Leicester Vaughan College is pleased to give notice of its third Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday, 21 January 2021 at 6pm. It will be held online this year. As well as the standard formal business of electing
2021 AGM Date Announcement
Call for contributions: A new co-operative and radical education zine
First number: Learning in a time of containment In recent weeks much of the restrictions and features of late capitalism have collapsed. Global supply chains are at breaking point. International mobility has been restricted. The British state is paying the
Further update on the COVID-19 impact
In line with more stringent government measures, the Leicester Adult Skills and Learning building is closed for the foreseeable future. This also means our office is closed. Our email and telephone will still be answered, but mail will not
Our Courses and COVID-19
Leicester Vaughan College is aware of the threat of COVID-19 and is actively monitoring the situation in relation to our workshops and events. Due to Easter there is no Open Research Forum in April. It seems likely that there will
“Womanly Wickedness in West Midland Medieval Wall Paintings” is our February Open Research Forum
Our topic for the February Vaughan Open Research Forum is “Womanly wickedness in West Midland medieval wall paintings: picking titles and communicating research in Coventry and Stratford-upon-Avon”. Are they ale wives or wanton women? Should we call the figure in that painting ‘the whore
Open Research Forum: Is Trauma Always Bad for Us?
In our first Leicester Vaughan College Research Forum of the year Diana Pinto traces her journey from adult student of Psychology to course director in the Vaughan Centre and now deputy director of undergraduate studies at the University of Leicester. This
Later Life and new approaches to learning
Our next Open Research Forum will be led by Dr Jane Watts who will be talk on ‘Restor(y)ing Retirement course – new approaches to learning for Transitions in Later Life’. As Jane explains: ‘The Restor(y)ing Retirement pilot project explores the
Christmas and New Year closing
Leicester Vaughan College will be closed for Christmas and New Year from 22 December 2018 to the 1 January 2019 (inclusive). The College will reopen on 2 January 2019. LVC wishes its students, tutors and members a joyful festive season
Concessions for course fees
Free taster session for counselling course
There are a limited number of places left for our second free taster session for the course ‘Counselling and Relationship Skills’ which is taking place on Wednesday 24 October, 6-7 pm. Counselling skills help us to communicate effectively and relate