UK higher education since Robbins – A timeline

By David Jobbins. On the eve of the Robbins Report, half a century ago, Britain’s universities were small in number and in size, élitist and predominantly male.
The system had barely changed for 40 years while society, framed by World War II and the creation of the welfare state, had altered out of all recognition. Robbins argued that undergraduate places should be available “to all who were qualified for them by ability and attainment". More...