The Class of 1841

Dr Martyn Walker, of the University’s School of Education and Professional Development, is an expert on the Mechanics’ Institute movement in Victorian Britain.

In this lecture Martyn looks at the contribution the Huddersfield Institute made to adult education nationally, regionally and locally. He will show it adapted to supporting student learning during the rapidly changing nineteenth century and concludes in 1890 when the government finally began to take seriously the responsibility of supporting and financing post-school and adult education for all. This provided a firm foundation on which further and higher education have subsequently been established.

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