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Salter, Brian; Filippakou, Ourania; Tapper, Ted – London Review of Education, 2016
Since 1997 there have been two concerted attempts to expand the number of medical school students in England: by increasing the size of existing medical schools, and by creating new medical schools. These initiatives have been a direct result of government policy, although policy implementation was delegated to the state apparatus. They also led…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Schools, Medical Education, Medical Students
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Filippakou, Ourania; Tapper, Ted – London Review of Education, 2016
Through an analysis of the foundation of the so-called "new universities" in the UK, this article offers an interpretation of the change process in higher education. The argument is that although change is driven by economic and social forces, it is the political interpretation of these forces that steers the change process…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Educational Change