Ronald Dearing

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Ronald Ernest Dearing, Dearing Baron CB (* 27 July 1930 in Kingston upon Hull , † 19th February 2009 ) was a British civil servant and later chairman of the Post Office Ltd .

Life

Dearing was Chancellor of the University of Nottingham from 1993 to 2000 . Since February 13, 1998 he was a life peer member of the British nobility . As a life peer, he was a member of the House of Lords . Dearing died on 19 February 2009 at cancer .

Dearing model

In February 1996, the Conservative government under John Major and the Labor opposition set up a commission (National Committee of Inquiry Into Higher Education) with the task of looking for ways out of the worsening financial and structural crisis at universities . This commission was headed by the recognized education expert Ronald Dearing. The report, which is hotly debated in politics and the public, has become known under his name ( “Dearing Model” ) and comprises ten volumes with almost 2000 pages. The main points of the report were the introduction of tuition fees and the replacement of scholarships to cover the cost of living with loans, a further increase in the student quota from now 32 to 35 percent within a year, the flexibility of university access, the demand for a closer relationship between university and business as well promoting research.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ronald Ernest Dearing, Baron Dearing on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Obituary for Times Higher Education
  3. ↑ Hans Kastend u. a .: Great Britain. History - Politics - Economy - Society , Campus Verlag 1999, p. 284. Also available online in part at Google's Book [1]
  4. ↑ Blair and Education in DIE ZEIT, 44/1997
personal data
SURNAME Dearing, Ronald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dearing, Ronald Ernest Dearing Baron (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British civil servant and chairman of the Post Office Ltd.
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston upon Hull
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 2009