University Education

Question 1

University education, 1918-1963

Answer 1

• oxford and Cambridge dominate university education with 22% of students in 1939
• government funding increases from £1 million in 1919 to over £80 million by 1962. Bursaries and grants become more common as the period goes on
• major boost to numbers at university: 20,000 in 1900, 38,000 in 1938 and 113,000 in 1962
• different universe have specialities
• only 22 universities by 1963
• still mainly for the upper class male at this point- number of women at oxbridge was only 13%

Question 2

The robbins report 1963

Answer 2

Harold Macmillan government asked lord robbins to investigate the British university system in 1960, resulting in his 1963 report

Question 3

Percentage of people who attended and the percentage of these who were females at university

Answer 3

1970- 185,000 - 31% female

1983- 237,000 - 42% female