{"id":5148,"date":"2015-07-02T13:31:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T19:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studentstories.soe.umich.edu\/?page_id=5148"},"modified":"2025-09-10T18:50:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T18:50:48","slug":"university-of-london-institute-of-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/past-trips\/current-trip-england\/england-sites\/university-of-london-institute-of-education\/","title":{"rendered":"University of London, Institute of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hasty departure on the morning train from the relaxing simplicity of Cambridge brings us to busy, bustling London where we head directly to the University of London\u2019s Institute of Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/20150713_1704391-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/20150713_1704391-1.jpg\" alt=\"20150713_170439\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At IOE we take up discussions with faculty and graduate students about the challenges of providing equitable higher education access in an increasingly unequal society.&nbsp; Drs. Simon Marginson and Sue Dynarski formally share their thoughts, each followed by panel discussions, with further questions and responses from attendees.&nbsp; Our thanks to host Dr. Gillian Wyness for her hospitality and coordination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/ioe.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/ioe.jpg\" alt=\"ioe\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a full day of conversation and exchanging of ideas, we finally check into the hotel and take a little breather before venturing into the city.&nbsp; Our arrival in London coincides with a city-wide, 24-hour Tube strike (the first in a decade!) which brings subway transit to a complete halt and has a significant impact on surface transportation, be it personal or municipal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/tube-strike.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/tube-strike.jpg\" alt=\"tube-strike\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortunately, our evening plans are not seriously impacted and we take in a concert at St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, after which some of us venture back to the hotel via a series of buses, while others enjoy a walk past Buckingham Palace.&nbsp; We ALL sleep well tonight!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/20150708_212729.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/20150708_212729.jpg\" alt=\"20150708_212729\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hasty departure on the morning train from the relaxing simplicity of Cambridge brings us to busy, bustling London where<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5229,"parent":5091,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-sidebar-right.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5148","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/07\/tube-strike.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7297,"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5148\/revisions\/7297"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/studentstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}