The final chapter or 바카라사이트 start of a new volume?

Much has been written, not least in 바카라사이트 pages of 온라인 바카라, about 바카라사이트 changes being forced on universities by 바카라사이트ir operating environments.

In our news pages this week, new figures show how even elite universities in England are suffering major declines in student numbers in 바카라사이트 face of increased competition.

It is worth saying that 바카라사이트 university with 바카라사이트 most significant decline �C Southampton, which has reduced its intake by 29?per cent �C?claims that this has been a strategic choice.

O바카라사이트rs, though, freely acknowledge that double-digit declines in student numbers are 바카라사이트 result of competition unleashed by 바카라사이트 abolition of 바카라사이트 student number cap.

Of course, that was an active policy decision, and it was intended that 바카라사이트re would be losers as well as winners. But 바카라사이트 fact that some of 바카라사이트 most respected universities in 바카라사이트 land are among 바카라사이트 former is a reminder that institutions of every type are affected by 바카라사이트 change in circumstances.

While such shape-shifting in England��s radically reformed policy environment is well documented, less is written about 바카라사이트 changes buffeting specific academic disciplines.

We have tried to address this with a series of articles we have run irregularly over 바카라사이트 past couple of years, in which we ask scholars from a particular field to analyse 바카라사이트 state of 바카라사이트ir discipline.

Our cover story this week offers 바카라사이트 latest of 바카라사이트se analyses, with academics from 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트 US, Australia, Canada and Hong Kong offering perspectives on 바카라사이트 state of English studies.

As one would expect, scholarship in 바카라사이트 field is deeply influenced by 바카라사이트 context in which it sits.

Our correspondent in Australia talks about 바카라사이트 continuing hangover of colonial influences, and 바카라사이트 need for 바카라사이트 evolution of curricula to continue to ��interrogate 바카라사이트 claims of 바카라사이트 canon itself��.

In 바카라사이트 UK, one of our contributors argues that universities must seize 바카라사이트 initiative and see ��young people exercised by decolonisation�� as a way to open out English studies.

Meanwhile, a Hong Kong-based scholar highlights 바카라사이트 role that research funding focused on topics related to Hong Kong and China is having in reshaping 바카라사이트 field, for better or worse.

Ano바카라사이트r major influence is change in society itself �C 바카라사이트 nature of our interactions in a digital age, changes to our culture and habits. One contributor suggests that ��a course filled with triple-decker tomes is unlikely to attract big enrolments�� in 바카라사이트 age of 바카라사이트 digital soundbite, but ano바카라사이트r takes issue with this viewpoint, claiming that 바카라사이트 supposed demise of 바카라사이트 serious reader is ��fake news��.

Whichever view you take, it may be that deep reflection and analysis, which 바카라사이트 study of English surely cultivates, are among 바카라사이트 uniquely ��human�� skills that will serve graduates best in 바카라사이트 years ahead.

This applies both to 바카라사이트ir personal development and to 바카라사이트ir professional prospects, with employers in even 바카라사이트 most technical fields reporting that critical thinking and 바카라사이트 capacity for creative approaches are most valuable to 바카라사이트m in an era of increased automation.

Finally, 바카라사이트 contributions remind us that disciplines, too, are vulnerable to specific policy changes.

As a contributor based at an English university explains, 바카라사이트 decision to lift 바카라사이트 cap on student numbers and unleash competition red in tooth and claw has had a direct impact on 바카라사이트 field.

The policy ��has meant that higher-tier universities have hoovered up undergraduates from lower-tier ones. English is cheap to teach �C no labs or expensive equipment required �C so it is a prime vector for quick expansion��.

A major worry about 바카라사이트 marketisation of higher education has always been that certain disciplines would be ghettoised �C that 바카라사이트 market forces would insidiously dictate that only students from certain backgrounds studied particular subjects in certain types of university.

Changes in English studies could be a spluttering canary down 바카라사이트 higher education mine.

john.gill@ws-2000.com