Author Archives: Tim Unwin

Open planning meeting for the OER University

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Tim Unwin

An exciting new initiative was launched on 23rd February when the OER Foundation hosted a strategic international planning meeting for the OER for assessment and credit for students project at Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin, New Zealand. Full details of the … Continue reading →

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Towards a free university

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Tim Unwin

I have generally been highly critical of plans by successive UK governments to commodify higher education and create a free market in university degrees that will require students to pay fees of well over £6000 for their degrees.  The review … Continue reading →

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