The Secret Professor: The explosive, no-holds-barred account of what really goes on within higher education

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Hilarious and horrifying, The Secret Professor exposes the broken institutions failing our young people, and what we need to do to fix them. Perfect for readers of The Secret Barrister and This Is Going to Hurt. Depressed tutors and disillusioned students. Cheating parents and greedy vice chancellors. Culture wars and faculty misconduct. Welcome to the shadowy, decaying world of academia. Welcome to the world of The Secret Professor. ------------------------- The Secret Professor has spent decades climbing the greasy pole of academia, delivering underfunded courses to increasingly disengaged lecture theatres, sitting on rudderless committees, counselling broken colleagues and frustrated parents, and guiding promising young students through the turmoil of a university education. From outdated courses and campus politics to what tuition fees are really spent on. From culture wars and dangerous liaisons to writing papers no one reads and turning ill-equipped lecturers into therapists and sexual health advisors. In this searing expose, The Secret Professor lifts the lid on higher education and shows us what really happens on campus. Unflinching and very funny, this first-hand account provides an insider's view of how the founding principles of academia are in decline and why we should all consider what this means for the students of today, tomorrow and the world they will shape.

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The Secret Professor is a full-time, tenured professor who has taught at seven universities, both in the UK and internationally.