Equality of Opportunity in Higher Education

Workshop: Equality of Opportunity in Higher Education

When: 25th-26th April 2014

Where: Glasgow University, Department of Philosophy

There has recently been lively political discussion about the value of equal
opportunity in higher education, especially concerning Scotland’s rejection
of tuition fees as a model for funding universities, but also including
questions about differences in access to elite higher education for students
from different social and economic backgrounds. This workshop will bring
together academics from several disciplines to examine competing ideals of
equality of opportunity in higher education, assess how far our current
system realizes those ideals, and consider policy proposals for how the
current system might be improve.
This is the first of a three workshop series on Responsibility and the
Welfare State, supported by the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

List of Speakers:
Prof. David Bell (Stirling, Economics)
Dr. Vikki Boliver (Durham, Sociology)
Dr. Tim Fowler (Bristol, Political Philosophy)
Prof. Cristina Iannelli (Edinburgh, Education)
Prof. Sheila Riddell (Edinburgh, Education)
Dr. Benjamin Sachs (St Andrews, Political Philosophy)

There is no registration fee, but the number of participants is limited. If
you want to participate in the workshop, please register by writing an
e-mail to:
[email protected]