Conference Programme
Outline Programme
The Conference opens on Friday 5 September at 2.00 (registration from 11.30). Welcome, and keynote address by Professor Chris Duke 'Trapped in a local history: why extramural remained beyond the walls when the walls came a-tumbling down', followed by seminars, reception and dinner. Book launch of The History of Higher Education by Professor Roy Lowe OBE in Routledge's Major Themes in Education series.
Saturday 9.00 to 5.00 with keynote addresses by Professor David McKitterick 'The reach of print', Professor Rosemary O'Day 'Communication and Co-operation between English Universities and "Learned" Professions in the Early Modern Era', and Dr Sandra Raban 'The origins and consequences of university involvement in schools' examinations'. Seminar sessions (including work in progress session for new researchers in education history), reception and conference dinner.
Sunday 9.00 to 1.00 with keynote address by Professor Sir David Watson 'Foundations, funding and forgetfulness: reflections on the pattern of university histories', and seminar session. Closing plenary session chaired by Dr Kate Pretty, Principal of Homerton College, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for International Strategy in the University of Cambridge and Chairman of the Management Board for the Institute for Continuing Education, followed by lunch.
Paper copies of the above documents will be available for all delegates on arrival at the conference.
Keynote Addresses
Chris Duke
"Trapped in a Local History: why did extramural fail to engage in the era of engagement?"
Coming from the most solid of British university joint tutorial classes and university extramural extension backgrounds, and migrating eventually into central university leadership, Cambridge historian manqué Chris Duke will reflect on why the new mantra of university engagement and third mission / third stream funding has largely bypassed the surviving but struggling UK extramural tradition. Drawing on work for the EU, Unesco and the OECD, he will also consider how things are and may unfold elsewhere.
David McKitterick
"The reach of print"
Ever since Paris in the fifteenth century, universities have depended on print. But they have done so to different degrees at different times. It is obvious that print alone can never be sufficient by itself to meet the needs of teaching, research and outreach. But how has this changed over the centuries, and what lessons can we draw for the future?
Rosemary O'Day
"The universities and their influence upon the developing professions of the early
modern period: communicating and collaborating within a common culture".
Sandra Raban
"The origins and consequences of university involvement in schools' examinations"
Sandra Raban will trace the emergence of local examinations run by universities for schools in the second half of the nineteenth century and their subsequent development into the present system. Within this broad framework, particular issues will include relations with government, implications for standards, comparability and curriculum development. The part played by English universities, especially Cambridge, in overseas examining during the colonial era and adjustment to the post-colonial world will also be examined.
David Watson
'Foundations, funding and forgetfulness: reflections on the pattern of university histories.'
David Watson will look at the historical development of types of university in relationship to the communities which founded and continue to support them. He will offer a critique of a number of "grand narratives" of this process, including those developed by contemporary university leaders. Finally he will attempt to assess elements of continuity and change in modern university missions.