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After 1945 the reform of secondary education created a demand for university places. The period to the mid-1970s witnessed a large and rapid expansion of the university sector.

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After the Second World War

Cabinet Memorandum. Scientific Man-Power. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council. 3 May 1946 (PDF, 6.530MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 3. Man-power: Scientific Man-power. 20 May 1946 (PDF, 1.780MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 2. Education. 10 December 1959 (PDF, 1.316MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. The Crowther Report. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. 15 Mar 1960 (PDF, 0.565MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. The Crowther Report. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 15 Mar 1960 (PDF, 0.635MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 3. Education. 17 Mar 1960 (PDF, 1.617MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 3. Education. 17 Mar 1960 (PDF, 1.617MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. University Expansion and University Salaries. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. 26 February 1962 (PDF, 0.678MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 4. Education. 1 Mar 1962 (PDF, 1.026MB)

Robbins Committee

Cabinet Memorandum. The Robbins Report. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General. 1 October 1963 (PDF, 0.589MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. The Robbins Report. Memorandum by the First Secretary of State. 1 October 1963 (PDF, 0.329MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 2. Report of the Robbins Committee on Higher Education. 8 October 1963 (PDF, 1.515MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Ministerial Responsibility for Education, the Universities and Civil Science. Memorandum by the Prime Minister. 29 January 1964 (PDF, 0.409MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 5. Ministerial Responsibility for Education. 30 January 1964 (PDF, 1.244MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. The Development of Higher Education. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Education and Science. 29 January 1965 (PDF, 0.981MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 7. Higher Education. 1 February 1965 (PDF, 2.229MB)

Open University

Cabinet Memorandum. University of the Air. Note by the Lord President of the Council. 4 February 1966 (PDF, 1.588MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. University of the Air. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council. 4 February 1966 (PDF, 0.996MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 3. Broadcasting and Television: University of the Air. 8 February 1966 (PDF, 2.167MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. The Open University. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Education and Science. 29 July 1970 (PDF, 0.362MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Future of the Open University. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Education and Science. 29 July 1970 (PDF, 0.436MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Public Expenditure Review 1970: The Open University. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury. 29 July 1970 (PDF, 0.387MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Education: A Framework for Advance. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Education and Science. 28 November 1972 (PDF, 10.991MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 4. Policy on Education. 30 November 1972 (PDF, 3.024MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Public Expenditure to 1977-78. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 22 October 1973 (PDF, 4.329MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Public expenditure on Education 1974-75 to 1978-79. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Education and Science. 11 September 1974 (PDF, 0.597MB)

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Further reading

Layard, R., King, J. and Moser, C., The Impact of Robbins (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1969)
Lowe, R., Education in the Post-War Years: A Social History (London: Routledge, 1988)
Sanderson, M., The Universities and British Industry 1850-1970 (London: Routledge, 1972)
Stevens, R., University to Uni: The Politics of Higher Education in Britain since 1944 (London: Politico's, 2004)
Stewart, W.A.C., Higher Education in Post-War Britain (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 1989)

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