I. The 1970s -- Uncertainty, economy and improvisation -- Academics: achievement and self-doubt -- Academics: consultation and conditions -- Students: life and opinions -- Students: campaigns and causes -- II. The 1980s -- New direction -- Contraction, 1981-84 -- Enterprise and economy -- Students' Union and the politicians -- Efficiency and academic freedom -- Research and rationalisation -- Student culture in the 1980s -- Epilogue -- Sources and bibliography -- People interviewed -- Statistical appendix / Michele Abendstern and Steve Chick) -- Index.
Summary
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.
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