The principal author was Sir Ronald Dearing, the Chancellor of the University of Nottingham.
It made 93 recommendations concerning the funding, expansion, and maintenance of academic standards.
[1] The report recommended that undergraduate tuition change from being funded entirely by grants from the government to a mixed system in which tuition fees, supported by low interest government loans, are raised.
It recommended expanding sub-degree courses and degree level courses at university, proposing that there was sufficient demand from employers for applicants with higher qualifications for natural growth of higher education.
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