The University of Greenwich "has completely reformed its economics curricula."
On 30 May, the University of Greenwich was positively mentioned on BBC Radio 4's show 'Thinking Allowed' as it has reformed courses in the Department of International Business & Economics, a result of listening to student demand.
When asked what is happening in universities at the moment, regarding how economics is taught, Maeve Cohen (Director of charity called 'Rethinking Economics') said the University of Greenwich "has completely reformed its economics curricula."
Prof. Ozlem Onaran, who teaches labour economics at the undergraduate and macroeconomics at the post-graduate programmes, says "we equip our students with a deep understanding of contesting economic theories and alternative methodological tools to test the relevance of these theories in the context of the most burning real world economic problems of our time such as inequalities in income and gender or unemployment or financial instability."
The discussion was about the current shift in thinking towards economics and how it is taught in business schools. According to Maeve, for some time, only mainstream economics has been taught in universities. So, when the 2008 financial crash took place, few people understood how and why it happened as it was not discussed in university degrees. This led Maeve to encourage universities to teach students different types of economics such as Feminist Economics, rather than just mainstream economics. She believes there are so many other economic theories that need to be taught so students have a more well-rounded view of the economy.
Listen to the full discussion hosted by Sociologist and Radio Presenter Laurie Taylor on BBC Radio 4.
