Full Description
This open access book explores the Co-operative College's distinctive adult educational tradition over the past century as it provided education for co-operative leaders, employees and members in addition to developing a range of wider educational initiatives and ideas internationally. The Co-operative College is a British educational charity established in 1919, founded on co-operative principles. It played a crucial role in co-operative education in the British Empire and subsequently in the independent nations. In doing so, it brought together vocational and liberal education as well as educating members as part of a movement that fostered significant social change. It draws on original archival research at the National Co-operative Archive in Manchester as well as other material at the National Archives, Bishopsgate Institute and the British Library. Furthermore, the rich archives of the National Co-operative Archive allow for the development of a rich visual history of the movement to be explored.
Contents
Introduction.- Beginnings.- The Formation of the Co-operative College and the Interwar Years.- War and Peace.- A Short Golden Age? The Post-War Years.- Challenge, Engagement and Decline, 1958-1977.- Decline, Crisis and Renewal, 1977-1999.- Searching for a New Identity, 2000-2019.- Conclusion.
