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SUMMARY:November Forum: 'Caught short’
DESCRIPTION:Leicester Adult Education College\, Belvoir Street\, LE1 6QL \n\n\n\n\n\n‘Caught short’: \n\n\n\nLondon’s loos since the 1960s \n\n\n\nSouth End Green\, Gospel Oak\n\n\n\nIn ’Caught short’: London’s loos since the 1960s’ Simon Fowler and Dan Weinbren look at the impact of toilets on public life over the past sixty years. As well as providing an important function of providing a safe and private place to pee\, it also accommodated other functions such as venues for the illegal activities of drug addicts and homosexual men. Local Leicester lad Joe Orton wrote graphically of his experiences in London’s toilets. Over the past six decades\, public loos have virtually disappeared from the streets. What do more recent developments tell us about shifts in gender and class identities and the public/private dichotomy? \n\n\n\nAbout the presenters \n\n\n\nSimon Fowler has recently started a PhD at Leicester on the history of tourism. He has some 30 years’ experience as an  archivist\, historian and genealogist and has written and lectured on a wide variety of subjects from pubs to workhouses.  \n\n\n\nBased at the Open University since the last century Dr Dan Weinbren has taught and published on a range of social mutual and business histories often with a focus on London. \n\n\n\nThey are the co-authors of Now the war is over. Britain 1919-20 (2018). \n\n\n\nEvent details \n\n\n\nTea and cake will be provided from 6.15pm. The Forum will start at 6.30pm and run to 7.45pm. . It will be held in Leicester Adult Education College on Belvoir Street. The nearest car park is the Newark Street Car Park but you can park for free on the surrounding streets\, e.g. Wellington Street and King Street. There are bike racks next to the main entrance. \n\n\n\nTo get tickets \n\n\n\nFollow this link to book your free place.
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/november-forum-caught-short/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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SUMMARY:May Forum: Repairing things to help with grieving
DESCRIPTION:Repairing things to help with grieving: An art therapist’s journey through grief and the use of repair to help mend the self\n\n\n\n\n\nVisible Repair by Vicky Cutler (Image: Vicky Cutler)\n\n\n\nAbout the May Forum\n\n\n\n\nCan the journey of a grieving person be helped by the creativity and physicality of the visible repair of objects that have emotional significance?   \n\n\n\n\nPresented by Vicky Cutler \n\n\n\nThis talk will follow a personal journey of art therapist Vicky Cutler in her quest to use the creativity of visibly repairing objects that had close personal connection to her partner. Vicky used the repair\, care\, amendment and preservation of her deceased partner’s clothing and objects to look at how this process can mirror the experiences of her grief. \n\n\n\nCushion Repair (Image Vicky Cutler)\n\n\n\nVicky found that the metaphor and creativity of mending provided a mental space that was helpful in restoring her sense of self. She found a safe place that provided understanding of how emotional connection with her deceased partner could still be honoured and seen by others. \n\n\n\nVicky will bring along her repairs to the talk and invites any attendees to bring an object that has emotional connection that they feel safe to talk about in discussion. \n\n\n\nAbout the presenter\n\n\n\nVicky Cutler is an Anglo-Australian art therapist\, textile artist and writer. She writes the blog Re_paire and you can see her creative work and repairs on Instagram at re_paire. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nThis is an in-person event and tea and cake will be provided from 6.00pm. The forum will start at 6.15pm. Please book in advance via this link to help with the catering. The Forum will be held at the Adult Education College\, Belvoir Street\, Leicester\, LE1 6QL. \n\n\n\nAbout the Vaughan Open Research Forum \n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences\, therapy and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues.
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/may-forum-repairing-things-to-help-with-grieving/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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SUMMARY:April Forum: The Great Central Gazette and the crisis in local journalism
DESCRIPTION:The Great Central Gazette: Are co-operatives the answer to the crisis in local journalism?\n\n\n\n\n\nGerman Book Trade in the 16th Century: The Workshop of Printer. \nOriginal date assumed 1568\, from a 1902 book: H.F. Helmolt\, History of the World\, Volume VII\, Dodd Mead 1902. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buchdrucker-1568.png\n\n\n\nAbout the April Forum \n\n\n\nPlease note that this Forum will now be delivered by Emma Guy rather than Rhys Everquill. Emma is an award-winning investigative journalist. She is a founder member and the Commissioning Editor for the Great Central Gazette and works with the Gazette’s writers and volunteers.\n\n\n\nThis informative Open Research Forum features Rhys Everquill\, Managing Editor at the Great Central Gazette\, Leicester’s independent newspaper. Rhys will discuss why he helped set up the co-operative\, its origins\, and the challenges facing local media. During the Forum\, we will gain insights into the journey of sustaining an independent newspaper and the role of co-operative journalism in community engagement.  This is a great opportunity to learn from Rhys’s experiences and perspectives on the future of media. \n\n\n\nThe forum will be an in-person event and will be held in Leicester Adult Education College on Belvoir Street\, LE2 6QL. Tea and cake will be provided from 6.00pm; the talk will start at 6.15pm.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\nRhys is the Managing Editor at the Great Central Gazette and a freelance journalist. He also teaches journalism and media skills to students at both De Montfort University and University of Leicester. He joined Leicester Vaughan College’s Board of Directors in January 2024.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Vaughan Open Research Forum \n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. \n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\nThis is an in-person event but please book in advance to help with the catering. You can book your free ticket here.
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/april-forum-the-great-central-gazette-and-the-crisis-in-local-journalism/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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SUMMARY:March Forum: Making manifestos for adult education
DESCRIPTION:Making manifestos for adult education\n\n\n\nA workshop to share ideas on adult education\, be creative and have fun \n\n\n\nManifestos produced by attendees of the workshop ‘Making Manifestos for Urban History’ as part of the ‘The State of Urban History: Past\, Present\, Future’ held in Leicester 11-13 July 2023 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the journal of Urban History (Cambridge University Press).\n\n\n\nAbout the March Forum\n\n\n\nOrganised by Lucy Faire\, Denise McHugh and Chris Williams \n\n\n\nThis in-person Open Research Forum will be an interactive\, creative session which draws on our expertise in teaching\, co-operative organisation and love of shiny stickers.  It’s designed to appeal to those who have been a student or want to be one in the future; and to those who have taught\, or are teaching\, adult learners. But it should also appeal to anyone with a general interest in adult education. \n\n\n\nUsing a similar format to one we delivered successfully at a history conference last year\, the Forum will feature stickers\, multi-coloured sticky notes\, big felt tip pens\, and cake. Most importantly\, there will be interesting conversations as we all work together to create manifestos for the future of adult education (not just Vaughan!) in Leicester and beyond. What would you like to see? Come along and talk about it while making connections and having fun. \n\n\n\nPlease note this session will start at the slightly earlier time of 6.00pm.  Tea and cake will be provided during the evening. There maybe chocolates too! \n\n\n\nAbout the co-ordinators of the workshop\n\n\n\nThis session will be led by Lucy Faire\, Denise McHugh and Chris Williams. We are all historians\, active Leicester Vaughan College members and are experienced tutors in adult education. \n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\nThe Leicester Adult Education College\, Belvoir Street\, Leicester\, LE1 6QL \n\n\n\nHow to register\n\n\n\nThis is an in-person event but please book in advance. This is so that we can ensure that there are enough refreshments (and chocolates).  Please click here to book.
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/march-forum-making-manifestos-for-adult-education/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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SUMMARY:January Forum: Researching and writing adult education history
DESCRIPTION:Researching and writing adult education history\n\n\n\nThis is an in-person Forum. It will be held at the Leicester Adult Education College on Belvoir Street. Tea and cake will be provided from 6.00pm. The Forum will start at 6.15pm. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the January Forum \n\n\n\nReflecting on his recent book\, The Vital Message: Continuing Education and the University of Cambridge 1945-2010\, Professor Mark Freeman will consider the challenges of writing an institutional history of university adult education\, particularly in the recent period.  \n\n\n\nThere is a long tradition of adult education history\, often written from within institutions themselves. [Vaughan College has three such histories]. This tradition has reflected the senses of both marginality and mission that have characterised self-perception in extramural departments.  This may have been intensified in recent years under the impact of rapid and damaging changes in the funding environment\, and the closure of many such departments. Nevertheless\, the ‘Great Tradition’ of post-war university adult education produced many curricular and teaching-related innovations that remain worthy of study from a historical perspective. \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\nMark Freeman is Professor of Social History and Education in the Institute of Education\, University College London.  His is a historian of modern Britain\, focusing on the history of adult education\, youth organisations and informal education. He has published several books and articles on various aspects of modern British history.  He was co-investigator on a large AHRC-funded project entitled ‘The Redress of the Past: Historical Pageants in Britain 1905-2016’ and co-editor of Restaging the Past: Historical Pageants\, Culture and Society in Modern Britain. Mark is also on the editorial board of the journal History of Education.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Vaughan Open Research Forum \n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues \n\n\n\nRegister for this event\n\n\n\nThis is a free event. It would help us with the catering if you could book your ticket here.
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/january-forum-researching-and-writing-adult-education-history/
LOCATION:Leicester Adult Education College\, 54 Belvoir Street\, Leicester\, Leics\, LE1 6QL
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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SUMMARY:December Forum: An open discussion on what the future holds for in-person learning
DESCRIPTION:What can in-person teaching offer in a digital age? Reviewing experiences of learners and teachers after the pandemic.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage@ Night School Girl- Evening Classes in Wartime London\, C 1940 D366.jpg: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer\, Public domain\, via Wikimedia Commons \n\n\n\nAbout the December Forum \n\n\n\nMiriam Gill and Lucy Faire will be leading a discussion about the value (if any) of face-to-face (or ‘in-person’) learning and teaching in a digital age.   During the pandemic\, many more of us experienced online learning. Teachers\, who perhaps had never taught online before\, acquired new skills in digital delivery; students became familiar with online communications platforms such as Zoom or Teams.   Although pandemic is officially over\, much learning has remained online.  The decisions to do this have often been constructed through practical and economic considerations or driven by the imperatives of policy\, with perhaps less attention paid to the voices of learners and teachers. \n\n\n\nIn this Forum we will debate what face-to-face learning can offer to both student and teacher.  Come along to share your views on both online and face-to-face delivery. Is there still a place for in-person teaching and learning? If so\, what is that place?  This is an interactive forum and we would like learners (both past and present) and teachers to share your views in a friendly discussion. \n\n\n\nAbout the hosts\n\n\n\nMiriam and Lucy have taught adult for many years\, delivering in both in-person and online settings. In 2022 they under took a small research project to consider how the shift to online learning during the COVID 19 lockdown period changed adult learners’ experiences of lifelong learning. You can find out more about this project here and read some of their initial findings.   \n\n\n\nAbout the Vaughan Open Research Forum \n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nThis is a FREE online event and you will receive a meeting link when you register using the link below. \n\n\n\nClick here to get your free ticket.
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/december-forum-an-open-discussion-on-what-the-future-holds-for-in-person-learning/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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SUMMARY:November Forum: Interpreting Iron Age transitioning landscapes
DESCRIPTION:Interpreting Iron Age transitioning landscapes: the territory of the Catuvellauni.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: North-facing viewpoint from the northern end of the Iron Age cross dyke in Standish Wood near Randwick in Gloucestershire. Photograph Ethan Doyle White\, Wikimedia Commons.   \n\n\n\nAbout the November Forum \n\n\n\nPresented by Michael J. Curtis\n\n\n\nOne of the challenges in landscape archaeology is to look back in time and interpret landscapes as they might have been in ancient times. For some years Michael has been studying the landscape of the Catuvellauni tribe\, a late Iron Age tribe whose territory took in parts of Essex\, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire and which encroached into Cambridgeshire\, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Whilst the origins of the tribe are blurred\, the manner in which the tribal landscape developed under Roman administration and governance is certainly not. This forum presentation looks at how we can reconstruct this landscape and examines the difference that it makes in the interpretation that has been advanced for some of the excavations on sites within the territory of the Catuvellauni. \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael is a landscape and coastal archaeologist. He is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Archaeology & Ancient History at the University of Leicester\, where he is studying the Roman Imperial Ports and Harbours of Crete. He has edited several volumes on Hellenistic and Roman Crete and is a joint editor of a new book series entitled ‘Cretan Studies: New Approaches and Perspectives in the Study of Hellenistic\, Roman and Byzantine Crete’ which is to be published by Oxbow Books. Michael is the lead member in a Greek-led project researching and surveying the Roman harbour at Ierapetra\, in eastern Crete\, and within the UK is currently engaged in research into the Catuvellauni\, a late Iron Age tribe in south-eastern Britain. Michael is Chair of Northamptonshire Archaeological Society and a Trustee and Executive Board member of the Nautical Archaeology Society. His one of the founders of My Ancient World Learning Ltd\, a company aimed at delivering online and classroom courses on archaeology and ancient history. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout the Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues.  \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nThis is a FREE online event and you will receive a meeting link when you register using the link below. \n\n\n\nClick here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/november-forum-interpreting-iron-age-transitioning-landscapes/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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SUMMARY:Thinking about Medieval Murals
DESCRIPTION:October Forum: What Do We Mean by Context? Thinking about Medieval Murals\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat can surviving murals tell us about their original contexts? What are the limits of our powers of interpretation and reconstruction? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Surviving lower half of the Refectory Mural in the Charterhouse\, Coventry: photo R. Stevenson \n\n\n\nAbout the October Forum\n\n\n\nPresented by Dr Miriam Gill \n\n\n\nMurals were the most common form of internal decoration in medieval buildings. They were onceubiquitous in religious and secular or domestic settings. As wall art they bound to their physicalcontext and subject to changes in fashion\, architecture and use. They are also an element of designwhich endures when fixtures\, fittings and furniture are long gone. \n\n\n\nWall paintings also have a broader context. They are a surviving element of complex historic culture.They can be understood in relation to the ideology\, beliefs and social structures of the Middle Ages.This Vaughan Open Research Forum is a conversation with examples about how these questions ofphysical and cultural context emerge in the study of wall painting. It is a chance to think about whatsurviving murals tell us about their original context and the different contexts they can relate to andthe limits of our powers of interpretation and reconstruction. \n\n\n\nThis session will an online forum and will run from 6.15 pm – 7:15 pm. A link to the Zoom session will be sent on the day to people who have registered via Eventbrite using the form below.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\nMiriam’s doctoral thesis was on the ‘Content and Context of Late Medieval Wall Painting’. She is interested in both the stylistic and iconographic development of late medieval wall paintings and the roles which they served in medieval interiors\, imitating more prestigious types of media\, such as textiles and also indicating the presence of important elements (such as devotional statues and altars). With Dr Ellie Pridgeon\, she has been writing about the Three Living and the Three Dead\, a subject from elite vernacular poetry which became prominent in parish wall painting. In the last few months she’s spoken on the sources of the late medieval Wall Paintings in the Guild Chapel at Stratford-upon-Avon\, the complex painted interior of the grand parish church of Brisley and the extraordinary refectory mural of the Charterhouse\, Coventry.  Miriam is also Leicester Vaughan College’s company secretary. \n\n\n\nAbout the Vaughan Open Research Forum \n\n\n\nThe Vaughan Open Research Forum is a series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. \n\n\n\nRegister for this Event\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-do-we-mean-by-context-thinking-about-medieval-murals-tickets-735467562277?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/thinking-about-medieval-murals/
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SUMMARY:Pilgrimage and Encounters with the Holy
DESCRIPTION:June Forum: Pilgrimage and Encounters with the Holy\n\n\n\nThis is a free event.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Louis IX on pilgrimage to Nazareth\, from Chroniques de France ou de St Denis\, 14th century. Wikimedia Commons. \n\n\n\nAbout the June Forum \n\n\n\nPresented by Professor Elizabeth Tingle \n\n\n\nPilgrimage\, defined as a journey for spiritual purposes\, was and remains a fundamental component of many religions. People travel to ‘tap’ into sanctity\, to deploy it in their everyday lives\, for healing\, obligation\, devotional need\, and religious curiosity. By travelling to ‘meet’ a saint or to experience the site of a sacred event\, the devout engage with sanctity on a personal\, physical\, and often a material level. \n\n\n\nThis research forum will consider the features of pilgrimage that distinguish it from other forms of travel. It will look at motives for travelling; modes of journeying and popular destinations; use and experience of sacred space; votive acts\, and material ways of remembering the visit. This will be done initially through an examination of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain\, across time. We will then consider the experiences of different faiths; the difference between sacred and secular journeying\, and why pilgrimage remains extremely popular today. \n\n\n\nAbout the presenter\n\n\n\nElizabeth Tingle is Professor of History at De Montfort University. She is the author of various publications relating to religious history and her most recent work is Sacred Journeys: Long Distance Pilgrimage in North-Western Europe in the Counter Reformation (Medieval Institute Press/De Gruyter\, 2020). \n\n\n\nThere will be tea and cake from 6pm. The forum will run from 6.15pm to 7.30pm. Venue TBC. \n\n\n\nAbout the Vaughan Open Research Forum \n\n\n\nThe Vaughan Open Research Forum is a series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. \n\n\n\nHow to register for this event \n\n\n\nThis is a free event but please register in advance using the form below. \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilgrimage-and-encounters-with-the-holy-tickets-627207884667
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/pilgrimage-and-encounters-with-the-holy/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230511T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230511T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T001519
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SUMMARY:May Forum: The Gibberd Garden
DESCRIPTION:Sculpture Town: Harlow New Town\, Frederick Gibberd and his Garden\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the May Forum \n\n\n\nPresented by Dr Ellie Pridgeon \n\n\n\nThis talk will examine key movements of the twentieth century\, including Modernist architecture\, sculpture\, and new towns in the UK. The talk will focus on the work of Frederick Gibberd – architect of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral\, master planner for Harlow New Town in Essex\, and designer of the Gibberd Garden. The talk will highlight significant archive material from the Gibberd Garden collection\, trace the development of Harlow New Town\, and examine the town’s public sculptures\, which include works by leading artists such as Henry Moore\, Elisabeth Frink\, Barbara Hepworth\, and Auguste Rodin. \n\n\n\nThis is an online talk.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\nDr Ellie Pridgeon is a professional archivist and is the director of the archives consultancy firm Consultant Archivist. Her archivist work has included time at St Paul’s Cathedral (London) and for the Science Museum. Ellie is also an art historian\, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a Director of LVC. You can read more about Ellie here. \n\n\n\nAbout Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nThe Vaughan Open Research Forum is a series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. \n\n\n\nHow to register for this event\n\n\n\nThe session will run from 6.15 pm – 7:30 pm via Zoom conferencing. The Zoom details will be sent on the day via Eventbrite to people who have registered. \n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sculpture-town-harlow-new-town-frederick-gibberd-and-his-garden-tickets-619318948647
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/may-forum/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Humanities,Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T001519
CREATED:20230209T161059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230307T123442Z
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SUMMARY:March Forum
DESCRIPTION:Cricket Country: Sport and the idea of India in the Age of Empire\n\n\n\n\n\nFront cover of Prashant Kidambi’s book.\n\n\n\nAbout March’s Forum\n\n\n\nPresented by Dr Prashant Kidambi\n\n\n\nPrashant’s book Cricket Country is the untold story of how the idea of India was fashioned on the cricket pitch in the high noon of empire. Conceived by an unlikely coalition of imperial and Indian elites\, it took twelve years and three failed attempts before an ‘Indian’ cricket team made its debut on the playing fields of imperial Britain in the blazing coronation summer of 1911. This is a capacious tale with an improbable cast of characters set against the backdrop of revolutionary protest and princely intrigue. Prashant talk will highlight key episodes in this extraordinary story. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThere will be tea and coffee from 6pm and the talk will start at 6.15pm. The Forum will be held at the Leicester Adult Education College\, 54 Belvoir Street. \n\n\n\nmmmmmmm \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\nPrashant Kidambi is associate professor of colonial urban history at the University of Leicester. After completing postgraduate degrees in history at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi\, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to pursue a doctorate at the University of Oxford. Prashant’s research explores the interface between British imperialism and the history of modern South Asia. He is the author of The Making of an Indian Metropolis: Colonial Governance and Public Culture in Bombay\, 1890-1920 and the lead editor of Bombay Before Mumbai: Essays in Honour of Jim Masselos. \n\n\n\nAbout the Vaughan Open Research Forums\n\n\n\nThe forums are a series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues.  The Forums usually take place on the second Thursday of the month. \n\n\n\nHow to register for this event\n\n\n\nThis is a free event but it would help us with catering if you register in advance. \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cricket-country-sport-and-the-idea-of-india-in-the-age-of-empire-tickets-541126723597
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/march-forum/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230216T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230216T191500
DTSTAMP:20260430T001519
CREATED:20230207T115623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230207T115628Z
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SUMMARY:February Forum
DESCRIPTION:Was knowledge power? Reflections on exhibiting a history of adult education\n\n\n\n\n\nPoster for the Exhibition ‘Knowledge is Power’\n\n\n\nAbout the February Forum\n\n\n\nPresented by Professor John Holford\n\n\n\nProfessor John Holford will be talking about the exhibition ‘Knowledge is Power: Class\, Community and Adult Education’ which is running until 12 March at the Weston Gallery\, Lakeside Arts\, Nottingham.  The exhibition looks at the history of adult education at Nottingham University.   \n\n\n\nNottingham University College (which became Nottingham University in 1948) opened its adult education department in 1920 – the first adult education department in Britain. Like Vaughan College\, Nottingham’s adult education department had a substantial impact on its region working with unions\, employers\, local councils and voluntary organisations. It also had a role in the development of various well-known local societies.  John will be talking about the importance of this sister organisation to Vaughan College and consider the extent to which knowledge was (and still is?) power.  \n\n\n\nYou can see an introductory video on the exhibition by John on the exhibition webpage which also has further information and sources on Nottingham’s adult education department.  \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\nProfessor John Holford has held the Robert Peers Chair in Adult Education since 2007. His main research area has been the role of lifelong education in the formation of citizens\, communities and social movements.  John is also the Co-ordinator of the Horizon 2020 research project\, ENLIVEN (Encouraging Lifelong Learning for an Inclusive & Vibrant Europe: 2016-2019). He has been a partner in several previous EU research projects.  You can read more about him on his university webpage. \n\n\n\nAbout the Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is a series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues \n\n\n\nHow to register for this event\n\n\n\nThis is an online event taking place via Zoom Conferencing.  Register below to receive your link details. The link will be sent to you closer to the event.  \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/was-knowledge-power-reflections-on-exhibiting-a-history-of-adult-education-tickets-537315594407
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/february-forum/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230203T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230203T203000
DTSTAMP:20260430T001519
CREATED:20230119T214709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T232828Z
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SUMMARY:LVC Fifth Anniversary Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Photo by Adi Goldstein on Unsplash\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeicester Vaughan College is five years old! Join us at our anniversary event consisting of a programme of short inspirational talks in a magazine style\, followed by a finger buffet and birthday cake. Celebrate with our members and supporters\, review our story so far and find out what plans we have for the future. \n\n\n\nThe formal part of the evening will be hosted by LVC patron Professor Sir Alan Tuckett with messages of support from LVC patrons Jon Ashworth MP\, via video\, and in person from Dorothy Francis MBE.  Local historian\, Cynthia Brown\, presents some highlights in the long history of Vaughan College and how it has been ‘a blessing to the town’.  Former students Hitesh Barot and Sally Birch will be talking about how studying for a part-time degree has changed their lives.  Members and directors will be looking back at what LVC has achieved over the past five years and our plans for the future.   \n\n\n\nThis event is open to both non-members and members. Please sign up on Eventbrite using the form below so we cater for the right numbers.    \n\n\n\nThe event will take place at Bishop Street Methodist chapel and cafe area\, Leicester LE1 6AF\, doors opening at 6.00 pm with the celebration starting at 6.15 pm.  There is a limited amount of on-street parking on streets adjacent to the venue. The closest car park is on Newark Street.  Bikes can be locked up outside the Town Hall\, opposite the venue. The event will end by 8.30pm. \n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leicester-vaughan-college-fifth-anniversary-celebration-tickets-514478477977
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/lvc-fifth-anniversary-event/
LOCATION:Methodist Church\, 10a Bishop St\, Leicester\, LE1 6AF
CATEGORIES:Social Events,Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221215T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221215T191500
DTSTAMP:20260430T001519
CREATED:20221205T201301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221205T203759Z
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SUMMARY:Gifts and Giving in the Middle Ages
DESCRIPTION:Wall painting at Coby Glen\, Lincs\, c. 1410\, photo by M. Gill.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout December’s Forum \n\n\n\nPresented by Dr Deirdre O’Sullivan\n\n\n\nThis seasonally-themed talk will give us insights into gifts and giving in the middle ages.  It will examine how the giving of gifts\, and giving more broadly\, was a social and economic practice related to ideas around charity\, exchange and patronage. \n\n\n\nThere will be hot drinks and seasonal refreshments from 6pm and the talk will start at 6.15pm and finish around 7.15pm. \n\n\n\nWe are grateful to the De Montfort University’s Public Engagement team for kindly hosting this event at Trinity House\, The Newark\, De Montfort University. \n\n\n\nAccess to the venue. The Newark is next to Leicester city centre\, 10-15 mins walk from the railway and bus stations. There is a limited amount of parking next to the venue\, for those needing ease of access\, and other parking is available on campus after 6pm. For parking on campus see here. Off-street parking is also available after 6pm. Bike stands are situated close to Trinity House. \n\n\n\nAbout the Vaughan Open Research Forum \n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forum takes place usually on the second Thursday of the month \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter \n\n\n\nDeirdre O’Sullivan is a Lecturer in Archaeology in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History. She has previously worked as a field archaeologist and as a post-excavation researcher at Durham and St Andrews. Read more about Deidre on the Leicester University website. \n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\nThis is an in-person event. Please register using the Eventbrite box below.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gifts-and-giving-in-the-middle-ages-tickets-481683386977
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/gifts-and-giving-in-the-middle-ages/
LOCATION:Trinity House The Newark Leicester LE2 7BY
CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Arts & Humanities,Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221110T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221110T191500
DTSTAMP:20260430T001519
CREATED:20221103T174542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221103T192429Z
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SUMMARY:November forum: The Universities Partnership in Leicestershire: ambitions and next steps in education for all
DESCRIPTION:This is a free online event. Register to receive link details. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout the November Forum presented by Fi Donovan (De Montfort University)\n\n\n\nWhat is the Universities Partnership and what does it mean for higher education and the ‘civic university’?\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis forum will interest those who want to find out more about the activities and aims of the Universities Partnership in Leicestershire.  It will also appeal to those who are interested more broadly in the concept of the ‘civic university’ and its role in promoting widening participation and reawakening adult education within the university sector. \n\n\n\nIn June 2022 the three Universities in Leicestershire joined with local government to form the Universities Partnership (https://universitiespartnership.org/). Such local partnerships are a central element in the strategy of the Civic Universities Network (https://civicuniversitynetwork.co.uk/)\, a national organisation founded in response to the exploration  by the Civic University Commission chaired by Lord Kerslake (2018-9). This important Commission examined what it means to be a Civic University in the 21st Century and its first publication was a progress paper focussed on reigniting adult education in the UK. \n\n\n\nFi Donavan (De Montfort University) will lead the session. She will present the overarching actions which have been undertaken as part of the Civic University Agreement since its formation. She will also signpost how to get involved in the partnership.  \n\n\n\nAbout the presenter\n\n\n\nFi Donovan is Head of Engagement & Partnerships at De Montfort University and her institution’s lead for the education strand of the local Universities Partnership.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Vaughan Open Research Forums\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forums take place on the second Thursday of the month. \n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\nThis is an online event. Register below to receive link details. \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-universities-partnership-in-leicestershire-ambitions-and-next-steps-tickets-460524169187
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/the-universities-partnership-in-leicestershire-ambitions-and-next-steps/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221013T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221013T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T001519
CREATED:20221001T105024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221006T145935Z
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SUMMARY:Living with the Wire
DESCRIPTION:Civilian Internment on the Isle of Man During the First World War\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPen and ink view of the Isle of Man internment camp with German captions\n\n\n\nAbout the October Forum \n\n\n\nMention of the First World War will immediately evoke for many people images of trenches\, battle-weary soldiers and poppies. A far less likely image to be evoked is one of thousands of German and Austrian civilians\, of all ages and classes\, incarcerated behind barbed wire on an island in the middle of the Irish Sea. This though was the reality of war for many of the Germans and Austrians living (or even visiting) Britain in the summer of 1914. The internment of civilian ‘enemy aliens’\, most of whom spent some or all of their internment on the Isle of Man\, might easily have become a lost footnote in the history of the First World War. Interest though has grown over the years\, for academics\, local historians and the families of those interned. This talk will look at who some of these internees were and how they lived and coped with ‘living with the wire’ for anything up to 5 years in captivity. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\nYvonne M. Cresswell retired as Curator: Social History at Manx National Heritage (the Island’s national heritage service) in 2021 after 34 years\, where she curated the social history collections & National Art Collection. Civilian internment during the two world wars has been a major research topic for most of her career\, starting with the exhibition and publication ‘Living with the Wire’ in 1994. Several years spent studying at Leicester University (historical geography\, English Local History & Museum Studies) provided the perfect training for her local history work\, including civilian internment\, on the Isle of Man. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nThis session will take place via video conference. Please register below. \n\n\n\nAccess details will be sent on the day via Eventbrite to people who have registered.  \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/civilian-internment-on-the-isle-of-man-during-the-first-world-war-tickets-427822587877\n\n\n\nAbout Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forums take place on the second Thursday of the month.
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/living-with-the-wire-civilian-internment-on-the-isle-of-man-during-the-first-world-war/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Humanities,Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220707T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220707T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T001519
CREATED:20220531T203727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220621T075314Z
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SUMMARY:The Midas touch - be careful what you wish for
DESCRIPTION:A special Vaughan Open Research Forum for the annual Cooperative Fortnight\n\n\n\nThe Forum addresses why business and organisational studies are so neglected by universities and other education institutions. It considers how such narrow thinking has taken over most aspects of our society and why this is a problem. \n\n\n\nThe Forum will draw on Aristotle\, Karl Marx\, Karl Polanyi\, E.F.Schumacher and Amartya Sen to discuss the difference between exchange and use values\, socially disembedded and socially embedded markets. It examines how we might create the conditions for human and planetary flourishing. \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker\n\n\n\nMaureen McCulloch is a senior lecturer in Accounting in the Business School\, Oxford Brookes University. She specialises in researching cooperatives and the not-for-profit sector. She spent 25 years working as a finance director\, trainer and advisor to charities mainly in the creative sector after qualifying as a chartered accountant. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick this link to sign up via Eventbrite.
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/the-midas-touch-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Humanities,Co-operatives East Midlands,Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220414T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220414T191500
DTSTAMP:20260430T001519
CREATED:20220311T003157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220311T003202Z
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SUMMARY:Dropped from Hell to Heaven: Internment in Switzerland during the First World War.
DESCRIPTION:About the April Forum \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPresented by Dr Susan Barton\n\n\n\nMost histories of the First World War rightly focus on the tragedy\, horrific conditions and appalling loss of life. Stories of internment usually discuss the hostility that turned neighbours into enemy aliens to be locked away. This paper will focus on a more positive aspect of the wartime experience for prisoners of war who had already been through the hell of battle\, wounding and incarceration – humanitarian internment in neutral Switzerland. Thousands of sick and wounded POWs from Britain\, France\, Belgium and Germany were sent to Switzerland from 1916\, where they were warmly welcomed by the Swiss. There they could lead relatively free lives\, with medical care\, education\, training or employment. Internees were able to enjoy leisure and sporting activities\, form new relationships or have visits from wives\, girlfriends and family. For the Swiss\, internment helped preserve its neutrality\, kept borders open for essential supplies\, strengthened national identities and contributed to the economy by alleviating labour shortages and helping the hotel trade stay afloat as owners struggled to repay loans used to expand the tourism industry in the boom years of the early twentieth century. \n\n\n\nAbout the presenter\n\n\n\nDr Susan Barton is an honorary fellow at De Montfort University\, Leicester.  She is the author of several books and articles\, including The working class and the development of popular tourism (Manchester University Press\,  2005)\, Healthy Living in the Alps: sanatoria and the origins of winter sports tourism in Switzerland\, 1860-1914 ( Manchester University Press\, 2008) and most recently Park to Parks: the story of New Parks\, Western Park\, Braunstone Frith and Kirby Frith (2021).  She is also a Leicester City councillor.  \n\n\n\nAbout Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forums take place on the second Thursday of the month. \n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internment-in-switzerland-during-the-first-world-tickets-294926843127
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/dropped-from-hell-to-heaven-internment-in-switzerland-during-the-first-world-wardropped-from-hell-to-heaven-internment-in-switzerland-during-the-first-world-war/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220310T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220310T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T001519
CREATED:20220207T170125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T122556Z
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SUMMARY:Networking in the past: funerary networks in central Italy in the first millennium BC
DESCRIPTION:About the March Forum \n\n\n\nPresented by Dr Ulla Rajala\, Stockholm University\, Sweden\n\n\n\n\n\nConnectivity is one of the most fashionable buzzwords in recent archaeological and historical research. Social Network Analysis (SNA) and Agent Network Theory (ANT) are applied in different research projects across the fields. The aim of this talk is two-fold: firstly\, to present the different types of network research and explain the basic concepts and their applications in different fields; and secondly\, to present my own archaeological research in central Italy. \n\n\n\nThe study of the main cemetery areas will show the changing social networks from the Early Iron Age to the end of the Hellenistic period. I will look at the tomb types in different communities along the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Seas and in the Apennines and how this category of evidence can tell us about identities and a sense of belonging to different social and political networks. I will discuss the burial grounds in southern Etruria\, Latium\, Umbria\, Campania\, Samnium and Picenum in order to study the relative closeness and distance reflected in the regional and supra-regional networks. I will explore the effects of the cultural change in relation to the expansion of the Roman state. \n\n\n\nAbout the presenter\n\n\n\nDr Ulla Rajala is an archaeologist affiliated with Stockholm University\, Sweden\, but living with her family in Leicester. The research she is presenting here was funded by Vetenskapsrådet in Sweden. She did her PhD at Cambridge and has also worked at the University of Oulu\, Finland\, where she holds an honorary adjunct professorship.’ \n\n\n\nAbout Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forums take place on the second Thursday of the month. \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/networking-in-the-past-central-italy-in-the-first-millennium-bc-tickets-264263036857
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/networking-in-the-past-funerary-networks-in-central-italy-in-the-first-millennium-bc/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220210T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220210T191500
DTSTAMP:20260430T001519
CREATED:20220131T233805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220209T110315Z
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SUMMARY:Muslims in Leicester
DESCRIPTION:About the February Forum\n\n\n\nPresented by Dilwar Hussain  \n\n\n\n ‘Muslims in Leicester’ was a large ethnographic action research project conducted for the Open Society Foundation published in 2010.  The research  took over two years of work and involved in-depth interviews with Muslim and non-Muslim residents of the city\, as well as interviews with local government officials\, Muslim leaders\, academics\, journalists\, and community activists.   Dilwar Hussain\, who co-ordinated the team of 5 researchers\, tells us about this interesting project  which will interest both residents and non-residents of the city. \n\n\n\nThe research focused on the wards of Evington\, Stoneygate and Spinney Hills and was funded as part of a series of monitoring reports titled ‘Muslims in EU Cities’ focusing on eleven cities in the European Union with significant Muslim populations and is available here:www.soros.org/reports/muslims-leicester.  \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker: Dilwar Hussain is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Trust\, Peace and Social Relations\, University of Coventry. He is founding Chair of New Horizons in British Islam\, an organisation that works on reform in Muslim thought. Dilwar has worked in academic research\, policy consultancy\, teaching and training over the last 25 years\, delivering contracts for the voluntary sector\, private sector and various government departments around issues of integration\, identity and extremism and has a number of published works along these themes. He is a Trustee of the Faith & Belief Forum (FBF)\, was a Trustee and Vice-Chair of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and has been awarded an MBE for services to inter-faith understanding and community relations. \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forums take place on the second Thursday of the month. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nThe session will run  at the earlier time of  6.00 pm – 7:15 pm. Details will be sent on the day via Eventbrite to people who have registered. \n\n\n\nDue to social distancing measures\, this session will take place via video conference. Please register below. \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/muslims-in-leicester-tickets-259813578407
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/muslims-in-leicester/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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SUMMARY:Putting History on the TV and the Radio
DESCRIPTION:Still from the ‘Re-enactment history’  TV show\, ‘Full Steam Ahead’. \n\n\n\nAbout the December Forum \n\n\n\nPresented by: Dr Chris A. Williams\n\n\n\nCompared to other academic disciplines\, History gets a lot of prime time TV and radio time. It’s consistently popular\, but what are the effects of the compromises needed to keep the viewers and listeners happy? And what about the fashions and trends among the most powerful people you’ve never heard of\, the commissioners? ‘History on the box’ comes in a variety of different genres\, and each of these has its advantages and disadvantages. This talk will discuss a few of these\, and give you an opportunity to think and talk about when\, and how\, history has been broadcast well\, or broadcast badly.  \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker\n\n\n\nChris A. Williams is a historian at the Open University. He’s worked as Media Fellow responsible for advising and liaison between the OU and BBC for all their co-productions in Arts. He also originated the BBC Radio 4 / OU series ‘The Things We Forgot To Remember’\, the format of which was agreed at a meeting in the Marquis of Wellington pub on the London Road in Leicester. \n\n\n\nAbout Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forums take place on the second Thursday of the month. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nDue to social distancing measures\, this session will take place via video conference. Please register below. \n\n\n\nThe video conference will run from 6.15 pm – 7:30 pm. Details will be sent on the day via Eventbrite to people who have registered. \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/putting-history-on-the-tv-and-the-radio-tickets-192306302327
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/putting-history-on-the-tv-and-the-radio/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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SUMMARY:Not Just a Pretty Picture: Art as a Historical Source
DESCRIPTION:About the November Forum\n\n\n\nPresented by:  Yvonne M. Cresswell\n\n\n\nArt galleries are full of artwork appreciated for their great artistic and aesthetic qualities\, but what about the local art collection? Works by local artists and of local scenes (even if considered good enough to display) are often tucked away in a side room\, unloved and unappreciated. Local art collections are frequently a much underrated and underutilised historical source. This talk will look at the different ways that artwork can be used in local history research and will provide an opportunity to look beyond the ‘pretty picture’. Even really bad paintings can provide a wealth of historical information and detail that may not be found anywhere else. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Yvonne M. Cresswell has recently retired as Curator: Social History at Manx National Heritage (the Island’s national heritage service) after 34 years\, where she curated the social history collections & National Art Collection. Several years spent studying at Leicester University (historical geography\, English Local History & Museum Studies) provided the perfect training for her local history work on the Isle of Man. \n\n\n\nAbout Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forums take place on the second Thursday of the month. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nThe video conference will run from 6.15 pm – 7:30 pm. Details will be sent on the day via Eventbrite to people who have registered. \n\n\n\nDue to social distancing measures\, this session will take place via video conference. Please register below. \n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/not-just-a-pretty-picture-art-as-a-historical-source-tickets-192226774457
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/not-just-a-pretty-picture-art-as-a-historical-source/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211014T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211014T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T001519
CREATED:20210121T151746Z
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SUMMARY:Tackling Racial Inequalities in Higher Education (Rescheduled from May)
DESCRIPTION:Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the October Forum\n\n\n\nPresented by: Dr Anil Awesti\n\n\n\nVarious reports on student attainment and experience in Higher Education (HE) have shown a clear and substantial difference in the attainment\, progression and overall experience of students who identify as Black\, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) compared to those who identify as White.  \n\n\n\nThere is now wide acceptance across research that the disparity in outcome and experience is the direct result of practices and processes within the University itself that disadvantage specific communities of BAME students. One specific area of concern has been the way teaching practice\, content and environment contributes negatively to BAME student experience and attainment.  \n\n\n\nIn this session\, Dr Anil Awesti will analyse the reasons for the BAME attainment/awarding and experience gaps and\, reflecting on his own research and practice in this area\, how institutional racism in HE can be tackled. \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\nAnil Awesti is Senior Teaching Fellow\, Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of Warwick. His research interests are in Widening Participation to Higher Education\, in particular issues of access\, participation\, retention\, and progression of students from ‘non-traditional’ backgrounds in universities. \n\n\n\nRead more about Dr Anil Awesti  on the University of Warwick website. \n\n\n\nAbout Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forums take place on the second Thursday of the month. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nDue to social distancing measures\, this session will take place via video conference. Please register below. \n\n\n\nThe Zoom meeting will open at 6pm. The Forum will start at 6.15pm and finish at 7:30 pm. Details will be sent on the day via Eventbrite to people who have registered.  \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tackling-racial-inequalities-in-higher-education-tickets-172171799487
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/tackling-racial-inequalities-in-higher-education/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210708T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210708T193000
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SUMMARY:Disruption for Good: Where Next for Continuing Education at the University of Liverpool?
DESCRIPTION:Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the July Forum\n\n\n\nPresented by: Dr Glenn Godenho\n\n\n\nMore detail coming soon. \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\nAcademic Director of Continuing Education\, University of Liverpool. \n\n\n\nAbout Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forums take place on the second Thursday of the month. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nDue to social distancing measures\, this session will take place via video conference. Please register below. \n\n\n\nThe video conference will run from 6 pm – 7:30 pm. Details will be sent on the day via Eventbrite to people who have registered.  \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/where-next-for-continuing-education-at-the-university-of-liverpool-tickets-137804361555
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/disruption-for-good-where-next-for-continuing-education-at-the-university-of-liverpool/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210610T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210610T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T001519
CREATED:20210121T153053Z
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SUMMARY:The Lost Story of Part-time Higher Education
DESCRIPTION:Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the June Forum\n\n\n\nPresented by: Adam Matthews\n\n\n\nIn an environment dominated by flexible access to all manner of products and services afforded by digital technologies where a taxi\, a film and the latest news is at the tap of an app\, why then are part-time flexible undergraduate students in decline? There are some obvious answers: the raising of tuition fees and the equivalent or lower qualification policy.  \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, Adam Matthews will look at several other perspectives as to why access to a part-time undergraduate degree may be in decline. Focusing on a recent study in which Adam and Dr Ben Kotzee analysed UK undergraduate prospectuses to look at how universities themselves promoted part-time options\, this talk will look at the more discursive construction and promotion of ‘part-time’.  \n\n\n\nGoing beyond numbers and policy Adam will explore the popular culture high point of part-time in the 1960s and 70s and discuss some of the more recent digital education flexible study options such as MOOCs and microcredentials. \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\nDoctoral researcher\, University of Birmingham. \n\n\n\nAbout Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forums take place on the second Thursday of the month. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nDue to social distancing measures\, this session will take place via video conference. Please register below. \n\n\n\nThe video conference will run from 6 pm – 7:30 pm. Details will be sent on the day via Eventbrite to people who have registered.  \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-lost-story-of-part-time-higher-education-tickets-137803747719
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/the-lost-story-of-part-time-higher-education/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210415T193000
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SUMMARY:What's it Like Writing a Novel?
DESCRIPTION:Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the April Forum\n\n\n\nPresented by: Dr David Wharton\n\n\n\nMore detail coming soon. \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\nUniversity of Leicester and Leicester Vaughan College. \n\n\n\nDavid’s acclaimed first novel\, Finer Things (Sandstone Press\, 2019)\, drew together the disparate worlds of Art School Bohemia and East End crime in early 1960s London. He is currently completing his second novel\, the story of a short-lived and unsuccessful indie band. \n\n\n\nDavid also teaches creative writing. He is currently leading How To Write Fiction\, a 10 week online learning creative writing course for Leicester Vaughan College. \n\n\n\nMore details here: https://vaughan.coop/course/how-to-write-fiction/ \n\n\n\nAbout Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forums take place on the second Thursday of the month. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nDue to social distancing measures\, this session will take place via video conference. Please register below. \n\n\n\nThe video conference will run from 6 pm – 7:30 pm. Details will be sent on the day via Eventbrite to people who have registered.  \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whats-it-like-writing-a-novel-tickets-137800243237
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/whats-it-like-writing-a-novel/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210311T193000
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SUMMARY:Body Positivity: A History of a (Once) Radical Movement
DESCRIPTION:Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the March Forum\n\n\n\nPresented by: Dr Gemma Gibson\n\n\n\nBody positivity has become popularised in the mainstream media in recent years. It is being used to sell everything from face cream to wellness programmes and the cultural phenomenon it has become is drawing the attention of researchers from a multitude of disciplines and contexts.  \n\n\n\nBut\, how do you research a community and movement that you have been a part of and perhaps even helped popularise? This presentation traces the difficulties of being both researcher and researched and outlines some cautious ideas for using autobiography in social research.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\nUniversity Tutor\, Department for Lifelong Learning\, University of Sheffield \n\n\n\nAbout Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forums take place on the second Thursday of the month. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nDue to social distancing measures\, this session will take place via video conference. Please register below. \n\n\n\nThe video conference will run from 6 pm – 7:30 pm. Details will be sent on the day via Eventbrite to people who have registered.  \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/body-positivity-a-history-of-a-once-radical-movement-tickets-137794618413
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/body-positivity-a-history-of-a-once-radical-movement/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210211T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T001519
CREATED:20210107T145845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210215T145233Z
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SUMMARY:The Class Politics of Foundation Years
DESCRIPTION:Download Event Presentation SlidesDownload\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the February Forum\n\n\n\nPresented by: Dr Sarah Hale MEd\, SFHEA\n\n\n\nIn recent years\, particularly since the decline of part-time\, evening and open-access provision\, foundation years have become a significant route into higher education for people from working class backgrounds. We know from decades of research that working class students face a range of obstacles and challenges at university. Sarah Hale’s research explored how foundation year practitioners perceive and frame these\, and considered the implications that this might have for working class inclusion in higher education. \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\nSarah Hale began her first degree\, in Politics\, as a twenty-nine year old single parent\, and has spent most of her career working with mature\, part-time\, and ‘non-traditional’ students. In 2012\, after five years in the Faculty of Lifelong Learning at Birkbeck\, she joined the University of Sheffield’s Institute for Lifelong Learning – shortly before it\, too\, ceased to offer evening and open-access provision. Since 2014 she has been Programme Director for the University of Sheffield’s integrated foundation years\, which prepare students without Level 3 qualifications for forty different degree programmes. \n\n\n\nFind out more about Dr Sarah Hale at the University of Sheffield website. \n\n\n\nAbout Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forums take place on the second Thursday of the month. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nDue to social distancing measures\, this session will take place via video conference. Please register below. \n\n\n\nThe video conference will run from 6 pm – 7:30 pm. Details will be sent on the day via Eventbrite to people who have registered.  \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-class-politics-of-foundation-years-tickets-135865536477
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/the-class-politics-of-foundation-years/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210114T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210114T193000
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SUMMARY:Looking Forward: What are the Prospects for Lifelong Learning after the Pandemic?
DESCRIPTION:Due to social distancing measures\, this session will take place via video conference. The video conference will run from 6 pm – 7:30 pm. Details will be sent on the day to people who have registered via Eventbrite.  \n\n\n\nAbout the January Forum\n\n\n\nPresented by: Professor John Field\n\n\n\nWe’ve been through extraordinary times. The last twelve months have witnessed extraordinary disruptions to our everyday lives as we adjusted to the global pandemic. We should not forget that the year also saw a remarkable series of policy discussion around adult learning and continuing education\, all of which acknowledged that further and adult education were (a) vital to our well-being and prosperity and (b) massively underfunded. \n\n\n\nSo what happens next? This session will consider the prospects for lifelong learning as we move into a post-pandemic world. In particular we will discuss four ‘big change factors’ that are likely to shape the development of lifelong learning. These are: \n\n\n\nthe experience of the pandemic itself\, which stimulated a marked rise in adult education participation\, and will also led inexorably to rising unemployment;the demand for adult skills will change as a result of Brexit;UK productivity\, which has historically lagged behind its main competitors\, will be increasingly visible as trade patterns shift; and climate change\, which is proving a ‘wicked problem’ for democratic governments in particular.\n\n\n\nPolicy will also matter\, and 2021 should finally see the publication of the Government’s much-delayed White Paper on further education. But these ‘big four change factors’ are largely outside the control of government\, as are the likely behaviours of learners. \n\n\n\nThe presenter argues that these tendencies point to a probable bright future for lifelong learning in the short to medium term\, but not necessarily lifelong learning as we have known it in the past. To what extent does this bring new opportunities for those who hope for a broad and generous approach to adult learning? \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\nProfessor John Field is Emeritus Professor of Education at Stirling University. He has a long-standing background of interest and involvement in lifelong learning. Recent publications include edited collections on Mental Capital and Wellbeing and Researching Transitions in Lifelong Learning.  \n\n\n\nFind out more about Professor Field on the Stirling University website. You can also read his blog at: https://thelearningprofessor.wordpress.com/ \n\n\n\nAbout Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forums take place on the second Thursday of the month. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nDue to social distancing measures\, this session will take place via video conference. Please register below.  \n\n\n\nThe video conference will run from 6 pm – 7:30 pm. Details will be sent on the day via Eventbrite to people who have registered.  \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-are-the-prospects-for-lifelong-learning-after-the-pandemic-tickets-135550706813
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/what-are-the-prospects-for-lifelong-learning-after-the-pandemic/
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T193000
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SUMMARY:Medieval Towns in the Modern Age
DESCRIPTION:Due to social distancing measures\, this session will take place via video conference. The video conference will run from 6 pm – 7:30 pm. Details will be sent on the day to people who have registered via Eventbrite.  \n\n\n\nAbout the December Forum\n\n\n\nPresented by Deirdre O’Sullivan (Archaeology\, University of Leicester) \n\n\n\nCoventry Guildhall\n\n\n\nIn the 21st century the phrase ‘our urban heritage’ invites questions at many levels\, not just about who is ‘our’ and what is ‘heritage’ but also about the role of  expert voices\, community groups and individuals  in determining what is valued and conserved for the future – and what is not.  \n\n\n\nThis seminar will explore the values that are often linked to medieval buildings and below-ground archaeology in urban stories\, and what this holds for the future of our  townscapes\, drawing principally on Leicester and Coventry\, but with some broader analogies. \n\n\n\nAbout This Month’s Presenter\n\n\n\nDeirdre O’Sullivan is a Lecturer in Archaeology in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History. She has previously worked as a field archaeologist and as a post-excavation researcher at Durham and St Andrews. Read more about Deidre on the Leicester University website. \n\n\n\nAbout Vaughan Open Research Forum\n\n\n\nVaughan Open Research Forum is series of talks\, workshops and interactive sessions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more. \n\n\n\nThemes for sessions relate to our core teaching topics\, arts\, humanities\, social sciences and counselling\, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. The Vaughan Open Research Forums take place on the second Thursday of the month. \n\n\n\nDue to social distancing measures\, this session will take place via video conference. The video conference will run from 6 pm – 7:30 pm. Details will be sent on the day to people who have registered via Eventbrite. 
URL:https://vaughan.coop/course/medieval-towns-in-the-modern-age/
LOCATION:Video Confererence\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Vaughan Forum
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ORGANIZER;CN="Leicester Vaughan College":MAILTO:contact@vaughan.coop
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