What is the Dearing Report 1997?
The 1997 report to make recommendations on how the purposes, shape, structure, size and funding of higher education, including support for students, should develop to meet the needs of the United Kingdom over the next 20 years (Dearing 1997:1). The Committee’s report was published in July 1997.
What did the Dearing Report do?
Most memorably, Dearing established the principle that graduates should contribute to the costs of the education through tuition fees. Not surprisingly, given the wider financial pressures on the sector at the time, the fees recommendation received significant media coverage as a solution.
Who wrote the Dearing Report?
Sir Ronald Dearing
The principal author was Sir Ronald Dearing, the Chancellor of the University of Nottingham. It made 93 recommendations concerning the funding, expansion, and maintenance of academic standards.
Why did the UK government commission the Robbins report?
The Robbins Committee’s report advanced the principle that higher education courses should be available to all those who were qualified and wished to study. It was estimated this would entail the provision of facilities for 390,000 higher education students by 1973/74, a target the Cabinet accepted.
What was the Robbins review about?
The First Lord states to the Board that he proposes to appoint a Committee to review the pattern of full-time higher education in Great Britain and in the light of national needs and resources to advise Her Majesty’s Government on what principles its long-term development should be based.
How do you reference the Robbins report?
References
- ^ Committee on Higher Education (23 September 1963), Higher education: report of the Committee appointed by the Prime Minister under the Chairmanship of Lord Robbins 1961–63, Cmnd. 2154, London: HMSO.
- ^ Anderson, Robert (March 2010). “The ‘Idea of a University’ today”. History & Policy. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
What was the Robbins Report 1963?
The committee met from 1961 to 1963. After the report’s publication, its conclusions were accepted by the government on 24 October 1963. The report recommended immediate expansion of universities, and that all colleges of advanced technology should be given the status of universities.
When was the Dearing Report published?
The Dearing Report (1997) Higher Education in the learning society Main Report London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office 1997 © Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland. [title page] The National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education Main Report [page iii]
What can we learn from the 1997 Dearing Report on Higher Education?
It also suggested, as one of the nine underlying principles on which the Report was based, that learning should be responsive to the needs of employment and should develop those skills which are valued in the world of work. In this sense the 1997 Dearing Report contributed heavily to the debate about the purposes of higher education.
Who prepared the 1997 Dearing Report on Northern Ireland?
1 Report on Northern Ireland(447-460) Index(461-466) The text of the 1997 Dearing Report was prepared by Derek Gillard and uploaded on 3 March 2014. The Dearing Report (1997)