Dublin: Dysfunctional city, divided knowledges James Wickham Symposium on learning cities Dortmund 1 April 2004.

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Dublin: Dysfunctional city, divided knowledges James Wickham Symposium on learning cities Dortmund 1 April 2004

Outline l Education and the Celtic Tiger l A powerless city l Divided city, divided knowledge l Paradoxes

The tiger: Irish and EU unemployment Ireland EU

Causes of the Celtic Tiger l Boston or Berlin? »US high tech investment »EU transfers l Other issues »financial stabilisation »demography »social partnership »and education….

‘The best education system in Europe’ l High third level participation l ‘Useful’ third level education l Competitive entry (not Italy,France…) l Limited research and/or postgraduate l No Life Long Learning l High functional illiteracy l Not like Finland…

Dublin: powerless city l History (1): Not trusting the natives l History (2): Post-colonial corruption l Governance structure: »Four local authorities for city area »No regional government l An example: transport

Knowing nothing about knowing l Third level: »Two ‘international’ universities »two city universities »other third level colleges l Local education as administration l No educational policy l Dublin Learning Initiative »first all sector educational grouping »founded two years ago

Divided knowledges l Elite access to higher education l Spatial segregation l High failure rates

Conclusions: Paradoxes l Economic growth does not depend on extensive knowledge l Local based initiatives do exist