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Poetry and the Adult Student
In this forum we will look at approaches to teaching poetry to adult learners. What makes for a fulfilling learning experience? Is poetry ‘wasted on the young’?
Resonances and Representations: Aspects of The English Country House
Resonances And Representations: Aspects Of The English Country House is a 10 week evening course which will consider the politics of heritage, the struggle to save these houses, questions of race, imperialism and the slave trade, and the place of the servants’ backbreaking work to make such splendour possible.
Medieval Towns in the Modern Age
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. About the December
Adult Education in the 1919 Centenary and the Time of Pandemic
The 2019 Centenary Commission Report restated the aims for the 21st century – but it did not foresee that within three months Coronavirus would have locked the country down, reducing lawful human interaction to Zoom.
14-18 NOW: Archiving the First World War Arts Centenary Programme
This paper, presented by lead archivist Dr Ellie Pridgeon, will provide an overview of some of the key 14-18 NOW projects.
Urban Thrills? People’s experiences of British city and town centres, 1930s-1970s
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. About the July
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
The History of The Book Part 1 – 5 Sep – 17 Oct 2020
Due to measures in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, this session has been rescheduled from the original May-June dates and will now take place in the Autumn term. The History of The Book Part 1 You might