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It explains why the House of Lords was, rightly, so worried about the legislation which established the Office for Students. It explains why an undiscriminating assault on autonomy threatens the quality of our universities, and the education of our citizens. And it also provides an accessible and convincing account of just how regulation goes wrong: something which, in our ever more regulated society, we need to address with urgency. I recommend it not just to the higher education sector, but to anyone concerned with the functioning and malfunctioning of our state.  \nBARONESS WOLF  \nSir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management, King’s College, London  \nThis important analysis shows how the autonomy of universities is now under real threat from intensifying regulation going way beyond what Parliament intended. If this carries on then one of the great historic strengths of our higher education system will be lost.  \nLORD WILLETTS  \nMinister for Universities and Science, 2010–2014  \nJames Tooley’s brilliant and disturbing analysis of how the university regulator is undermining the academic autonomy on which the preeminence of Britain’s universities is based should be required reading for anyone connected with academe – from Vice-Chancellors to the parliamentarians who unleashed this bureaucratic leviathan.  \nLORD LILLEY  \nSecretary of State for Social Security, 1992–1997  \nProfessor Tooley brings a lifetime of educational entrepreneurialism to tertiary education. But this insightful book is a cry of pain. What were once world-leading institutions are being strangled by a combination of trying to educate far more young people than they are equipped to manage and overweening, leaden-footed regulation. At a time when Britain should be in poll position to lead in harnessing the blizzard of technical progress across so many fields we risk sliding into irrelevance. This book should be read by the regulators doing the damage and putative politicians who care about how we educate and upskill the next generation of young people.  \nLORD AGNEW  \nMinister of State for Efficiency and Transformation, 2020–2022  \nThis important and well-written book combines a meticulous approach to evidence with a persuasive argument. The strength of the UK university sector has always rested upon the autonomy of its institutions but that autonomy has often been under attack. Defending it is a challenge James Tooley takes on with his customary humour and élan.  \nNICK HILLMAN  \nDirector, Higher Education Policy Institute  \nWonderfully erudite, and jolly cogent (although having been on the OfS Board I can’t agree with all of it!) .  \nDAVID PALFREYMAN  \nDirector, Oxford Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies  \nProfessor Tooley has produced a seminal work on the activity and impact of the Office for Students (OfS) . As a Barrister and former board member of the OfS, I truly admire the brilliant legal analysis that Professor Tooley applies. Parliament clearly intended OfS to respect the institutional autonomy of English Higher Education but step by step Professor Tooleyuncovers how increasingly that autonomy is being lost to the latest Government agenda of the day. This is a must-read essay for those interested in the battle for the heart and soul of English Higher Education.  \nCARL LYGO  \nVice-Chancellor, Arden University  \nCry Freedom The Regulatory Assault on Institutional Autonomy in England’s Universities  \nJames Tooley  \nwith John Drew  \nUNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM PRESS,  \nAN IMPRINT OF LEGEND TIMES GROUP LTD  \n51 Gower Street  \nLondon WC1E 6HJ United Kingdom  \n[www.unibuckinghampress.com](www.unibuckinghampress.com)  \nFirst published by University of Buckingham Press in 2024 © James Tooley, 2024  \nThe right of the author to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Desig","cbCaijc12pWHCTLv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijc12pWHCTLv","pdf",1909902,94,"English","# Contents\n## A Conundrum of Institutional Autonomy in Parliament\n## Recommendations\n## Acknowledgements\n## Cry Freedom\n## Chapter 1: Introduction and a Conundrum\n## An Independent University","[{\"question\":\"What central threat does the book identify regarding England’s universities?\",\"answer\":\"It identifies intensifying regulatory actions as a real threat to universities’ institutional autonomy and academic freedom.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the book argue the Office for Students undermines autonomy?\",\"answer\":\"It contends that regulation increasingly moves beyond what Parliament intended, gradually stripping away institutional independence.\"},{\"question\":\"Who is the book aimed at, and why?\",\"answer\":\"It is presented as essential reading for those connected with higher education and the state, including university leaders, regulators, and policymakers concerned with how regulation affects education quality.\"}]","Cry Freedom - The Regulatory Assault on Institutional Autonomy in England’s Universities | PDF",237]