medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
when I hit the link I was sent to the College of Charleston.
Katherine French
J. Frederick Hoffman Professor of History
University of Michigan
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Madeleine Gray
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Ths is all very sad. I've worked with Ellie Pridgeon and Miriam Gill as well
> as with Graham in the past and I know there is nothing second-division in
> their work! It's a problem that runs through our higher education system in
> the UK: senior management are increasingly focussed on what makes money,
> what attracts funding, and seem to have lost sight completely of bigger
> issues like community engagement.
>
> I don't see any reason why list members outside the UK can't support the
> campaign: you are after all in a better position to say that what will
> attract a wider global body of students is the profile of the university as
> bedded into its region. What after all is the point of going to Leicester if
> it's just the same as everywhere else?
>
> Maddy
>
> ---
> Prof. Madeleine Gray
> University of South Wales
> http://www.heritagetortoise.co.uk
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> 'The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of
> the living' (T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding)
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>
>
> On 13/06/2016 11:50, Graham Jones wrote:
>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Dear All
>
> May I support Ellie's request. The attrition visited on what began as
> 'workingmen's institutes' and what we have successively called 'night
> school' 'adult education', 'continuing education', and now 'lifelong
> learning' is not new in the UK. I can't speak for other countries, but sadly
> it flows in part from an academic snobbery that sidelines LL as somehow
> academically second-division.
>
> And yet... It has been rare for any cohort I have taught at Vaughan/LILL
> since 1997 not to have included at least one student capable of, and often
> producing research-based work of publishable standard. It has been normal
> for one, two, or three students in every cohort to go on to postgraduate
> work. Universities now live or die by research ratings. Vaughan/LILL's
> record over the years shows how this can mesh with the UK's universities'
> current duty to maximise the potential of an ageing population. We need
> improved levels of key skills, productivity, and social mobility across all
> age groups, and lifelong learning delivers that. Again, the ageing
> population issue is common across Europe, and it would be interesting to
> hear from colleagues in other countries if their systems recognise the value
> of LL for their own national economies.
>
> Leicester rightly wants more overseas students. All colleagues on this list
> recognise that globalised education is a reality. Many UK-based academics,
> myself included, contribute to university programmes elsewhere in Europe
> delivered through the medium of English. Something tells me that local
> reservoirs of talent like the Cont Ed students at Leicester may be more of a
> fit in our globalised system of education than one UK university after
> another has thought possible. Maybe I'm wrong, but it would be interesting
> to know if that chimes at all with colleagues' experience elsewhere.
>
> All the best
>
> Graham
>
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> Subject: [M-R] Potential Cuts to Medieval Teaching at Leicester
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> * Apologies for cross posting
>
>
>
> Many of you will be aware of the potential closure of the Vaughan Centre for
> Lifelong Learning at the University of Leicester. The Centre has been
> providing education to the citizens of Leicester for over 150 years. The
> University wants to focus its finances on improving campus facilities to
> attract more overseas students.
>
>
>
> The Centre teaches Medieval History and History of Art (BA tutors include
> myself, Dr Miriam Gill, Dr Conny Bailey, and Dr Graham Jones).
>
>
>
> You can help save the Centre by signing the online petition, which will take
> 1 minute:
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>
>
> https://www.change.org/o/save_the_vaughan_centre_for_lifelong_learning
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>
>
> Please circulate the petition to your colleagues and friends.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Ellie
>
>
>
> Dr Ellie Pridgeon, BA, MA, PhD, Arch Dip
> Teaching Fellow
> Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning
> University of Leicester
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