Tributes paid to Lord Dearing

Tributes have been paid to Lord Ron Dearing, former Chancellor of The University of Nottingham, who has died aged 78. Lord Dearing was Chancellor of the University from 1993-2000 and made a major contribution to the institution — and to UK higher education as a whole. Professor David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Nottingham, said: "Ron Dearing was a wonderful Chancellor of our University. "His insight and judgement were genuinely intuitive and he had a unique capacity to put all around him at ease. Whether people knew him well or not, they trusted him which is pretty unusual. "It was a privilege to work with him - his influence on our University will be long-lasting and fondly remembered." Lord Dearing played a national role in the world of education over many decades and was made a life peer in 1998 in recognition of his work. He chaired the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education, which produced its report Higher Education in the Learning Society in 1997, universally known as the Dearing Report.