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The Department of Extra-Mural Studies of the University of Manchester had its origins in the University Extension movement of the late nineteenth century. Universities and colleges, responding to the lack of opportunity for formal higher education of many sections of the population, offered lectures and courses directly to the public outside the confines of the university. This type of education thus became known as 'extra-mural' education.
The first initiatives in this area began in the 1860s against a background of concern about current standards of secondary education. In 1867-8 James Stuart of Trinity College, Cambridge delivered lectures to working men and women in North of England. In 1873 the University of Cambridge began a formal programme of extra-mural lectures, to be followed by Oxford University in 1878. Their aim was to provide lectures and classes primarily in liberal education subjects to social groups lacking access to university education; workingmen and middle class women were seen as particularly important constituencies for extra-mural education.
Owens College became involved with University Extension in the mid-1880s. The College already provided an extensive programme of evening classes (evening students outnumbered the day students until the 1890s), but it had not been active in an extra-mural sense. In 1885 Arthur Milnes Marshall, professor of zoology at Owens College, presented a case for a series of extension lectures to the Victoria University authorities. The federal Victoria University had been created in 1880, and its constituent colleges were Owens College, University College, Liverpool, and Yorkshire College, Leeds. The University feared that extra-mural education in the North of England would be monopolised by Oxford and Cambridge, and they decided to meet this challenge with their own programme. The first "Victoria University local lectures" commenced in February 1886 with a series of lectures on natural history by Marshall at Withington, Manchester. Soon courses were being held in other parts of Manchester. In 1891, a University Extension Committee was set up with representatives from Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool, to oversee the extension programme, and declaring the aim to be "to bring the University to the people when the people cannot come to the University".
Initially the Victoria University colleges ran a modest programme of around a hundred courses per annum, considerably smaller than those of Oxford, Cambridge and London. Lectures and courses were financed by local committees, who recovered costs by charging attendance fees. Centres were established across the region to support the programme, including at Openshaw, Ancoats, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Heaton Chapel, Colne (Lancs.), Southport, Blackburn, Bolton, Bootle, Wakefield, Denby Dale, and Ormskirk. Vocational and technical courses were popular as they were more likely to attract fee-paying students (for example, Yorkshire College, Leeds ran very successful extra-mural courses in agricultural education).
By the time that the independent University of Manchester was created in 1903, the situation was more favourable to extra-mural education. The Board of Education was providing some central funding, but, most importantly, the Workers' Education Association (originally known as the Association to Promote the Higher Education of Workingmen) was established in 1903 to promote extra-mural education for working class students. The W.E.A. developed into a body which could ensure the systematic planning and organisation of extra-mural education, working in alliance with the universities. For much of the twentieth century, the relationship between the universities and the local districts of the W.E.A. lay at the heart of extra-mural education. The W.E.A. popularised an intensive version of extra-mural education known as the tutorial class, which lasted for three years, with syllabuses designed by the W.E.A. itself. Courses in economics, history and social sciences proved particularly popular in the early years. The University of Manchester began its formal association with the North West District of the W.E.A. in 1909. A Joint Committee was formed, comprising seven representatives from the University and seven from local working class organisations (including W.E.A.), to oversee tutorial classes in the local region. The relationship between the W.E.A. and the University was cemented in 1911 with the institution of an annual reception for W.E.A. students at the University.
In 1919 extra-mural education received a substantial boost when a report issued by the Adult Education Committee of the Ministry of Reconstruction described it as a "permanent national necessity" and advocated that universities form extra-mural departments. A department was established at Manchester in 1920. It was responsible for two strands of extra-mural work: the provision of tutorial and sessional classes in collaboration with the W.E.A., supervised by the Joint Committee for Tutorial Classes, and non-W.E.A. open lectures and courses in the Manchester region, supervised by the University's Extra-Mural Committee. In 1926 Henry Pilkington Turner was appointed director of the Department (he had previously been external registrar), and he worked closely with Eli Bibby, the secretary of the N.W. District of the W.E.A. Pilkington was succeeded as Director by Ross Waller (1899-1988), a University lecturer in English, during the 1936/7 academic session. Extension work prospered during the 1920s, with a greater range of tutorial classes being offered. Sessional classes, less advanced than the tutorial classes, were also popular. There were inevitable setbacks during the 1930s when the economic climate made it very difficult for many working class students to spare the time and money for such classes.
The Extra-Mural Department's role changed significantly during the Second World War, when it became involved in the education of armed services personnel (both British and Allied). The Manchester Regional Committee for the Education of H.M. Forces was established in 1940 to oversee this education programme, and the Department became intimately involved in the practical implementation of the programme. The Committee was responsible for providing thousands of classes and lectures during and after the War, its work coming to an end in 1959. Forces' education allowed for the employment of many more teaching staff, and required a variety of different teaching methods; the experience provided useful experience for post-war teaching methods at the Department. During the War the Committee acquired the use of Holly Royde, a house in Withington, south Manchester, to provide residential courses, and this was to develop into the Department's residential adult education centre in the post-war period.
The Department was able to expand its activities in the post-war period. It was recognised as a Responsible Body by the Ministry of Education which funded its non-vocational teaching with an annual grant, and this helped employ more staff within the Department. Residential staff tutors were appointed to organise extra-mural education in outlying districts including Blackburn, Burnley, Bolton, Wigan, Chorley, Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, East Cheshire and North West Derbyshire. The Department also developed a fruitful relationship with the Lamb Guildhouse Association, established in 1938 for those interested in less formal adult education. The 'Lambs' used Holly Royde as their base, and made a significant contribution to its success.
In 1948 a new Joint Committee on Adult Education replaced the Committee on Extra-Mural Work and the Joint Committee on Tutorial Classes. In 1949 the Department's Director, Ross Waller, was appointed to the chair of adult education (Adult Education was an independent department within the Faculty of Education). During the 1950s the Department broadened its teaching scope by offering in-service and specialist training courses in such areas as social work and criminology. This was a response to changes, albeit slow, in the patterns of demand for extra-mural education. On the one hand, there was a need to provide more quasi-vocational courses, often accompanied by some form of credential, while on the other hand, there was increasing demand for less formal and intensive education than was provided by the traditional tutorial class, particularly from those students, who undertook courses in their retirement. Although the tutorial classes remained important until the 1960s, participation did begin to decline in the face of competition from the polytechnics and the Open University.
In 1960 Waller was succeeded by Werner Burmeister as Director of the Department, but he remained in post for only a short period. Waller then returned temporarily as Director until the 1964/5 Session when George Wedell was appointed Director. Wedell, like Waller, was also a professor of adult education. In 1963, the Department had moved to new accommodation in the Roscoe Building, having previously resided in offices above a bank at the corner of Oxford Road and Brunswick Street. In 1972, the Department established its own Departmental Board, following the revision of the University's constitution.
The nature and funding of extra-mural education changed significantly during the 1980s. The Department suffered funding cuts, with a consequent loss of staff tutors (the number of academic staff had peaked in 1977 at 31). Financial strictures meant that fee income from courses became more important. In 1986/7 a Central Board and Office for Continuing Education took over administrative responsibility for all continuing education at the University, with the result that the Extra-Mural Department lost its responsibilities in this area. Residential courses became less important with the consequence that Holly Royde was closed in the mid-1990s.
In 1992/3 the Higher Education Funding Council decided that future funding for continuing education should be based on number of students studying for an award. The University of Manchester meanwhile concluded that a new Centre for Development of Continuing Education would replace the Extra-Mural Department and the Office for Continuing Education and Training; this would supervise all continuing education conducted under the University's auspices. This brought to an end the role of the Department's staff tutors, and, following this, the Department was abolished in July 1994.
During the 1990s and early 2000s, the Centre provided a range of courses in adult education: it continued to teach the diploma in community and youth studies, provided a range of non-assessed courses for the general public, and in 1994 introduced a new certificate in continuing education for its range of assessed courses. In 1999, the Centre was renamed the Centre for Continuing Education, and was placed within the Faculty of Arts (after 2004, the Faculty of Humanities). In 2006, a major review of the Centre saw a radical reorganisation of adult and continuing education provision; the Centre ceased to be involved with the diploma in youth studies, and the certificates in continuing education were discontinued. Public education was dispersed among various agencies within the University, usually within the context of widening participation and public engagement initiatives.
The major part of the archive was transferred to the University Archives following the reorganization of extra-mural education in 1994. Further accruals were made in 2009 and 2016.
The archive comprises records of the Department of Extra-Mural Studies, its successor, the Centre for the Development of Continuing Education, the Lamb Guildhouse Association, and papers of the Manchester Regional Committee for the Education of H.M. Forces, with which the Department was closely involved during the Second World War.
The Departmental material (DEM/1) includes the administrative papers, promotional material, annual reports, as well as publications of Departmental members, cuttings books, and a photograph collection documenting Departmental activities.
DEM/2 comprises the records of the Lamb Guildhouse Association including its minutes, administrative files and cuttings books.
The records of the Manchester Regional Committee for Education in H.M. Forces (DEM/3) includes the minutes of this body, programmes of activities and a set of administrative files concerning its educational activities.
DEM/4 comprises the records of the Centre for the Development of Continuing Education, established in 1994 to continue the University's adult education work.
Note some of the digital records of the CCE have not yet been catalogued.
No further accruals expected.
The archive is divided into three components, reflecting differences in provenance
between the records of the Extra-Mural Department itself, and of the Lamb Guildhouse
Association and the Manchester Regional Committee for Education in H.M. Forces, which
had a close administrative relationship with the Department, but which nevertheless
remained autonomous from it:
Archive of the Department of Extra-Mural Studies, DEM/1/3 (etc.), The University of Manchester Library.
The collection is open to any accredited reader, although some items containing personal data may have restricted access.
The collection includes material which is subject to the Data Protection Act 2018. The University of Manchester Library (UML) holds the right to process personal data for research purposes. In accordance with the DPA, UML has made every attempt to ensure that all personal and sensitive personal data has been processed fairly, lawfully and accurately. Users of the archive are expected to comply with the Data Protection Act 2018, and will be required to sign a form acknowledging that they will abide by the requirements of the Act in any further processing of the material by themselves.
Open parts of this collection, and the catalogue descriptions, may contain personal data about living individuals. Some items in this collection may be closed to public inspection in line with the requirements of the DPA. Restrictions/closures of specific items will be indicated in the catalogue.
Photocopies and photographic copies can be supplied for private study purposes only, depending on the condition of the documents.
A number of items within the archive remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; it is the responsibility of users to obtain the copyright holder's permission for reproduction of copyright material for purposes other than research or private study.
Prior written permission must be obtained from the Library for publication or reproduction of any material within the archive. Please contact the Head of Special Collections, John Rylands University Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3EH, tel. tel.: +44 (0)161 834 5343.
The minutes of the various University committees which oversaw extra-mural education at
the University form part of the main University archives . These comprise:
The Vice-Chancellor's archive contains the following files relevant to the work of the Department:
. Some of the post-1980 Vice-Chancellor's files on this subject area are
currently uncatalogued.
The annual reports of the Department will be found in the Reports of Council to Court
(
The following works proved of value in compiling the administrative history of the
Department:
DEM/1 comprises the business records of the Department of Extra-Mural Studies and its predecessor bodies. The documents include annual reports of the Department (DEM/1/1), syllabuses and course notices (DEM/1/5) from the early 1920s to the demise of the Department, and promotional material concerning Holly Royde, the Department's residential college (DEM/1/4). Records of the earlier University Extension programme from the pre-1914 period can be found in DEM/1/2; these are registers of lectures 1895/6-1902/3, and financial records of payments to lecturers. The archive includes numerous departmental files (DEM/1/3), dating from the 1940s to the 1980s, which document the administration, staffing and finance of the Department, as well as correspondence with other adult education departments and files on special projects and courses undertaken by the Department. Published works by members of the Department on adult education and other subjects can be found in DEM/1/7, including a considerable number of articles by Ross Waller, the former director of the Department. There is an apparently complete set of the
There was no evidence of systematic classification of departmental material, although the main genres of record were identifiable.
DEM/1 comprises the following sub-series:
Annual reports of the Extra- Mural Department (DEM/1/1/1), and reports for Holly Royde College (1950-1957).
Annual reports of the Extra-Mural Department and of the Joint Committee on Tutorial Classes. The reports were usually bound together. Reports for the Department date from 1925/6 onwards. Reports for 1909/10-1924/5 are for the Committee on Tutorial Classes only. Reports from 1947/8 are those of the Department of Extra-Mural Studies only.
Reports of Holly Royde College; these appear to be the only reports produced for the College. The Departmental annual reports (DEM/1/1/1) also refer to activities at the College in passing.
Records of extension lectures delivered under the auspices of the Victoria University and the University of Manchester. The Victoria University records include lectures provided by Yorkshire College, Leeds, and University College, Liverpool.
Originally known as the Local Lectures Committee, and later as the University Extension Committee, it was set up by Victoria University to have oversight of its extension programme, with responsibility transferring to the University of Manchester in 1903. The committee later evolved into a sessional committee, the Committee on Extra-Mural Work, which existed between 1914 and 1943. Includes a minute book of Withing Centre lectures committee
Volumes of minutes for 1891-1895 and 1895-1900 which have been glued together. It is believed that the committee met before thus date, but earlier minutes have not been located.
Minutes of the Withington Centre Extension Committee, which appears to have been establish initially to organise a series of lectures on Dante by Philip Wicksteed (the Withington Centre pre-dated this). The lectures cam under the auspices of the Victoria University Extension Committee. the Withington Committee also sponsored lectures on English Gothic Architecture in 1905, and J A Dale's lectures on Robert Browning in 1906. The committee appears to have been wound up in 1907. The volume includes notices, syllabi and cuttings relating to these lectures.
Records of extension lectures delivered by Victoria University. The registers record the location and local secretary, the lecturer and subject of the lectures, the dates on which the lecture was delivered, and details of any examinations held in relation to the lecture including the results.
Registers are extant for the following years:
The documents record financial information about extension lectures including fees paid to the University and the lecturer by the centres where lectures were delivered.
Typescript lists of Sessional Class tutors, listing name of tutor, subject taught, location of class, dates of meeting and name of organising secretary.
These volumes contain a wide range of documents including: annual lists of extension lectures, notices and syllabi of lecture series ay individual centres, examination papers, regulations for lecture series, printed accounts , newspaper cuttings, and occasional manuscript records of examination results
Comprises: /1 1885-1889 /2 1889-1892 /3 1886-1902 /4 1894-1909 (examination papers only).
These volumes contain a wide range of documents including: annual lists of extension lectures, notices and syllabi of lecture series ay individual centres, examination papers, regulations for lecture series, printed accounts , newspaper cuttings, and occasional manuscript records of examination results
Comprises: /1 1885-1889 /2 1889-1892 /3 1886-1902
Varied documents including the role of the Extension Advisory Committee of Victoria University, relationships between Extension centres and the University, relations between different University Extension authorities, and arrangements for lectures. These documents appear to date from the beginnings of the Extension programme.
Includes regulations for exams, memo on fees (1895), pupil teacher courses, 1897-1902, regualtions for elcturers, lists of lecturers and titles of courses,1891-95.
Administrative files of the Department of Extra-Mural Studies. The majority of the files were created by the Director of the Department, although several appear to have been created by other members of staff. Most files date from the Second World War onwards and are most complete for the 1960s until the late 1980s. It is not believed that files from the earlier period are extant.
The files cover a wide range of the Departments activities including staffing, teaching and finance. There are memoranda and reports produced by members of staff relating to departmental administration (DEM/1/3/2, 3, 4, 16, 30, 32, 33). Files with information on courses run by the Department include DEM/1/3, 5, 7, 15, 19, 29, 66-76. There are files relating to administration and building projects at Holly Royde College (DEM/1/3/17, 25), and relations with the Workers Educational Association (DEM/1/3/4, 6).
Several files deal with relations with adult education in other universities: (Lancaster (DEM/1/3/18), Sussex (DEM/1/3/20), and the Universities Council for Adult Education (DEM/1/3/14) . There is correspondence with the Department of Education and Science (DEM/1/3/22-24), which funded most of the Department's liberal education activities as a Responsible Body and copies of the annual returns submitted by the Department in relation to this funding (DEM/1/3/34-65).
The files are arranged in broadly chronological order; where files relate to the same subject they are arranged as a block (as with files relating to Ministry/Department of Education grants to the Extra-Mural Department).
The titles for files are for the most part those given by the Department; where a file title was not present, this has been added by the archivist based on content of material. Where the original file title is used, this is indicated by quotation marks.
Two papers regarding procedures for paying fees of lecturers for University Extension lectures. The papers did not form part of a file but have been filed together by the archivist because of similar subject matter.
Miscellaneous departmental papers including correspondence re. Air Raid Precautions, 1938; statistics for students attending extra-mural classes; correspondence re. departmental accommodation in Wright St.; a memorandum concerning the Department dated 24 February 1939 to which is attached a copy of a report on adult education in Manchester prepared by the Manchester Education Committee; the file also includes a cutting from the
Miscellaneous papers accumulated by Ross Waller concerning proposals for extra-mural education in the post-war period. The papers include plans for the reconstitution of the extra-mural committees (Joint Committee for Tutorial Classes and the Extra-Mural Committee) and the Committee on the future policy and organisation of extra-mural education, established by Senate in 1943, including its interim report (February 1944). There is also correspondence between Waller and Ernest Green, secretary of the W.E.A. concerning future relationships between the University and the North Western District of the W.E.A.
Some documents containing personal information may be closed to public inspection.
File of general correspondence and papers accumulated by Ross Waller as Director of the Department of Extra-Mural Education and professor of adult education. There is no specific subject matter to the papers, but rather they consist of a variety of topics concerning the administration of the department, its staff and its relationships with outside bodies. Some of the material deals with matters of sensitivity at the time of writing, and this may indicate Waller's reasons for separating this material from other files.
Among the items of interest are:
File consisting mostly of course programmes at Holly Royde, mainly dating 1946-1954; also includes papers and reports relating to courses at Holly Royde including Donald Garside, "Memorandum on the nature of short residential courses as conducted at Holly Royde and the implications for the academic staff", n.d.; C.G. Hely and C.F.H. Jessup, "Industrial courses at Holly Royde 1958-1965" (1965); and Alexander Wilson, "Industrial courses at Holly Royde 1949-65" (January 1966).
Correspondence relating to invitations to speak at the annual W.E.A. Reception at the University of Manchester. Correspondents include Ellen Wilkinson, Sir John Maude, Lionel Elvin, and Valerie Fletcher on behalf of T.S. Eliot. The file also includes an undated paper by Gilbert Murray, which was delivered to the Reception by Professor T.B.L Webster.
Papers, mainly notices, of vocational and in-service courses provided by the EMD in the 1950s, includes refresher courses for teachers, criminology, child care.
Papers relating to the SCAE, a committee of the Faculty of Education, includes handwritten notes and drafts (in Waller's hand?).
Papers relating to estimates for the EMD for the Quinquennium 1952-57; departments were required to project year-on-year financial estimates for the given period, and indicated planned expansions of services and personnel.
Papers concerning the Adult Education Committee of the Ministry of Education (also known as the Ashby Committee), established in 1953 to report on current provision of adult education in the U.K. The University of Manchester submitted a memorandum to the Committee, written by Ross Waller, and two amended typescripts of the memorandum are included in the file (there is no copy of the version submitted to the Committee).
Papers relating to estimates for the EMD for the Quinquennium 1957-1962; departments were required to project year-on-year financial estimates for the given period, and indicated planned expansions of services and personnel.
File relating to a survey of cultural activities in Rochdale undertaken by the EMD on behalf of the Adult Education Advisory Committee of the Manchester and District Advisory Council for Further Education.
File relating to a survey of cultural activities in Bolton undertaken by the EMD on behalf of the Adult Education Advisory Committee of the Manchester and District Advisory Council for Further Education.
Memoranda and circulars from the Universities Council for Adult Education (UCAE), the body which promoted the interests of U.K. extramural departments and acted as a forum for matters of mutual interest. Topics covered include staffing levels and tutor training.
Papers relating to the day release course for members of the National Union of Mineworkers in "Economic problems and industrial relations", provided by the Department of Extra-Mural Education. The course, initiated in 1964 and supported by both the N.U.M. and the National Coal Board, lasted two years, and included modules in economic and industrial relations. The file includes correspondence between the Department, N.U.M and N.C.B concerning arrangements for the course, arrangements for the course, including lists of participants, and syllabuses for the course 1964-1967. The course was discontinued in 1968.
Printed copies of Departmental papers relating to the administration, organisation and teaching of the Department. The papers were authored by members of the Department and discuss current issues of interest and policy matters.
The following papers may be of particular interest:
Papers relating to the construction of an extension at Holly Royde College, includes minutes of the planning later the construction sub-committee, and copies of architects plans (4) of the proposed building
Papers relating to arrangements for extra-mural education by the University of Lancaster. The University set up in the 1960s sought to develop extra-mural education in north Lancashire, Westmorland and south Cumberland; the papers mainly relate to suggestions that Lancaster take over extramural responsibilities for North East Lancashire, which was (and remained) administered by the University of Manchester.
Copy of a survey of extra-mural provision by departments of the University compiled by the EMD in 1965. The survey examined extra-mural work undertaken during the session 1964/5, and included courses provided directly by departments and courses and services to which they contributed. There is also correspondence between E.G. Wedell, Director of EMD and colleagues at other universities concerning the survey, and a cutting of an article by Wedell, "What should universities do for local communities?"
Correspondence between George Wedell and Asa Briggs (vice-chancellor, University of Sussex) relating to plans to establish extra-mural education at the new University of Sussex, includes a copy of a paper by Briggs, "Extra-mural work at Sussex" dated February 1966, Wedell's comments on the paper and a copy of a report on Extra-Mural provision by University of Manchester departments (a copy of which was supplied to Briggs for information).
A copy of the interim report of a Leverhulme research project on the creation of a regional institute of adult education for the North West.
Access conditions may apply to documents containing personal information.
Correspondence between the EMD and the Department of Education, mostly relating to arrangements for the employment and payment of EMD staff.
Access conditions may apply to documents containing personal information.
Correspondence between the EMD and the Department of Education, mostly relating to arrangements for the employment and payment of EMD staff.
Access conditions may apply to documents containing personal information.
Correspondence between the EMD and the Department of Education, mostly relating to arrangements for the employment and payment of EMD staff.
Minutes, agenda and papers of the Holly Royde Board of Studies, a sub-committee of the Joint Committee on Adult Education. The papers were the personal copies of the Director of EMD, and not the official minutes.
Papers relating to the Nordic Summer School, an annual event hosted by EMD at Holly Royde. The course was intended for Scandinavian students, (most of students were trade unionists in employment), and lasted for three months over the summer months. The papers include correspondence relating to the organisation of courses, copies of minutes of the Nordic Summer School Board of Studies (a sub-committee of the EMD), reports on the courses. There is also a copy of a dissertation by Kent Pettersen "The Fabian Society - some aspects", [c.1986].
The file was accumulated by W.D.A. Jones of the EMD, who was responsible for the administration of the course during the 1970s.
Copy of a paper on the administration of EMD, outlining financing and staff arrangements and relationships with supervisory University bodies and outside bodies.
Papers relating to finance of the EMD, including annual estimates, and costs of specific projects.
Report by the assistant director of EMD, John Hostler, into the activities of the Department, funding arrangements, future prospects, roles of academic and non-academic staff, courses, etc. The report was originally classified as confidential; it is now open for public consultation.
Copy of the Department's academic plan for the period 1989-1991/2. The report reviews the activities and role of the Department in light of the transfer of its funding from the DES to the Universities Funding Council.
Papers relating to annual returns made by the Department to the Ministry (later the Department) of Education as a Responsible Body. Returns were required to be submitted on courses delivered during the academic session in order for grants to be paid by the Ministry (which funded the non-vocational liberal education teaching work of university extra-mural departments). Grants were paid in instalments, an initial grant paid before the academic session commenced based on estimates supplied by the EMD, and supplementary grants paid after the session was completed based on real expenditure. In later years, the EMD supplied information in standard forms, namely Form AE1, supplied before the Session commenced indicating courses to be provided and on which the initial grant was based; Form AE2 which was completed for each course as soon as it was devised for the forthcoming session; Form AE3 which was completed post-session and recorded income/expenditure for grant-aided and non grant-aided work, which was used to adjust the DES grant if necessary, and Form AE4 lists all grant-aided courses provided during the session. Most of the files on the DES returns will contain copies of at least forms AE1 and AE3.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34. The Ministry of Education changed its title to the Department of Education and Science (DES) in 1964.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
For further information on the returns see the description in DEM/1/3/34.
Papers relating to the Department's course in religious studies. Mostly boards of studies minutes, notices of certificate awards, and course details.
Papers relating to the Department's course in health education, introduced in 1984.. Mostly course details.
Papers relating to the Department's course in advanced French Mostly course details.
Papers relating to the Department's course in trade union studies (distance learning) Course programme handbook, regulations and board of studies minutes
Papers relating to the Department's course in religious studies. Mostly regulations and course details.
Papers relating to the Department's course in landscape history. Mostly boards of studies minutes, appointment of external examiners, and course details.
Papers relating to the Department's course in gerontology; mostly boards of studies minutes and course details.
Papers relating to the Department's course in social studies; mostly boards of studies minutes and course details.
Papers relating to the Department's course in criminological studies (later renamed police, penal and social studies); mostly boards of studies minutes and course details.
Papers relating to the Department's course in social work; mostly course details.
Papers relating to the Department's course in social work; mostly board of studies minutes and course details.
General promotional material advertising the Holly Royde College. Some course syllabuses and notices are also present in DEM/1/3/5 and annual reports of the College for the 1950s can be found in DEM/1/1/2.
Brochure advertising facilities at Holly Royde College.
Appeal leaflet issued to raise funds for Holly Royde College.
Prospectus advertising facilities at Holly Royde College.
Programmes and syllabi for courses held at Holly Royde College (See also DEM/1/3/5).
"Fortnight at Holly Royde: an account of a course for young workers, written by the students".
This series comprises syllabuses of courses offered by the Extra-Mural Department, some in conjunction with other bodies, and notices of extra-mural courses and lectures provided by the University of Manchester. For post 1--4 courses of the Centre for Continuing Education, see
Printed notices of lectures and courses offered by the University Extension Committee, and later the University of Extra-Mural Department, arranged in annual bundles. No notices or syllabuses are present for the session 1943/4.
Programmes for the annual reception for W.E.A. students held at the University of Manchester between 1911-1981. Programmes are present for : 1914, 1922-1924, 1926-1943, 1945-1958, 1960- 1962, 1964, 1966-1970, 1976, 1977.
Programmes for 1949-1965 (inclusive), 1967-9, 1972, 1974, 1977.
Syllabuses for "Wider Horizons", extra-mural courses for graduates.
Prospectus for training course for social workers.
Lists of courses offered by the EMD 1965/6, 1967/8, 1968/9.
The
The Roscoe lectures were:
A collection of pamphlets, offprints, cuttings and unpublished material on adult education and other subjects by members of the EMD. The series includes a substantial number of Professor Ross Waller's writings, particularly on adult education in Italy, as well as papers by F.W. Chandler, W.E. Styler, Ralph Ruddock and Caradog Jones.
Folder containing offprints and cuttings of articles by members of EMD staff. The material comprises:
Published and unpublished articles by Ross Waller, Director of the
Extra-Mural Department. The items include:
Folder containing typescript articles and addresses mainly relating to adult
education in Italy.
Bundle of journals which contain articles by Ross Waller. They comprise:
W.E. Styler,
W.E. Styler, "Group psychology and the W.E.A class"; a paper issued by the Extra-Mural Department.
W. E. Styler, "W.E.A. tutors and their groups"; issued by the EMD.
Ross Waller,
Ralph Ruddock (senior lecturer in adult education) and John F. Morris (professor of management development), "The Class and its tutor"; typescript (with amendments), probably intended for publication includes papers on "Classes" and "The part-time tutor" by Ruddock and "Group psychology and the class" and "Some methods of research" by Morris. The booklet was intended for teachers of adult classes.
Ross Waller,
Cecil W. Davies,
Folder containing items of biographical information about EMD staff etc.
These comprise:
Cuttings books assembled by the Department; the cuttings mainly report the work of the Extra-Mural Department but also deal with adult education more generally. No cuttings were located for the period 1969-1986.
Cuttings mainly relating to adult education issues in general and to Extra-Mural Department of the University of Manchester. Includes index.
Cuttings mainly relating to adult education issues in general and to Extra-Mural Department of the University of Manchester. Includes index.
Cuttings mainly relating to activities of the EMD, but also including some on general adult education matters. Includes index.
Cuttings mainly relating to activities of the EMD, but also including some on general University of Manchester matters. Material has been taken from the University publication,
Cuttings mainly relating to activities of the EMD, but also including some on general University of Manchester matters. Material has been taken from the University publication,
DEM/1/9 is a collection of photographs accumulated by the Department. In nearly all cases, the photographs have been taken in connection with events and courses at Holly Royde College, indicating that the collection was associated with the College, rather than directly with the Extra-Mural Department. The earliest photographs show Service personnel attending MRC courses, and the post-war photos show seminars and lectures at the College, as well as views of the College itself, including new building projects. There are several photos of staff members. The are also photographs of participants at the Nordic Summer School and the Bangor Summer School.
Very few of the photographs include information to identify individuals or events in the photographs or the dates of creation. In most cases, approximate dates have been given, but usually only to an estimate of the decade in which the photograph was taken.
The original ordering of the collection was such to indicate that the photographs had probably been kept together as a single collection, even where the subject matter related to autonomous bodies such as the Lamb Guild and the Manchester Regional Committee. For this reason the photograph collection was been treated as a unitary collection.
Groups of students at Holly Royde, mostly in military uniform. It is assumed that they were participants in MRC courses.
Glass plate negatives of images described in DEM/1/9/1; there is also an image of the exterior of Holly Royde College.
Views of the Holly Royde gardens and outbuildings.
Postcards showing interior views and one exterior view of Denzell House, Bowdon, original home of the Lamb Guildhouse. The photographs were probably taken between 1938-1940. Some of the postcards have notes on dorse identifying locations.
Postcards showing the house and gardens of Holly Royde College. The
postcards probably date to the 1940s-early 1950s. One postcard shows the
original emblem of the Lamb Guildhouse,
Members of EMD staff standing outside Holly Royde College, includes Ross Waller, Donald Garside, and Ralph Ruddock. Photos are dated on dorse to March and May 1949, although it is likely all were taken on the same date.
Photograph of participants at an "English Educational Course" at Holly Royde, not dated, but probably earlier than 1945. The photograph is mounted in a paper wallet.
Photograph showing the 'Brains Trust" of the Manchester Regional Committee, March 1943, including T.H. Pear, T.S. Ashton, W. Wales, Ross Waller, Walter Bullock and Elsie Butler.
Photographs of a group standing outside Holly Royde College, and an interior shot showing some members of the group with schoolchildren. It is not possible to date the item, though it is probably late 1940s-early 1950s. Although some members of the group appear to be EMD staff, others are not identified.
Photograph showing a group, probably in the refectory of Holly Royde. Not dated and group not identified, although it could be a Lamb Guild event.
Photograph showing a group of Lamb Guild members at Pendrell [Staffs].
Photographs of groups, possibly Lamb Guild members; not dated, and no information where photographs were taken.
Group of Lamb Guild members at "Friends Meeting House", 19 March 1967; further information on the location is not available.
Photograph of unidentified group outside Holly Royde College, dated '1965?' on dorse.
Print showing group outside a pub, not dated and no further information available.
Print showing an unidentified individual seated in a study.
Photograph of Donald Garside (Warden of Holly Royde).
Photograph of Donald Garside in later life, with two unidentified women outside Holly Royde.
Photographs showing various views of the exterior of Holly Royde College, the photographs date from after the completion of the first extension at Holly Royde.
Postcards showing dining room, lecture room and bedroom at Holly Royde College, and a composite which includes an exterior view of Holly Royde.
View of original extension at Holly Royde.
Photographs showing construction of Octagon building and other extension buildings, includes a photograph from March 1968 showing the completed project.
Photographs showing Florence Howarth and Mrs Garside at the opening of a rose memorial garden at Holly Royde.
Photograph of unidentified group of students outside Holly Royde College.
Photograph of unidentified group of visitors outside Holly Royde College.
Photograph of unidentified group of individuals outside Holly Royde College
Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals outside Holly Royde College.
Photographs of Ross Waller (?) giving talks/seminars to a group of students in the garden of Holly Royde.
Photograph of students on lawn outside Holly Royde College.
Photograph showing students listening to a lecture, presumably at Holly Royde College.
Photograph showing a lecture being delivered at Holly Royde; lecturers are not identified.
Photograph showing unidentified lecturer delivering a talk in the gardens of Holly Royde College.
Photograph showing an unidentified group in a garden, assumed to be Holly Royde students; the location has not been identified.
Photographs showing students at HRC: /1 group at seminar session; /2 group outside College.
Seminar at Holly Royde College, possibly Lamb Guild students.
Photographs showing a social event at Holly Royde College.
Photograph of honorary graduates, presumably at the University of Manchester. The association with EMD is not clear.
Photographs of a garden fete at Holly Royde College.
Photographs of the opening of the extension of Holly Royde College by Sir Ronald Adam (chairman of the National Institute of Adult Education) in May 1960. The photographs show speakers at the opening including Adam, Lord Woolton and Ross Waller. A card (/22) identifies the event.
Photographs of the opening of the extension of Holly Royde College by Sir Ronald Adam. They show Adam performing the opening ceremony and Adam and Lord Woolton delivering speeches.
Photograph of Ronald Adam performing opening ceremony at Holly Royde College extension.
Group of EMD staff, including Ross Waller (pointing at map).
Photographs showing Alice Foley making a presentation to Professor Ross Waller, 11 March 1973. The information on the dorse of photo 1 indicating the event was the 40th anniversary of the Lamb Guild is incorrect.
Photographs showing presentation to Ross Waller at Holly Royde College, probably in 1987.
Photographs showing participants in EMD's annual summer school at the
University of Wales, Bangor.
Album containing photographs of students from Elverum, Norway, during visit to Holly Royde in October 1949. the photos show the group at the College, in the Pennines, Chester and London. The album was presented as a Christmas gift to Donald Garside.
Photographs of participants in annual visit to Holly Royde College by
Scandinavian students.
Photographs of participants in 1976 Nordic Summer School (pieces 1-2), and of two Filipino participants at a Trade Promotion Officer's course.
Photographs of Roy Johnson (W.E.A.) and Bill Jones (Extra-Mural Department).
Photograph of staff members of the Extra-Mural department. Attached note identifies some of the individuals.
Album containing photographs taken at golden jubilee celebrations of the Lamb Guild of Holly Royde at Holly Royde College, 1988.
Photograph of tutorial at Holly Royde College.
Photograph of two unidentified individuals, possibly taken at a social event at Holly Royde.
Photographs showing a craft show organised by the Manchester Regional Committee to exhibit work by members of armed forces.
Photographs of soldiers undertaking craftwork, presumably under auspices of the Manchester Regional Committee. The photos are dated to 1943 on the dorse, and may have been taken at Didsbury College.
Photograph of servicemen listening to a lecture by Dobson and Young (Dobson and Young are not shown).
Album containing a various photographs of MRC events including U.S. services courses at Mottram Hall, Cheshire, 1944; U.S. servicemen visiting Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, 1944; Canadian service personnel at Lancashire Independent College; a handicraft fair in the Orkney isles, 1943; female service personnel attending a lecture by Dobson and Young n.d.; the MRC Brains Trust, March 1943 [see also DEM/1/9/8]; service personnel attending demonstration of newspaper machinery at Kemsley House, Manchester, October 1945.
Slides of Bangor Summer Schools 1963, 1964 and 1968, mostly showing halls of residence at the university and local beauty spots.
Slides showing various interior shots of Holly Royde College.
Slides showing staff at work at the Extramural Department, University of Manchester.
The Department established a departmental board in 1970; from 1973, it was obligatory that all academic departments had such boards. They were responsible for matters of internal administration, other than where these were the responsibility of a Faculty (EMD was not attached to a Faculty). Minutes up to 1988 are signed.
Arranged in folders as follows:
The Association (or EMSA), an independent body, was established in 1988, to support activities and events for former students of the Department. It was reanimated the Association of Continuing Education Students in 1999.
Minutes and papers of the Association, including AGMS. Pre-1992 minutes have not been traced.
Issues 1-35 (issue 5) missing, plus 2 copies of the A4 format issued in 2001-2002
Copy of the conveyance of Holly Royde to the University of Manchester by Frank Behrens, 17 August 1944.
The Lamb Guildhouse Association was a private association set up in 1938 to promote adult education through lectures, conferences and field trips. The Association was originally based at Denzell House in Bowdon, Cheshire, which had been donated by Miss Sybil Lamb (The name of the association was a play on her surname). The Association's work was soon curtailed by the outbreak of war, when Denzell House was requisitioned. The Association found other temporary accommodation in Bowdon. In the post-war period, the Lamb Guildhouse became closely associated with Holly Royde College, the Department of Extra-Mural Education's residential college in south Manchester. Holly Royde had been an education centre for the armed services participating in courses run by the Manchester Regional Committee for Adult Education in H.M. Forces (see DEM/3). By 1950, it was being used for civilian adult education and the Lamb Guildhouse, probably its most frequent users, treated it as an unofficial headquarters. A certain number of weekends were given over to the Association each year at Holly Royde. The Lambs (as they were known) also organised a number of foreign study tours in the 1950s and 1960s, including a tour of Sardinia in 1956. In 1967 the LGA merged with the Holly Royde Association to form the Lamb Guild of Holly Royde. For most of its period of existence the Guild enjoyed a membership of over two hundred, who were noted for their loyalty to the association. The Lamb Guild of Holly Royde appears to have come to an end some time in the mid-1990s, probably around the time that Holly Royde was sold off for property development.
The documents record the educational and social activities of the Lamb Guildhouse from the late 1930s to the late 1980s. Several of the record series are incomplete i.e. the minutes of the Guildhouse (DEM/2/1) and the series of circulars (DEM/2/3). The notices and programmes of the Lambs' activities are fullest for the 1950s and 1960s (DEM/2/7). The Lamb's social activities, particularly trips made within Britain and abroad are comprehensively documented in the cuttings books from the late 1960s to the early 1990s (DEM/2/5); earlier foreign trips are recorded in several photo albums (DEM/2/6). The administrative files (DEM/2/8) include material on the merger between the Lamb Guildhouse and the Holly Royde Association, and documents relating to various Guild activities.
The records are arranged into the following series:
Minutes of the Council of Management of the Lamb Guildhouse Association and of annual general meetings. The minutes are loose-leaf, signed and include agendas, circulars and other papers.
Incomplete set of agenda, minutes and reports of the LGA. Only a small minority of papers from this period appear to have survived.
Loose minutes of the Committee and annual general meetings of the Association. The material has been gathered from several sources and is incomplete. The Association does not appear to have kept a systematic record of its meetings after 1971. Reports of AGMS for 1980, 1982-83 are missing. The last annual report present is 1986.
"Rules of the Lamb Guildhouse Association"; one copy has been annotated with amendments at a later date.
Folder of Circulars issued by the Guild, reporting activities. The first circular is no.4 (Spring 1968), and the last is no.85 (Spring 1989). A number of the circulars are not present.
Pamphlet describing the Lamb Guildhouse, and its headquarters at "Denzell", Bowdon, Cheshire.
Ross Waller,
The cuttings books record reports of trips and courses undertaken by the LGA, and include copies of course itineraries, photographs and postcards, and literature associated with places visited.
Album containing photographs extramural summer schools and Lamb Guild social events; photos are annotated. Creator of album unknown.
Photo album containing images of Lamb Guild holiday in Austria.
Photo album containing images of Lamb Guild holiday in Sardinia, 1956.
Miscellaneous notices of LGA courses and lectures.
Programmes of courses hosted at the Lamb Guildhouse, Bowdon.
Programmes of courses hosted by the Lamb Guild.
Loose notices of courses and lectures held by the LGA; the series is not complete - there are significant gaps for the period 1944-1949, 1970-1979.
Note: a number of course programmes are to be found in the cuttings books.
Miscellaneous files relating to the Lamb Guildhouse Association. Whilst there is no evidence that these files were ever part of a larger set of files of the Association's officers, the files are related to the Lamb Guildhouse by provenance. Of note are files on the amalgamation with the Holly Royde association (DEM/2/8/2), revisions to the constitution of the Association (DEM/2/8/6), and papers concerning the reconstitution of the Guildhouse, written by Professor Ross Waller c. 1943 (DEM/2/8/7).
Folder of miscellaneous writings, and correspondence from LGA members, mostly relating to their impressions and memories of the Association; a number of the contributions appear to have been produced for a series "What the Lamb Guild means to me" in the 1980s.
Papers relating to the amalgamation of the Lamb Guildhouse association and the Holly Royde Association in 1967 to form the Lamb Guild of Holly Royde The papers include correspondence and notice discussing various aspects of the merger, including the administration of funds.
Typescript paper "The Lamb Guildhouse Association", n.d., explains work of the LGA.
[Alex Wilson?], "The Lamb Guildhouse Association, 1956-65, or some thoughts about the Lambs recollected in tranquillity".
Ross Waller, Ieuan Hughes, Alex Wilson, "Some thoughts on the 40th anniversary of the Lamb Guild" [1978].
Ross Waller, "A few considerations on the future maintenance of the Lamb Guild of Holly Royde", 10 March 1970.
Ross Waller, "Suggestions to hosts, hostesses and reporters", n.d.
[Ross Waller?], "What is this Lamb Guild?"
Order of Service, memorial service for Ross Waller, Holly Royde College, 13 March 1988.
Typescript list of items required for exhibition n.d.
File containing papers relating to LGA tour of Scotland, M.G. Lee, "Manchester, past, present and future", (1981) and a visit to Northamptonshire in 1987.
Papers relating to the LGA tour to Sardinia in 1956 including typewritten notes of the tour, a copy of
Copy of the original articles of association of the Lamb Guildhouse, 1939; two typescript copies of revised rules of the LGHR, 1969; correspondence with Charity Commission 1976-1978 concerning amendments to Guild's rule.
Copy of a memorandum by Ross Waller, offering views on creation of a 'People's College', and reconstitution of the Lamb Guildhouse; this has been annotated by Waller with suggestion it was written c. 1943 and that it is "an important historical document". The file also contains a transcript of a section from Ruskin's
A birthday card produced for 50th anniversary of the Lamb Guild
'Birthday' card produced for the 50th anniversary of the Lamb Guild, and signed by members. The card has a hand painted coat of arms of the Guild.
In 1939 a Central Advisory Council on Adult Education in H.M. Forces was established to coordinate educational activities for serving members of the armed forces. During the Second World War the Council had responsibility for providing educational courses for British, U.S. and Allied troops based in the U.K.
The Council oversaw twenty three regional committees, responsible for areas which corresponded to a considerable extent to those administered by the universities for existing extra-mural work. The Manchester Regional Committee worked closely with the University of Manchester Extra-Mural Department; the latter undertaking much of the administrative support for the Committee.
The Manchester Regional Committee provided thousands of lectures and talks during the War. Lecturers came from a variety of backgrounds including schools and universities, as well as musicians and artists. Some of the lectures were formal and academic in nature, but most were more popular or vocational in orientation.
The Regional Committee continued to provide education for the Armed Forces in the post-war period for the large numbers of National Service personnel. In 1949 a new body with the same title had been formed. The Manchester Regional Committee was dissolved on 31 March 1959.
The papers include signed minutes (not complete) of the MRC and its sub-committees (DEM/3/1). There are a number of administrative files, mainly those of the secretary of the Committee, dealing with various aspects of the programme, including courses, staffing arrangements and administrative and financial arrangements with the Central Committee (DEM/3/2). A small collection of course syllabuses and notices from the latter part of the War can be found in DEM/3/3.
Minutes of the Manchester Regional Committee, its executive committee and various sub-committees.
Minutes and agenda of the Regional Committee, includes reports by the Secretary of the Committee.
The date of the last meeting is not given, but it can be surmised to be early 1959.
Minutes for 1942-1948 only. Post-1948 minutes in the main series of minutes (DEM/3/1/1/2)
Minutes of miscellaneous MRC sub-committees (apparently incomplete). Minutes of the North East Lancashire sub-committee 1941-5, Arts and Crafts Sub-Committee 1942, Education Facilities for Women's Services, 1943-4.
Files relating to miscellaneous aspects of the MRC's work, including relations with the Central Committee, administration of lectures and courses, and statistical returns and reports of work undertaken.
The series is arranged in broadly chronological order.
Miscellaneous printed material relating to educational services of MRC, includes circulars to lecturers and education officers, and minutes of meetings of the MRC.
Correspondence of the MRC; many of the earlier papers relate to recruitment and the meetings of the Committee, representation on the Committee, arrangements for lecturers.
Correspondence relating to and copies of half-yearly reports submitted by the MRC to CC.
Papers concerning arrangements for lectures and talks to RAF and WAAF personnel organised by Regional Committee.
Papers concerning arrangements for lectures and talks to RAF and WAAF personnel organised by Regional Committee.
Reports and half-yearly returns of the Manchester Regional Committee, includes financial statements. The returns provide brief details of courses and lectures provided each half year (October-March, April-September), including subject matter, and include information on staff, work at Holly Royde, and special activities such as education of Polish soldiers.
Papers relating to the financial arrangements of the MRC, particularly payments from the Central Committee.
Typescript reports of lectures delivered by Dobson and Young to members of the armed forces, mostly on musical subjects. The reports detail the location and a brief report of the audience's response. Dobson and Young were the most popular and prolific of the lecturers appointed by the MRC.
Papers concerning arrangements for lectures and talks to naval personnel organised by Regional Committee.
Papers relating to the employment of civilian teachers of English attached to the Polish Resettlement Corps concerning their work with former Polish soldiers. The Regional Committees supplied teachers for this programme. Many documents are copies of notices and memoranda issued by the War Office or military authorities, but there are also papers relating to the employment of teachers by the Regional Committee.
Correspondence and circulars of the Central Committee for Adult Education in H.M. Forces to the Manchester Regional Committee; subjects covered include superannuation of civilian teachers.
Annual reports and returns submitted by the University of Manchester concerning education work undertaken for the CCAE for the period 1949/50-1956/7. Most of the information is in statistical form (lectures delivered, subjects, numbers of teachers and students) but there are also some reports of the work undertaken. The file includes correspondence between the CCAE and the University about an earlier report and the need for standardised reports and returns from all universities providing education for the armed forces (May-July 1949).
Papers re. the half-yearly report of the Manchester Regional Committee, April-September 1949.
Correspondence relating to Manchester Regional Committee courses held at the headquarters of the Manchester Y.M.C.A., King George Services Club, Piccadilly Manchester; these included a course on film appreciation held in 1950.
Papers relating to arrangements for talks by EMD staff to Royal Army Pay Corps; includes copies of lectures delivered.
Correspondence relating to funding for financial year 1951/2.
Papers relating to residential courses arranged by the Regional Committee at the King George Services Club, Manchester and at Holly Royde College.
Programmes for courses provide by the MRC for British, American, Canadian
and dominion troops. The programmes are as follows:
British and Allied Forces
Canadian Forces
American Forces
American and Dominion Forces
Printed notices of courses of the Manchester Regional Committee.
Typewritten reports of courses held for Allied Forces personnel, gives a brief summary of course content, numbers attending and students reactions to courses.
Register of British Armed Forces personnel attending MRC courses at the Lamb Guildhouse, Bowdon, and at Holly Royde, Withington. Includes programmes for courses.
J.D. Hoy,
The main Board of Studies supervised the certificate courses in continuing education (the Board continued to supervise the Egyptology certificate, which became a distance learning course, after the other certificate courses had been discontinued in 2006.)
The Continuing Education Award was available to students fulfilling certain conditions in the non-assessed courses.
Annual reports\reviews of the Centre, 1994/5, 1995/6, 1996/7 and reports on continuing education, 1993/4, 1994/5 1995/6 , 1996/7 , 1997/8.
Centre student newsletters, issues: 1, 3,4, 7, 8 and 16 only.
A submission by the CCE to the National Youth Agency for endorsement of the Diploma in Community and youth Studies, dated September 2000. Includes documentation of the course programme.
Details of all CCE course certificate programmes.
papers including minutes relating to the organisation of the CCE's courses for the public programme. These are organised by subject team
Closed to public inspection.
papers relating to the Penn State programme, which the Centre taught to Pennsylvania State University undergraduates. Established in 1970, the programme originally taught media and communications studies, but later expanded to include politics and economics). the programme was discontinued after the 2006 review.
The Reviews were routine exercises continued by academic schools and departments for Faculty Policy and Resources Committees. The file includes details of the Centre's assessed and non-assessed courses, as well its teaching and administrative arrangements.
Papers relating to the review of the Centre undertaken in 2004-2005 which saw a major reorganisation of the University's provision for continuing education. A Review Group reported on the Centre's future in late 2005, and its recommendations were implemented from 2006 onwards. The papers which were accumulated by the director and acting director of the Centre including papers of the Review Group as well as internal papers concerning its work.
Prospectuses for Learning for Pleasure courses 1997-2003 (14), Computer Courses, 1999 (1), part-time degrees 1990s (7), Certificate Programme 1997, 2001 (2), Courses for the Public 1994-2009 (33)
Module handbook, 2000/1; Study Skills booklet , n.d.; Tutor's handbook (2000), Certificate of Continuing Education by Directed Study handbook, 2004/5; Report on CCE and Manchester Museum Partnership (n.d.); "Teaching Equals: introductory notes for tutors in courses for the public".