British Labour and Higher Education, 1945 to 2000

Explores the development of the Labour Partys policy on higher education from 1945 to 2000.

Richard Taylor

Preface \ Acknowledgements \ 1. Introduction: From Tawney to New Labour \ 2. Labour Ideology and the Context for Higher Education Policy \ 3. R. H. Tawney and the Reform of the Universities \ 4. The Only Place for a Socialist: Lindsay, Keele University and its Legacy \ 5. Labour Party Intellectuals and the New Sociology \ 6. More Robinson than Robbins: the Evolution of the Polytechnics under Labour \ 7. Wilson's Baby: Michael Young, Jennie Lee and the Open University \ 8. The 'Old' and 'New' Lefts, and the Radical Student Voice in the 1960s and 1970s \ 9. A Postscript: New Labour and Higher Education \ 10. Conclusion \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Glossary \ Index