Universities in the Age of Reform, 1800-1870 Durham, London and King's College /

• Main Author: Andrews, Matthew (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Great Britain-History.; Social history.; Civilization-History.; Education-History.; Higher education.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Social History.; Cultural History.; History of Education.; Higher Education.

This book considers a crucial moment in the development of English higher education, and also provides a new and comprehensive history of the early decades of Durham University. During the Age of Reform innovative ideas about the role and purpose of a university were moving at an unprecedented pace....

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: The Age of Reform
• Bold Endeavours: London University, its Imitators and Critics.-The idea of Durham University
• Establishing the New Universities
• Recruitment of Academic Staff
• What to Teach
• Higher Education in Newcastle
• Growth and Decline
• Appendices
• Index.