*POSTPONED* Experiences of Adult Education in Britain since 1919
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Followed by a wine reception
Schedule:
09:30-10:00 Coffee and Introductory remarks from Eve Worth and Aleena Din
10:00-11:00 Roundtable- What is Adult Education?
Speakers: Selina Todd, Asma Khan and Melissa Benn
11:00-11:50 The Historical Roots of Adult Education Policy
Sharon Clancy: ‘Politics, Passion and Pedagogy: the 1919 Report on Adult Education – Learning from a Radical Past’
Lawrence Goldman: ‘Made for Men, Used by Women: Liberal Adult Education in England Since 1870’
11:55-12:45 The Personal and Political Influence of Adult Education
John Holford: ‘Tawney’s University: Adult Education and the Democratisation of Higher Education in 20th Century Britain’
Nigel Todd: ‘Before the Pitmen Painters: The World of Chester Armstrong’
12:45-13:45 Lunch
13:45 14:30 ‘At the Margins of the State: Adult Learning Policy in Britain from Russell to the Centenary Commission’
Keynote Speaker: Alan Tuckett
14:30-15:20 Older People and Adult Education
Jan Etienne: ‘Matriarchal Learning hubs: Black women as Activist, Adult Learners’
Alexandra Withnall: ‘Age is just a number: A 40-year perspective on later life learning in Britain’
15:20-15:40 Coffee Break
15:40-17:00 The Policy and Practice of Adult Education
RaPal: ‘RaPal 100 Project’
Jay Derrick: ‘The Informal Learning of adults: practical implications for policy approaches based on a socio-material conception of learning’
17:00 Wine Reception
Remarks from Dame Helen Ghosh
Date:
14 March 2020, 9:30
Venue:
St Hilda's College, Cowley Place OX4 1DY
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organising department:
Faculty of History
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Laura Spence
