UK universities have been under continuous but gradual pressure from government policy to re-adapt to a new pedagogic structure. While the most egregious effects have been felt more recently, the shift roughly began with the introduction of selective research funding in 1986, polytechnic institutions becoming universities in 1992, and the introduction of variable fees in 2003, which has snowballed since. Alongside a mix of new regulations and relaxations, the field of higher education has become marketised, which has unsurprisingly turned out to not be a good thing!
Post 2008 financial crisis, the HEI sector has started to perform some of…
slides from a talk we did to some unfortunate art students about how not to be a total shitheel in the art world. from a pre-coronavirus time, but maybe still relevant to every schmuck trying to use social media self-promotion again while everyone is online and self-isolating because its a fuckin pandemic.
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lowering the standards of art on the internet
