Tales from the matrix: student satisfaction as a form of governmentality

Stephen Day; Anne Pirrie

Tales from the matrix: student satisfaction as a form of governmentality

Stephen Day, Anne Pirrie

School of Education and Social Sciences

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The title of this chapter is derived from the sci-fi film The Matrix (1999). The story goes roughly like this. Morpheus and Trinity head up a group of cyber-rebels who have discovered that the world as their fellow mortals know it doesn’t exist. They hire Neo, a young computer nerd who seems to have great potential. So much so that Morpheus and Trinity see him as a potential saviour. They persuade him to lead a rebellion against the powers of oppression, to break out of the prison of humdrum existence. The Matrix is a virtual reality designed to enslave humanity. All it takes to be free of it is to swallow a little red pill. But the red pill doesn’t come with a Patient Information Leaflet. We have attempted to supply one below.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education
Subtitle of host publication	Critical Perspectives on Institutional Research
Editors	Mark Murphy, Ciaran Burke, Cristina Costa, Rille Raaper
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Bloomsbury Academic
Chapter	3
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781350141575, 9781350141568
ISBN (Print)	9781350141551
Publication status	Published - 24 Dec 2020

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Day, S., & Pirrie, A. (2020). Tales from the matrix: student satisfaction as a form of governmentality. In M. Murphy, C. Burke, C. Costa, & R. Raaper (Eds.), Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education: Critical Perspectives on Institutional Research (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Academic. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/social-theory-and-the-politics-of-higher-education-9781350141551/

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Day, S & Pirrie, A 2020, Tales from the matrix: student satisfaction as a form of governmentality. in M Murphy, C Burke, C Costa & R Raaper (eds), Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education: Critical Perspectives on Institutional Research . 1st edn, Bloomsbury Academic, London. <https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/social-theory-and-the-politics-of-higher-education-9781350141551/>

Tales from the matrix: student satisfaction as a form of governmentality. / Day, Stephen; Pirrie, Anne.
Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education: Critical Perspectives on Institutional Research . ed. / Mark Murphy; Ciaran Burke; Cristina Costa; Rille Raaper. 1st. ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

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