Co-operatives and Universities have a great deal in common: each integrates freedoms with economic health and social purpose; each has a tendency towards robust debate and internal self-criticism; and each tends towards institutional stability needed to plan and survive long-term.
A new report looking at the barriers to and enablers for the establishment of a co-operative University in England is now available.
The Co-operative University 
[…] has kindly reviewed my report on establishing a Co-operative University in England over at his excellent […]
[…] education. Undertaking such a mapping exercise is one of the recommendations (13.1) of my report on co-operative higher education. I will keep this post updated with the details of all and any such organisations I find. A […]
[…] Woodin kindly invited me to speak to my report Realising the Cooperative University at the Institute of Education, which I did last night, following the eminent Stephen Yeo and the […]
[…] Woodin kindly invited me to speak to my report Realising the Cooperative University at the Institute of Education, which I did last night, following the eminent Stephen Yeo and the […]
[…] Woodin kindly invited me to speak to my report Realising the Cooperative University at the Institute of Education, which I did last night, following the eminent Stephen Yeo and the […]
[…] I presented at the IoE on my report into ‘Realising the Co-operative University’ I covered the necessary and sufficient definition of the conditions needed to create a formally […]
[…] Cook, D. (2013). Realising the Cooperative University (Consultancy report). The Co-operative College & The Institute of Education, University of London. Retrieved from https://coopuni.wordpress.com/2013/12/09/creating-a-co-operative-university-in-england/ […]
[…] the conversion of existing institutions, which I identified as the most probable route in my Consultancy report for the Cooperative College. But that was before the cooperative possibilities raised by the Higher […]
[…] years ago I wrote a report for the Cooperative College looking at the barriers and enablers to the establishment of a […]