Richard Harrison

5 days ago | wonkhe.com | Richard Harrison |David Kernohan |Mark Leach

A decade since his passing, work remains a touchpoint of UK higher education analysis. This reflects the depth and acuity of his analysis, but also his ability as a phrasemaker. One of his phrases that has stood the test of time is the “quality wars” – his label for the convulsions in UK higher education in the 1990s and early 2000s over the assurance of academic quality and standards. Watson coined this phrase in 2006, shortly after the 2001 settlement that brought the quality wars to an end.