Where
Paragon HouseUniversity of West London
Boston Manor Road
Brentford TW8 9GA
United Kingdom
Driving Directions
Public Lecture- Higher education and economic inequality - victim or villain?
Professor Brown will examine the relationship between economic inequality and higher education, where he will ask what role higher education plays in continued economic inequality. His lecture will outline ways in which the higher education sector can contribute to the reduction of the economic imbalance in the UK.
Roger Brown is Emeritus Professor at Liverpool Hope University and a Visiting Professor at UWL, where he has also been a Governor since 2009. He was previously Vice-Chancellor of Southampton Solent University, Chief Executive of the Higher Education Quality Council, Chief Executive of the Committee of Directors of Polytechnics and Secretary of the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council. He has written a range of books on the Higher Education sector, his most recent being ‘Everything for Sale? The Marketisation of UK Higher Education 1980-2012’ (with Helen Carasso), which was published in 2013.
Roger Brown is Emeritus Professor at Liverpool Hope University and a Visiting Professor at UWL, where he has also been a Governor since 2009. He was previously Vice-Chancellor of Southampton Solent University, Chief Executive of the Higher Education Quality Council, Chief Executive of the Committee of Directors of Polytechnics and Secretary of the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council. He has written a range of books on the Higher Education sector, his most recent being ‘Everything for Sale? The Marketisation of UK Higher Education 1980-2012’ (with Helen Carasso), which was published in 2013.