The Working Men's College and the Tradition of Adult Education

The Working Men's College and the Tradition of Adult Education
Author: Tom Schuller
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2024-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1040090923

The Working Men’s College (WMC) is the UK’s oldest continuously running adult education institution, and a very distinctive example of the British adult education tradition. This volume brings the history of the WMC up to date, following the 1954 centenary history by JFC Harrison. Contributions from a range of professional educators explore topics such as the philosophy of the College, the issue of women’s entry, college governance and the notion of community as it applies to changes in the composition of the student body. Additional features include a chapter on the architectural history of the College; an interview with Satnam Gill as the key figure who drove through crucial change at a time when the College might have died; a chapter from the latest member of a family which has been closely involved with the College over four generations; and a range of personal contributions from tutors and students from the past six decades. This book will be of interest to historians of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, all those in UK adult education, along with local Camden/London community and political groups and the WMC’s extensive family of former students and tutors.

A History of the Working Men's College

A History of the Working Men's College
Author: J F C Harrison
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2013-10-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134530838

Originally published in 1954, this is the first full-length account of the history of the Working Men’s College in St.Pancras, London. One hundred and fifty years on from its foundation in 1854, it is the oldest adult educational institute in the country. Self-governing and self-financing, it is a rich part of London’s social history. The college stands out as a distinctive monument of the voluntary social service founded by the Victorians, unchanged in all its essentials yet adapting itself to the demands of each generation of students and finding voluntary and unpaid teachers to continue its tradition.

Christian Socialism, 1848-1854

Christian Socialism, 1848-1854
Author: Charles E. Raven
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1136265511

First published in 1968. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and was founded upon the Donnellan lectures delivered by the author at Trinity College, Dublin, in May 1919.