1. Sheldrake and Vickerstaffe (1987) on the history of industrial training is one notable exception, as is Foden (1989) on the origins of the Royal Society of Arts examination system.
2. Harrison's main published contribution to the post-war debate was his ‘The W.E.A. and the Welfare State’ in Raybould (1959). Two more-personal statements appeared in theTutors' Bulletin, and each initiated a debate in subsequent issues: see Harrison, Hoggart and Shaw (1948) and Harrison (1949).
3. Ball, S.J. (1987).The Micro-Politics of the School: Towards a Theory of School Organisation, Routledge
4. Bell, R. and Tight, M. (1993).Open Universities: A British Tradition?, Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press
5. Bligh, J. (1983).English University Adult Education. 1908–1958: A Unique Tradition, Manchester University Press