ABSTRACT
The ancient Greeks prioritised ‘thinker’ over ‘crafter’ and Western educationalists have perpetuated the division between academia and working practice. The great divide between craft and scholarship continued in Britain until the Robbins Committee (1963) launched a reconsideration of higher education. The Robbins principle recommended higher education for all who are qualified to profit by it and who wish to do so. In addition, Robbins emphasised the application of knowledge to the world of everyday life and work.
