Welcome to Leicester Vaughan College

Leicester Vaughan College (LVC) is an independent higher education college set up as a co-operative community benefit society to continue the work of the former Vaughan College.

We are working towards providing university-level education dedicated to the needs of part-time learners and to those wanting second chance to study. For more information about community benefit societies see here.

Upcoming Courses & Events

15 January 2026

January Forum: Sudden Death – Nineteenth-Century Coroners Inquests

A talk by Sophie Michell about how the inquest worked in the nineteenth century. The talk is illustrated with examples from Leicester.

Free
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26 March 2026

March Forum: Promoting Leicester – A City of History and Progress

A Forum about how Leicester has been promoted to visitors and residents since the City Council established its Publicity and Development Committee in the 1930s.

Free
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