The Robbins Report was a British government-commissioned report into the future of higher education in the country. After its publication, its conclusions were accepted by the government on October 24, 1963. Higher education is education provided by universities and other institutions that award academic degrees, such as university colleges, and liberal arts colleges. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The report recommended immediate expansion of universities, and that all Colleges of Advanced Technology should be given the status of universities. Consequently, the number of full-time university students was to rise from 197,000 in the 1967-68 academic year to 217,000 in the academic year of 1973-74 with "further big expansion" thereafter. Jump to: navigation, search 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... An academic term is a division of a school year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

The legacy of the report is plain to see. It led to the establishment of the Plate glass universities, notably the universities of University of Essex, Kent, Lancaster, York and Warwick, amongst others, as well as prompting substantial expansion in the existing universities of the UK. The University of Yorks Central Hall is an example of plate glass architectural design. ... University of Essex The University of Essex is a British university, one of the New Universities, so called, Glass Plate universities (like Warwick or York) and received its Royal Charter in 1965. ... Jump to: navigation, search The University of Kent (originally titled University of Kent at Canterbury and still often referred to as UKC) is a Glass Plate University in the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search Lancaster University (originally created as the University of Lancaster) is a collegiate campus university in Lancaster, UK. The University has a good academic reputation, doing well in national league tables. ... Jump to: navigation, search The University of York (also known as York University) is a campus university in York, England. ... The University of Warwick is a campus university in the United Kingdom. ...