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Global higher education - Homophobia and football

Laurie Taylor looks at new research examining homophobia and football and discusses the ever expanding world of global higher education.

Laurie Taylor examines some new research about homophobia and football and talks to Professor Ellis Cashmore from Staffordshire University about how fans, players and management respond to the issue. They're joined by writer and broadcaster David Goldblatt who has a strong interest in sport.

Laurie also discusses the growth of global higher education and talks to Ben Wildavsky whose new book charts the development of academic migration across the world- looking at the cross border movement of students, academics, faculties and the development of new universities in places like China, Asia and The Middle East.

Producer Chris Wilson.

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30 minutes

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  • Wed 20 Oct 2010 16:00
  • Mon 25 Oct 2010 00:15

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