Talk by Benjamin Hennig, held March, 6th 2018 at the Lunchtime Talk Series of the Global Young Academy in collaboration with Leopoldina Akademie der Wissenschaften / Academy of Sciences in Halle (Saale), Germany

1. Ungleichheiten
in der Hochschulbildung
(Inequalities in Higher Education)
Benjamin Hennig
Associate Professor In Geography, University of Iceland
& Honorary Research Associate, University of Oxford
benjamin.hennig@ouce.ox.ac.uk
www.viewsoftheworld.net
@geoviews
Halle / Germany, 6.03.2018

2. My academic journey
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Benjamin Hennig
ben@hi.is | www.viewsoftheworld.net
University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

3. Higher Education: United in Diversity?
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Benjamin Hennig
ben@hi.is | www.viewsoftheworld.net
University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

4. University graduates
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University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences Slide 4

5. Changes
Benjamin Hennig
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University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences Slide 5

6. Students
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Benjamin Hennig
ben@hi.is | www.viewsoftheworld.net
University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

7. Dynamics
Benjamin Hennig
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University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences Slide 7

8. Benjamin Hennig
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University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Dynamics
Slide 8

9. England vs ”Germany”
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Benjamin Hennig
ben@hi.is | www.viewsoftheworld.net
University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Dorling, D. and Hennig, B. D. (2010). Angles, Saxons, Inequality, and Educational Mobility in England and Germany. Social Europe Journal.

10. Universities in the UK
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Benjamin Hennig
ben@hi.is | www.viewsoftheworld.net
University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

11. University funding in England
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Benjamin Hennig
ben@hi.is | www.viewsoftheworld.net
University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

12. England - Germany
Benjamin Hennig
ben@hi.is | www.viewsoftheworld.net
University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences Slide 12

13. Higher education: A marketplace?
Benjamin Hennig
ben@hi.is | www.viewsoftheworld.net
University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences Slide 13
“Education in Germany is often seen
as a public good, something that
benefits society as a whole, rather than
a product that can be sold to enhance
an individual’s career prospects.”
Graphic: Times Higher Education

14. The Achievement of Excellence?
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Benjamin Hennig
ben@hi.is | www.viewsoftheworld.net
University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

15. THE
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Benjamin Hennig
ben@hi.is | www.viewsoftheworld.net
University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

16. Playing the global game of higher education
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Benjamin Hennig
ben@hi.is | www.viewsoftheworld.net
University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Map: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exzellenzinitiative

17. The world is no island
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Benjamin Hennig
ben@hi.is | www.viewsoftheworld.net
University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

18. Unequal worlds
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Benjamin Hennig
ben@hi.is | www.viewsoftheworld.net
University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

19. Slide 19
Neoliberalism and Higher Education
Short-term transactions-for-profit replace long-term planning designed to
produce a more just and equitable society. Everyone is always running
around doing and acquiring things, but the things done and acquired
provide only momentary and empty pleasures (shopping, trophy houses,
designer clothing and jewellery), which in the end amount to nothing.
Neoliberalism, David Harvey explains, delivers a “world of pseudo-
satisfactions that is superficially exciting but hollow at its core.”
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/neoliberalism-and-higher-education/
Benjamin Hennig
ben@hi.is | www.viewsoftheworld.net
University of Iceland
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences