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The '''Robbins Report''' was commissioned by the [[British government]] in the 1960s to look into the future of [[higher education]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. The Committee on Higher Education was chaired by [[Lionel Robbins|Lord Robbins]] from 1961 to 1964. After its publication, its conclusions were accepted by the government on [[October 24]], [[1963]]. |
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The '''Robbins Report''' (the report of the Committee on Higher Education, chaired by [[Lionel Robbins]]) was commissioned by the [[British government]] and published in 1963.<ref>{{Citation|last=Committee on Higher Education|title=Higher education: report of the Committee appointed by the Prime Minister under the Chairmanship of Lord Robbins 1961–63|date=23 September 1963|place=London|publisher=HMSO|series=Cmnd. 2154}}</ref> The committee met from 1961 to 1963. After the report's publication, its conclusions were accepted by the government on 24 October 1963. |
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The report recommended immediate expansion of universities, and that all |
The report recommended immediate expansion of universities, and that all [[college of advanced technology (United Kingdom)|colleges of advanced technology]] should be given the status of universities. Consequently, the number of full-time university students was to rise from 197,000 in the 1967–68 [[Academic term#Academic year|academic year]] to 217,000 in the academic year of 1973–74 with "further big expansion" thereafter. |
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The report also concluded that university places "should be available to all who were qualified for them by ability and attainment" (the so-called '''Robbins principle''') and that such institutions should have four main "objectives essential to any properly balanced system: instruction in skills; the promotion of the general powers of the mind so as to produce not mere specialists but rather cultivated men and women; to maintain research in balance with teaching, since teaching should not be separated from the advancement of learning and the search for truth; and to transmit a common culture and common standards of citizenship."<ref name="historyandpolicy">{{cite web|url=https://www.historyandpolicy.org/policy-papers/papers/the-idea-of-a-university-today|title=The 'Idea of a University' today|last=Anderson|first=Robert|date=March 2010|publisher=History & Policy|accessdate=17 May 2022}}</ref> |
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The legacy of the report is plain to see. It led to the establishment of the [[Plate glass university|plate glass universities]], notably the universities of [[University of Stirling|Stirling]], [[University of East Anglia|East Anglia]], [[University of Essex|Essex]], [[University of Kent|Kent]], [[Lancaster University|Lancaster]], [[University of Sussex|Sussex]], [[University of York|York]], and [[University of Warwick|Warwick]], as well as prompting substantial expansion in the existing universities of the UK. [[Lionel Robbins|Lord Robbins]] himself would later become the first Chancellor of the new [[University of Stirling]] in 1968. |
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Chapter X recommended the establishment of the [[Council for National Academic Awards]]. |
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Robbins subsequently became the first chancellor of the [[University of Stirling]] in 1968. |
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== References == |
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==External links== |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030011903/http://www.educationengland.org.uk/documents/robbins/robbins1963.html The full text of the report] |
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Latest revision as of 09:15, 4 January 2025
The Robbins Report (the report of the Committee on Higher Education, chaired by Lionel Robbins) was commissioned by the British government and published in 1963.[1] 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. Consequently, the number of full-time university students was to rise from 197,000 in the 1967–68 academic year to 217,000 in the academic year of 1973–74 with "further big expansion" thereafter.
The report also concluded that university places "should be available to all who were qualified for them by ability and attainment" (the so-called Robbins principle) and that such institutions should have four main "objectives essential to any properly balanced system: instruction in skills; the promotion of the general powers of the mind so as to produce not mere specialists but rather cultivated men and women; to maintain research in balance with teaching, since teaching should not be separated from the advancement of learning and the search for truth; and to transmit a common culture and common standards of citizenship."[2]
Chapter X recommended the establishment of the Council for National Academic Awards.
Robbins subsequently became the first chancellor of the University of Stirling in 1968.
The senior research officer for the committee that drew up the report was economist Richard Layard.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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