Dr James Brackley
Discretionary Award 2024-27
Extramural and Internal Research Support in UK HEIs
This project aims to assess the evolving educational and scholarly environment in the UK university sector.
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University Finances Are in a Perilous State
Explores the causes of the fiscal crisis currently gripping the higher education sector in the UK.
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Why It’s Time to End the Marketisation of UK Higher Education
The marketisation of universities in the UK has failed to meet its aims of improving the quality of education while reducing prices. James Brackley examines how the focus on metrics, profits and audits has worsened conditions for academics, university staff and students.
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Letting Universities Fail Won’t Solve the Higher Education Funding Crisis
The latest Education Committee report underlines the dire financial realities that UK universities are navigating. While the report proposes solutions, it fails to address a fundamental driver of the current crisis - the marketisation of higher education. James Brackley and David Yates explain further in their contribution to the Dispatches series.
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Biography
James Brackley is a Lecturer in Accounting, specialising in Financial Reporting, Audit and Public Sector Accounting reform. James’ PhD was on the financing of Public Health activities in Local Authorities. He is an ICAEW Chartered Accountant, qualifying in the Public Sector practice of PwC, and Senior Fellow of the HEA. His current research interests cover theorisations of how things are made valuable in public life via accounting and accountability relationships across a range of empirical settings. These include the accounting industry, audit regulation, local government and higher education.
Biographical details correct as of 16.09.26