Wendy Carlin took part in BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking debate on “Britain’s Economy”, chaired by Anne McElvoy. Alongside her: Will Hutton, political economist and author; Luke Johnson, an entrepreneur; and Richard Davies, The Economist‘s economics editor. If you can use the BBC iPlayer, you can listen to the 45-minute conversation here. If you prefer, you can download the podcast.
Discussion of how far curriculum reform should go: whether traditional textbooks overemphasise theory: “By contrast, the new material challenges students to consider real-world topics from the outset.”
In an article (“Universities to revamp economics courses”) describing our ebook, the Financial Times reported that “Universities across four continents are rolling out a revamped economics curriculum”. Among other subjects, the article covered the potential impact of our material on teaching methods.
Wendy Carlin, our project director, visited the BBC for two interviews in response to the Post-Crash Economics Society at the University of Manchester, whose interesting blog sets out their arguments against the current syllabus, and explains the changes they would like to see. Wendy debated with Professor Abhinay Muthoo, Head of Economics at the University of Warwick. The interview takes place near the end, at around 2:48:20.
The Economist writes about the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and students’ dissatisfaction with the teaching of economics. A new group of teachers is now listening – CORE, led by Wendy Carlin, is designing a new university-level curriculum which “will change things in a number of ways”. The full article is also available as a PDF copy.
