Tawney's Religion and the Rise of Capitalism is still an excellent lively read. I remember one or two odd creaky perorations, which I suppose reflect the lecturing style of the era, but I found it accessible and informative and well-argued, especially on how economics came unmoored from any moral foundations. A remarkable man.
These pioneers of education for working people had a real sense of education in the round, that it should make us more enquiring, more public-spirited and democratic, not just more productive and wealthy. With the marketisation of higher education and now its crisis it is surely time to rediscover this...
I did my library post-grad at Manchester Metropolitan University and they liked to say that, because they started off as a Mechanics' Institute, they were older than the University of Manchester!
It's so interesting how the WEA courses spread and how huge the appetite was for them. Human beings love to learn!
A fascinating read. Thank you. I taught a WEA class in the 80s and have been a WEA student on some of their online courses in the last couple of years. A vital institution.
Few Beuks from MY Cleadon ( Reference ) Library :-
( One course by WEA on Minute Taking - One Day for Capital in Covid for The Empress. Managed to persuade Capital Accountant I had Other Skills as Chartered Management Accountant . Accounted for around £360m Additional Funding - ALL Depreciation & Asset Register Updates " Saved the Day " - Funding would have been LOST without my Input !!! )
Associate Director told me it was Band Two Aprentice Role then kicked me out into AP ( I met Associate Directors on my Own on TEAMS to discuss Capital Budgets and Forecast spending .Hardly Band Two Apprentice Level )
( Open University used to have Stall occasionally in Saff Restaurant but they Never had Anything I fancied . C.I.M.A. equivalent to Masters Degree - All Day release except Final Strategic Level - Couldn't afford College so Bought Text Books & Read Twice ( Don't Like Test Papers ) Final Case Study - You Would Not Believe my Circumstances - Nobody Else in the World could have Passed under those Circumstances I Believe ).
BrightandPurple
Ivar Gabot
Chartered Management Accountant - The HARD WAY
Cleadon Library - Not a Business but a Mission to Educate the World One Book at a Time
Tawney's Religion and the Rise of Capitalism is still an excellent lively read. I remember one or two odd creaky perorations, which I suppose reflect the lecturing style of the era, but I found it accessible and informative and well-argued, especially on how economics came unmoored from any moral foundations. A remarkable man.
These pioneers of education for working people had a real sense of education in the round, that it should make us more enquiring, more public-spirited and democratic, not just more productive and wealthy. With the marketisation of higher education and now its crisis it is surely time to rediscover this...
I did my library post-grad at Manchester Metropolitan University and they liked to say that, because they started off as a Mechanics' Institute, they were older than the University of Manchester!
It's so interesting how the WEA courses spread and how huge the appetite was for them. Human beings love to learn!
A fascinating read. Thank you. I taught a WEA class in the 80s and have been a WEA student on some of their online courses in the last couple of years. A vital institution.
Sarah Harkness
Few Beuks from MY Cleadon ( Reference ) Library :-
( One course by WEA on Minute Taking - One Day for Capital in Covid for The Empress. Managed to persuade Capital Accountant I had Other Skills as Chartered Management Accountant . Accounted for around £360m Additional Funding - ALL Depreciation & Asset Register Updates " Saved the Day " - Funding would have been LOST without my Input !!! )
Associate Director told me it was Band Two Aprentice Role then kicked me out into AP ( I met Associate Directors on my Own on TEAMS to discuss Capital Budgets and Forecast spending .Hardly Band Two Apprentice Level )
( Open University used to have Stall occasionally in Saff Restaurant but they Never had Anything I fancied . C.I.M.A. equivalent to Masters Degree - All Day release except Final Strategic Level - Couldn't afford College so Bought Text Books & Read Twice ( Don't Like Test Papers ) Final Case Study - You Would Not Believe my Circumstances - Nobody Else in the World could have Passed under those Circumstances I Believe ).
BrightandPurple
Ivar Gabot
Chartered Management Accountant - The HARD WAY
Cleadon Library - Not a Business but a Mission to Educate the World One Book at a Time
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Cordon Rouge
Red Herring Workers Co-operative
( Newcastle-upon-Tyne Vegan / Veggie ? Café Recipe Book - Rare )
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The Shuttle and Cage - Industrial Folk-Ballads
Edited Ewan MacColl Published by Workers' Music Association 1954
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Songs for the Sixties
Edited by Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl Published by Workers' Music Association 1961
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Art education - Pamphlet No. 6 ( 1946 )
Ministry of Education
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Home curing of Bacon and Hams
Bulletin 127 Ministry of Agriculture 1947
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Manual of Nutrition
Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food ( First edition 1945 - 8th Edition 1976 )
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Board of Education - Syllabus of Physical Training for Schools - 1933 ( 1942 Reprint )
Board of Education ( HM Gov )
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Munch and the Workers
Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery ( Munch ) Opened Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Norway 2nd October 1984
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The Politics of Education
Edward Boyle & Anthony Crosland in conversation with Maurice Kogen
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Milton's Tractate on Education.
Milton ed Oscar Browning
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Other ( Fellow ) Poet's Thoughts :-
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Le Poete / Irish T'inker
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Rodin's Thinker
Irish T'inker
Represent Intellect
Le Poete - Respect !
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Lyrics by © HughofDurham@Gmail.com
© BardofCleadon@Gmail.com
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Ivar Gabot
Chartered Management Accountant
Lowest Paid Qualified Accountant for The Empress for over Twenty Years
( & THE BEST )
Philosopher Pauper and a Poet
Chilled Skilled Wordsmith
One Hundred and Sixty-Two Songs since Lockdown
One Hundred and Eighty-Eight in Total
Cleadon Library - Not a Business but a Mission to Educate the World One Book at a Time