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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author BOCOCK, Jean
Title The Labour Party and higher education : 1945 - 51 / Jean Bocock and Richard Taylor
Publication year 2003
Source/Footnote In: Higher education quarterly. - 57 (2003) 3, S. 249 - 265
Inventory number 17226
Keywords Ausland : Großbritannien : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Hochschule und Staat : allgemein ; Hochschulgeschichte : spezielle Fragen ; Parteien
Abstract Assessments of Labour's achievements in education in the immediate post-war period have been largely critical, but almost exclusively focused on schools? reform. This article in contrast considers Labour's policies for higher education, particularly universities. Three themes dominated the post-war agenda: science and technology, expansion (and access), and appropriate models of higher education. The demands of science and technology and the conse-quent need for expansion were the main drivers in Labour's programme. But the failure to offer a clear view of post-war development in higher education, together with a deep-seated ambivalence as to the role of technology and vocational education in universities, meant that plans for science, technology and expansion were only partially realised. The issue of appropriate models of higher education has bedevilled subsequent Labour governments, including the present administration, in their search for a policy for higher education. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)