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The Vaughan Forum is a series of talks, workshops and discussions which are for anyone who is curious and wants to find out more.
We are a cooperative community benefit society set up to provide university-level education dedicated to the needs of part-time learners and to those wanting ‘a second chance’ to study.
Vaughan College Discovery Circles are member-led learning communities.
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
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
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
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
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
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 Sadly, we are unable to run this session due to social distancing measures currently in place. Please sign up for our newsletter if you would like to be notified of new dates when they are decided.
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. Download Supporting Materials
The Lost Ideas of 19th-Century Radical Socialist Education: From “Human Nature” to Culture-Building 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
Bodice-rippers and Chained Books: The History of the Book You might think of libraries being rather quiet demure places, filled with dead trees rotting slowly, but print history takes us to some quite risqué places. Think about those second-hand copies of
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