Cadbury Research Library posted to a greater extent than than 100 historic photographs on flickr, "Roots of the University," that include fascinating images of Mason College inwards the late-1800s.
Home »
archives »
United Kingdom »
Interdisciplinary Tension Betwixt Arts As Well As Sciences At Bricklayer College
Interdisciplinary Tension Betwixt Arts As Well As Sciences At Bricklayer College
The History of Education Society posted an interesting article past times Clare Stainthorp, "student identities at birmingham's stonemason college." Mason College was founded inwards 1875 together with is considered every bit a predecessor for the University of Birmingham that received a Royal Charter inwards 1900.
Stainthorp notes 2 proposed names, "Josiah Mason's Scientific College" or "Josiah Mason's College for the Study of Practical Science," implying that at that topographic point would hold upward a vocational focus at the institution. However, Mason College admitted students of both genders amongst a multifariousness of backgrounds together with Stainthorp describes a salubrious interdisciplinary tension playing out betwixt the arts together with diverse scientific disciplines. She concludes amongst a recommendation that to a greater extent than consideration should hold upward given to relationships betwixt diverse disciplines inwards late-Victorian higher education.