On Chester on: A History of Chester College and the University of Chester - Couverture souple

White, Graeme J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1908258195 ISBN 13 : 9781908258199

Editeur : University of Chester Press, 2014

Synopsis

Although there has been a University of Chester only since 2005, its predecessor, Chester College, dates back further than most UK universities, to 1839. This book celebrates the 175th anniversary of the foundation in 2014. The story is a remarkable one of survival and success. The early College was a pioneering venture with a unique approach to learning and the University still houses the first buildings in England specifically designed for the training of teachers. Three times, in the 1860s, the 1930s and the 1970s, Chester College came near to closure, only repeatedly to emerge intact and to become stronger than before. In the early twenty-first century, the University has a growing reputation within the higher education sector and can claim some of the highest rates of student satisfaction in the country. The book's title is taken from the College motto of the late-Victorian and Edwardian period: as appropriate today as when it was coined.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Graeme J. White, MA, PhD, FRHistS, FSA, is Emeritus Professor of Local History at the University of Chester. He was appointed to Chester College as a Lecturer in History in 1977 and went on to become Head of History and latterly the University's Dean of Academic Quality and Standards, before retiring in 2010. He is editor of the journal Cheshire History and President of the Chester Society for Landscape History, which was founded by former students of Chester College in 1986. Among his previous books are Restoration and Reform: Recovery from Civil War in England, 1153 1165 (2000) and The Medieval English Landscape, 1000 1540 (2012).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chester Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1908258195
• ISBN 13: 9781908258199
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 376
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• Personne responsable: non disponible