ABSTRACT 'Platform capitalism'and 'surveillance capitalism'describe the new business
model and market form of the web. These forms of digital capitalism have begun to infuse …

This book advances a critical political economy approach to EdTech and analyses the
economic, political and ideological structures and social power relations that shape the …

The Virtual University? brings together some of the best-known writers on contemporary
social change to reflect on the radical transformations going on in higher education …

Universities around the world are increasingly digitalising all of their operations, with the
current COVID-19 pandemic speeding up otherwise steady developments. This article …

Markets do not simply appear as a result of policymaker diktat or policy at. And nor do
markets–once made–exist in a space which sits outside, or beyond, a society and its …

How free-market fundamentalists have shifted the focus of higher education to competition,
metrics, consumer demand, and return on investment, and why we should change this. A …

Two of the most visible and important trends in higher education today are its exploding
costs and the rapid expansion of online learning. Could the growth in online courses slow …

[The article had no abstract; the following text is drawn from the Introduction and
Conclusion.] Higher education has become a terrain for marketization agendas. Since the …

The education sector is fast digitalising all of its operations. A large part is driven by
proprietary digital products and services developed and offered by for-profit companies that …

This paper examines what to some is a well-worked furrow; the processes and outcomes
involved in what is typically referred to as 'marketization'in the higher education sector. We …