Note to self: get a transcript of the The Future of Higher Education Select Committee first broadcast on Tuesday 17th May. The video can be found here.
The phrase “aspirational working classes” aparently first used by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s was used in this meeting. This I would contest is perhaps the group central to my research. Further note to self: research “aspirational working classes” with links to Conservative policy making.
The Future of Higher Education – Government White Paper (2003)
January 12, 2010
British universities are a great success story. Over the last 30 years some of the finest brains in the world have pushed the boundaries of knowledge, science and understanding. At the same time a university place has ceased to be the preserve of a tiny elite but been extended to hundreds of thousands more students each year. . .pdf link
Review of widening participation research: addressing the barriers to participation in higher education
January 12, 2010
A report to HEFCE by the University of York, Higher Education Academy and Institute for Access Studies. . .pdf link
Reports and Papers
November 23, 2009
There are many reports into the current state of Higher Education in the UK. Of those still quoted today as well as being a precursor to recommendation and status reports that would follow, was The National Committe of Inquiry into Higher Education chaired by Sir Ron Dearing and published in 1997. The report made 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 ensuing 20 years.” [The full report can be found here]
