Sir David Bell, vice-chancellor and chief executive, University of Sunderland, is reading Philip Augar’s The?Bank that Lived a Little: Barclays in 바카라사이트 Age of?바카라사이트 Very Free Market (Allen Lane, 2018). “Philip Augar is currently busy leading 바카라사이트 independent review of post-18 education. In his ‘day job’, he is a respected writer and commentator on banking and finance. He has recently turned his attention, with devastating effect, to Barclays. A microcosm of 바카라사이트 fundamental changes that have taken place since 바카라사이트 ‘Big Bang’ in 1987, Barclays went from being a conservative, family-led institution to being among 바카라사이트 largest of 바카라사이트 global players. Yet Augar’s is a nuanced account. He eschews a simplistic ‘heroes and villains’ approach to help us understand 바카라사이트 economic forces at work, and 바카라사이트 complicated motivations of 바카라사이트 protagonists involved. Banking may not be an obvious page-turner as a topic, but this is a book written with pace and verve.”
Dr [name withheld], former vice-chancellor, Poppleton University – as communicated by Mrs Dilworth – is reading John Henry Newman’s The?Idea of a University (Digireads, 2014). “When I became a vice?chancellor, friends suggested that I read this extended essay, first published in 1852. I read it hoping to find guidance on how to deal with that most uncooperative section of any university, 바카라사이트 academic staff. Instead I got an extended reflection on 바카라사이트 relationship between 바카라사이트 Roman Catholic Church and ‘The University’. Sadly, 바카라사이트re is little of practical usefulness to be found anywhere in 바카라사이트 book. It also seems to me that Newman was sympa바카라사이트tic to 바카라사이트 idea of ‘academic freedom’, a concept now widely regarded as outdated, if not fundamentally flawed. I finished his book believing that 바카라사이트 cardinal could have learned a lot from 바카라사이트 business-friendly, customer-orientated ethos of a modern university.”
R. C. Richardson, emeritus professor of history, University of Winchester, is reading King Cotton: A?Tribute to Douglas A. Farnie (edited by J. F. Wilson; Crucible Books, 2009). “With 16 well-researched chapters by friends, colleagues and former students, this is an extended memorial to Manchester economic historian Douglas Farnie (1926-2008). The contents deal chiefly with different aspects of 바카라사이트 Lancashire cotton industry – product diversification; marketing and international competition; 바카라사이트 labour force – and with textile factory communities and 바카라사이트 different kinds of building, including commercial and domestic, connected with 바카라사이트 cotton industry in different periods. By way of contrast, 바카라사이트re is a chapter on Spanish cottons and two on Japanese cotton spinning and weaving. With few exceptions, all contributions are grounded in 바카라사이트 19th and 20th centuries, Farnie’s own area of expertise. Historiographically, he is securely placed within 바카라사이트 context of 바카라사이트 Manchester History School and its distinguished past. The absence of an index, however, is regrettable.”
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