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The Northern College: 25 years of adult learning
Edited by Malcolm Ball and William Hampton More title on the History of Adult Education |
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The creation and development of a thriving centre for residential adult learning in what had been an aristocratic home, a listed building, and former teacher training college, has arguably been the most significant development in the life and learning of the North of England. This unique collection of essays reflects on and celebrates the first twenty-five years of The Northern College, a residential college dedicated to providing high quality learning experiences for adults whose opportunities for education and training had been limited.
Tracing the journey of the College from a visionary concept to its present position as a leading exponent of residential and community adult education, the collection explores the historical context in which it was founded, and the challenges and educational issues at the centre of creating and stabilising the college. Acknowledging its survival and success through a period of considerable change, the contributors reflect on the optimism and value of working-class adult education, and consider the lessons of experience for current practice.
Dr. Malcolm Ball has been associated with the Northern College since 1976. He is Chair of the Board of Governors and the Quality Committee. He was previously employed as Regional Officer for the TUC Education Service.
Professor William Hampton is a Member of the Board of Governors and the Quality Committee at the Northern College. Previously he worked at the Division of Adult and Continuing Education in the University of Sheffield and served as Head of Department and Dean of the Faculty of Educational Studies.
Each of the contributors have had a close connection to the College and include many leading figures in adult education throughout the country
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Contents
| Chapter 1 | Introduction William Hampton and Malcolm Ball |
| Chapter 2 | The Local Tradition of Working-Class and Self-Help
Education John Halstead |
| Chapter 3 | Creating Northern College Richard Taylor |
| Chapter 4 | Northern College – The Early Years Michael Barratt Brown and David Browning |
| Chapter 5 | The Northern College from Thatcherism to ‘New Labour’: a
Personal Reminiscence Bob Fryer |
| Chapter 6 | From FEFC to LSC: Resurrecting the Roots in the 21st
Century J. A. Jowitt |
| Chapter 7 | Engagement with the Community: Some Significant Aspects of
the Short-Course Programme John Grayson and Keith Jackson |
| Chapter 8 | Working with Community Groups:The Example of SADACCA Carmen Franklin |
| Chapter 9 | Change and Continuity: Trade Union Education at the
Northern College Keith Bradshaw |
| Chapter 10 | New Initiatives in Learning for Social and Economic
Regeneration: The Examples of the Coalfields Learning Project and the
Steel Areas Regeneration 1994–2000 R. K. Britton |
| Chapter 11 | A Bold Experiment: the Northern College Diploma Course John Grayson and Malcolm Ball |
| Chapter 12 | Forming Public Policy: Trends and Prospects for
Residential Adult Education in an Era of Lifelong Learning John Field |
| Notes on the Contributors | |
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