government’s White Paper has been attracting attention from many quarters. The talk was followed by an open discussion and campaign proposals for the future of education. The World To Win Education Group asked attendees to look at the following paper before the meeting: Marx and the Education of the Future by Glenn Rikowski, Policy Futures in Education, Vol.2 Nos. 3 & 4, pp.565-577 (2004). Marx and the Education of the Future A World to Win Glenn Rikowski gave a talk entitled Night Thoughts on the White Paper at Discourse, Power and Resistance in Education Conference 5: Research as a Subversive Activity on 21st April 2006. Held at Manchester Metropolitan University Discourse, Power and Resistance in Education Conference 2006 Glenn Rikowski and Ruth Rikowski conducted a dialogue on The Business Takeover of Schools and Libraries at Discourse, Power and Resistance in Education Conference 5: Research as a Subversive Activity on 21st April 2006. Held at Manchester Metropolitan University Discourse, Power and Resistance in Education Conference 2006 Glenn Rikowski spoke at the Green Party Autumn Conference at the Hove Centre, Hove Town Hall, Brighton, 21st-24th September 2006 Thursday, 21st September: 1700 - 17.50 - PANEL - The Education Bill and the Future of Education with Dr Glenn Rikowski, Senior Education Lecturer and author of 'The Volumizer' and Sheila Dainton, Human Scale Education 1800 - 1850 - Glenn Rikowski talking about The Business Takeover of Schools Green Party Conference, 2006 As it says on the Green Party website: "The conference itself will be focusing on: Social Enterprise, to coincide with the completion of a local report produced by Brighton Green Party; Education - conference will act as a space to consult within the party as well as with a wide variety of education stakeholders, in preparation for revision of our policy at spring conference 2007 in Swansea." Draft Timetable for Green Party Autumn Conference The Guardian Comment on Education theme at the Green Party Conference, 2006 Capitalisation by Stealth: The Business Takeover of Schools in EnglandDr. Glenn Rikowski Senior Lecturer in Education Studies, School of Education, University of Northampton, UK A LUNCHTIME SEMINAR Organised by CREATE (Communities, Resistance, Activity, Traditions and Equality) University of East London March 14th 2007 Stratford Campus (University House) 1.00pm, Room RBG 17 Summary The ‘capitalisation’ of state schools, first of all refers to the processes involved in transforming state revenue into profit through running, managing, building and maintaining (e.g. PFI) or sponsoring schools still in the public sector. This simultaneously involves the capacity for first creating, and then the progressive generation of, value and surplus-value. A portion of this surplus-value may take the profit form, if run by for-profit outfits. Alternatively, if the school(s) concerned were to be run by not-for-profit organisations, then any surplus will be ploughed back into their operations. The end point of these various paths might be full, direct privatisation, where state schools are sold off to companies for profit-making, or they come to function as schools currently known as ‘private’ or ‘independent’ schools (where for-profit operators such as Cognita and GEMS are at the terminus). In his presentation, Glenn Rikowski analyses these trends in relation to the business takeover of schools in England since 1997. His thinking on these issues is informed by the writings of Karl Marx and his own development of Marxist educational theory over the last 25 years. Rikowski argues that during 1998-2002 there was the possibility of a ‘Big Bang’ occurring: i.e. New Labour letting companies run many schools and LEAs on contracts on a for-profit basis. However, the ‘Big Bang did not occur (for various reasons explored by Rikowski). What we have now is ‘capitalisation by stealth’ in the schools system in England: the drip, drip capitalisation of schools encouraged by the cautious yet manipulative schools policy of New Labour. All Welcome Follow the link below for directions to University House – the School of Education is shown on the map: http://www.uel.ac.uk/images/maps/stratford1.html Some Papers & Blogs Relevant to this Seminar – by Glenn Rikowski Rikowski, G. (2000) That Other Great Class of Commodities: Repositioning Marxist Educational Theory, BERA Conference Paper, Cardiff University, 7-10 September. Available from Education-line: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/00001624.htm Rikowski, G. (2001) Six Points on Education for Human Capital, Employers' Needs and Business in New Labour's Green Paper, a paper prepared for an Open Meeting on 'Promoting Comprehensive Education in the 21st Century', Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, London, 24th March. At Education-line: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/00001708.htm Rikowski, G. (2004) Marx and the Education of the Future, Policy Futures in Education, Vol.2 Nos. 3 & 4, pp.565-577: http://www.wwwords.co.uk/pdf/viewpdf.asp?j=pfie&vol=2&issue=3&year=2004&article=10_Rikowski_PFEO_2_3-4_web&id=195.93.21.71 Rikowski, G. (2005a) Distillation: Education in Karl Marx's Social Universe, Lunchtime Seminar, School of Education, University of East London, Barking Campus, 14th February: http://www.flowideas.co.uk/?page=articles&sub=Distillation Rikowski, G. (2005b) Federation Starships? The Evolution of Federations of Schools in England, a paper presented at the Education Studies / Education Policy Research Seminar, School of Education, University College Northampton, 24th February, at The Flow of Ideas web site: http://www.flowideas.co.uk/?page=articles&sub=The%20Evolution%20of%20Federations%20of%20Schools Rikowski, G. (2005c) The Education White Paper and the Marketisation and Capitalisation of the Schools System in England (Part One), posted to the Volumizer, 24th October: http://journals.aol.co.uk/rikowskigr/Volumizer/entries/2005/10/23/the-education-white-paper--the-marketisation--capitalisation-of-the-schools-system-in-engl/571 Rikowski, G. (2005d) The Education White Paper and the Marketisation and Capitalisation of the Schools System in England (Part Two), posted to the Volumizer, 24th October: http://journals.aol.co.uk/rikowskigr/Volumizer/entries/2005/10/23/the-education-white-paper-and-the-marketisation--capitalisation-of-the-schools-system-in-englan/572 Rikowski, G. (2006) On the Capitalisation of Schools in England, a paper prepared for The Flow of Ideas, 1st November: http://www.flowideas.co.uk/?page=articles&sub=On%20the%20Capitalisation%20of%20Schools%20in%20England Next Page - Print Friendly - Print Friendly with links |
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