Lewis Lloyd (1870-1940)
Lewis Lloyd was Honorary Secretary of the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), Birmingham Branch. He was also a keen photographer, recording public libraries whose crucial role in adult education was ...
Memorial Birdbath to Rose Sidgwick
Rose Sidgwick (1877- 1918)
This memorial stands in the grounds of Birmingham Business School, formerly University House, in Edgbaston Park Road. It commemorates the life of Rose Sidgwick, a pioneer ...
Organised Labour and the University of Birmingham
This minute (dated 7 May 1919) included a report entitled ‘Organised Labour and the University of Birmingham'.1 It proposed that a diploma should be awarded after examination for students nominated by ...
Rose Sidgwick
This photograph reveals both Rose Sidgwick’s love of learning and her informal approach, both of which endeared her to students at the University of Birmingham. She was described as having a ‘freshness ...
Sir Gilbert Barling
In 1920, Barling observed that the education of ‘workmen’ should equip them for ‘the duties of citizenship and for an effective share in the control of industry’.1 As Vice Chancellor of the University ...
Sir William Ashley
Sir William Ashley was chairman of the W.E.A. & Birmingham University Joint Committee. He was also instrumental in founding the country’s first Faculty of Commerce, at the university. Ashley saw this ...
Sir William Ashley's Working Notes
This report is discussed elsewhere (see University Council Minutes), forming as it does part of the official university record. This working copy is in a different context, being included in Sir William ...
Statue of Bishop Gore, St Philip's Cathedral
Bishop Gore, Sweated Labour and Workers’ Education
This photograph was taken by the City Council’s Information Department in the 1950s for inclusion in an official guide and it celebrates Birmingham’s ...
Thomas Hackett (1869-1950)
Thomas Hackett: Politician, Co-operator & Advocate for Adult Education
This photograph is from an official album of Birmingham City Councillors. Thomas (Tom) Hackett was elected in 1913 as Labour ...
Woodbrooke College, Selly Oak
This ink drawing depicts Woodbrooke College in Selly Oak. It was produced in 1956 by James Porteous Wood. He was a noted artist and designer whom the Birmingham Post commissioned to produce drawings of ...