British Universities Past and Present

by Robert Anderson, R.D. Anderson, Robert D. Anderson

This book is both a concise history of British universities and their place in society over eight centuries, and a penetrating analysis of current university problems and policies as seen in the light of that history. It explains how the modern university system has developed since the Victorian era, and gives special attention to changes in policy since the Second World War, including the effects of the Robbins report, the rise and fall of the binary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852853476
• ISBN13: 9781852853471
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"