history
What did Dearing ever do for us? Twenty years of the ‘learning society’
The Dearing Inquiry, though often remembered for introducing tuition fees, did so much more than we usually remember. Rhiannon Birch looks back on this important HE anniversary.
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A brief history of higher education data
The UK's higher education data infrastructure is the envy of the world and has unlikely origins in the conclusion of the Second World War. Andy Youell takes us on a brief and fascinating history.
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The history of efforts to improve university teaching
TEF is just the latest in a long line of public efforts to improve university teaching, and public anxieties about quality have not changed for many years. We take a look at the litany of initiatives in this space.
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The end of the binary divide: reflections on 25 years of the 1992 Act
The 'binary divide' between universities and polytechnics proved to be unsustainable, but the challenges it created are still with us today. Mike Ratcliffe evaluates the 1992 Act's background and legacy.
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