Fundraisers and Forums
January Forum: Researching and writing adult education history
Professor Mark Freeman considers the challenges of writing an institutional history of university adult education, particularly in the recent period.
December Forum: An open discussion on what the future holds for in-person learning
This is an interactive forum which invites both learners and teachers to discuss their experiences of face-to-face learning. We will consider what, in a period when digital learning is expanding, can in-person education still offer?
November Forum: Interpreting Iron Age transitioning landscapes
A forum on the landscape of the Catuvellauni tribe, a late Iron Age tribe whose territory was located between modern day Essex, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. How can we reconstruct this landscape?
Thinking about Medieval Murals
What can surviving murals tell us about their original contexts? What are the limits of our powers of interpretation and reconstruction?
Vaughan Supper Fundraiser
A social event raising funds for the College
Pilgrimage and Encounters with the Holy
This talks discusses how pilgrimage differs from other forms of travel and why does it remain popular today.
May Forum: The Gibberd Garden
A talk on Modernist architecture, sculpture, and new towns in the UK during the 20th century
Leicester Vaughan College Celebrates Five Years
Leicester Vaughan College celebrates its fifth anniversary.
Fifth Anniversary Message of Support from Patron Cllr Sue Waddington
Dear Leicester Vaughan College members and friends, I am very sorry that I am unable to join you at the fifth anniversary event of LVC but am sending you all a message of support. For five years we have continued
March Forum
Prashant Kidambi talks about the ‘Indian’ cricket team’s debut in imperial Britain in 1911 and how the idea of India was fashioned on the cricket pitch.