In 1965, the then Secretary of State for Education, Anthony Crosland, made his famous Woolwich speech calling for a distinct system of higher education with the establishment of polytechnics. The 1966 White Paper, A Plan for the Polytechnics and other...

The National Advisory Body for local authority higher education was formed by the Government in December 1981. Its main task was to advise on the present and future provision of higher education in the non-university sector at a time when available...

1. An institution of higher education, offering a wide range of courses. In some countries, it is regarded as not having as high a status as a university. 2. In the United States, it refers to the nineteenth-century land grant agricultural, mining and...

1. In the United Kingdom, it is a college of further education. 2. In the United States, it is a community college offering occupational and vocational education at post-school...

"Institute of Technology" is also the name of a vocational school in California. For the band known as "Polytechnic", see Polytechnic (Band). Institute of technology, and polytechnic, are designations employed in a wide range of learning institutions...