WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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The 'Workers’ Educational Association' (WEA) seeks to provide access to education and lifelong learning for adults from all backgrounds, and in particular those who have previously missed out on education. The 'International Federation of Workers Education Associations' (IFWEA) has consultative status to UNESCO. Archbishop William Temple was a strong proponent of workers’ education.
Albert Mansbridge established ''An Association to promote the Higher Education of Working Men'' in 1903 (renamed 'Workers Educational Association' in 1905).
The WEA, UK was founded in 1903. The National Association has nine regions in England, a Scottish Association and over 650 local Branches. London Region, for example, has many branches across 35 boroughs [1] [2] Some courses focus on local issues, such as Architecture in London - Going East, which addresses the some of the community implications for the planned 2012 Olympics developments.
The WEA is a national charity and is supported by the Government through funding from the Learning and Skills Council in England, and in Scotland by the Scottish Executive and Local Authorities.
There are also Workers' Educational Associations in Northern Ireland,North and South Wales. The WEA in Wales is supported by DELLS (formerly ELWa), the funding arm of the Welsh Assembly Government. The WEA in North Wales has merged with Coleg Harlech - a campus-based institution which shares the WEA's 'second chance' ethos.
The WEA was established in NSW in 1913. Early work was patterned on the WEA in the UK. However, given the different demographic arrangements in Australia, and in the absence of other adult education providers, the WEA in Australia became a general adult education agency. In the 1980s. a range of other training providers started offering adult education and the WEA’s role has changed. The WEA has many clubs and societies including the WEA Film Study Group.
★ Adult education
★ Community college
★ Continuing education
★ Lifelong learning
★ Vocational education
Lawrence Goldman, President of the Thames and Solent District WEA, has written:
★ ''Dons and Workers: Oxford and Adult Education Since 1850'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995)
★ 'Intellectuals and the English Working Class 1870-1945: The Case of Adult Education', ''History of Education'' 29:4 (1999), 281-300
★ 'Education as Politics: University Adult Education in England since 1870', ''Oxford Review of Education'' 25:1-2 (1999), 89-101
★ A Special and Distinctive Role in Adult Education, Darryl Dymock, , , Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2001, ISBN 1-86508-567-7
★ WEA Sydney
★ Workers' Educational Association of South Australia Incorporated (WEA South Australia) Adult Education for Lifelong Learning
★ WEA Hunter Adult Education and Training, Newcastle, NSW
★ WEA Illawarra
★ Euro-WEA
★ Home page
★ Article from Liverpool's 'Nerve' magazine
★ The International Council for Adult Education (ICAE)
Albert Mansbridge established ''An Association to promote the Higher Education of Working Men'' in 1903 (renamed 'Workers Educational Association' in 1905).
| Contents |
| WEA UK |
| WEA Australia |
| See also |
| References |
| UK |
| Australia |
| External links |
| Australia |
| Europe |
| UK |
| International |
WEA UK
The WEA, UK was founded in 1903. The National Association has nine regions in England, a Scottish Association and over 650 local Branches. London Region, for example, has many branches across 35 boroughs [1] [2] Some courses focus on local issues, such as Architecture in London - Going East, which addresses the some of the community implications for the planned 2012 Olympics developments.
The WEA is a national charity and is supported by the Government through funding from the Learning and Skills Council in England, and in Scotland by the Scottish Executive and Local Authorities.
There are also Workers' Educational Associations in Northern Ireland,North and South Wales. The WEA in Wales is supported by DELLS (formerly ELWa), the funding arm of the Welsh Assembly Government. The WEA in North Wales has merged with Coleg Harlech - a campus-based institution which shares the WEA's 'second chance' ethos.
WEA Australia
The WEA was established in NSW in 1913. Early work was patterned on the WEA in the UK. However, given the different demographic arrangements in Australia, and in the absence of other adult education providers, the WEA in Australia became a general adult education agency. In the 1980s. a range of other training providers started offering adult education and the WEA’s role has changed. The WEA has many clubs and societies including the WEA Film Study Group.
See also
★ Adult education
★ Community college
★ Continuing education
★ Lifelong learning
★ Vocational education
References
UK
Lawrence Goldman, President of the Thames and Solent District WEA, has written:
★ ''Dons and Workers: Oxford and Adult Education Since 1850'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995)
★ 'Intellectuals and the English Working Class 1870-1945: The Case of Adult Education', ''History of Education'' 29:4 (1999), 281-300
★ 'Education as Politics: University Adult Education in England since 1870', ''Oxford Review of Education'' 25:1-2 (1999), 89-101
Australia
★ A Special and Distinctive Role in Adult Education, Darryl Dymock, , , Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2001, ISBN 1-86508-567-7
External links
Australia
★ WEA Sydney
★ Workers' Educational Association of South Australia Incorporated (WEA South Australia) Adult Education for Lifelong Learning
★ WEA Hunter Adult Education and Training, Newcastle, NSW
★ WEA Illawarra
Europe
★ Euro-WEA
UK
★ Home page
★ Article from Liverpool's 'Nerve' magazine
International
★ The International Council for Adult Education (ICAE)
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