The Dearing Report, formally known as the reports of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education, is a series of major reports into the future of

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, published in 1997. The report was commissioned by the UK government and was the largest review of higher education in the UK since the

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in the early 1960s. The principal author was Sir Ronald Dearing, the

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of the

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. It made 93 recommendations concerning the funding, expansion, and maintenance of academic standards. The most significant change in funding recommended by the report is a shift from undergraduate tuition being funded entirely by grants from the government to a mixed system in which

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s, supported by low interest government loans, are raised. The report recommended expansion of sub-degree courses, and

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level courses at university, proposing that there was sufficient demand from employers for applicants with higher qualifications for natural growth of higher education. To the maintenance of standards the report recommended that the teaching staff receive some amount of training in teaching during their probationary period. It further proposes a system in which credit earned at one institution could be transferred to another. The title "The Dearing Report" is also often given to the 2001 report "The Way Ahead: Church of England schools in the new millennium" which was chaired by Lord Dearing.

Committee members

;1997 report * Sir John Arbuthnott *

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* Sir Ronald Dearing (Chairman) * Sir Geoffrey Holland * Sir Ronald Oxburgh *

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* Sir George Quigley * Sir William Stubbs * Sir Richard Sykes * Sir David Watson * Sir David Weatherall ;2001 report *

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*The Rev

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References

External links

The Dearing ReportBBC article about Dearing
Higher education in the United Kingdom Reports of the United Kingdom government 1997 in the United Kingdom {{UK-poli-stub

Committee members

See also

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