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The first of the early "Oxford Extension Lectures" was delivered at the King Edward VI School in Birmingham, in September 1878 by the Reverend Arthur Johnson. [5] By 1893, Oxford University Extension Centres were bringing adult education to much of England and a few cities in Wales. [6]
Oxford University was one of the founders of the adult education movement in the United Kingdom in the late 19th century. [2] By the 20th century the University's outreach efforts had grown to such a level as to make a base in Oxford necessary. A report of 1919 [3] recommended "the establishment of a Centre or House for Extra-Mural Students ...
The first academic houses were monastic halls. Of the dozens established during the 12th–15th centuries, none survived the Reformation.The modern Dominican permanent private hall of Blackfriars (1921) is a descendant of the original (1221), and is sometimes described as heir to the oldest tradition of teaching in Oxford.
In the United Kingdom, Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education was founded in 1878, [5] and the Institute of Continuing Education of Cambridge University dates to the 1873. [ 6 ] In the United States, the Chautauqua Institution , originally the Chautauqua Lake Sunday School Assembly, was founded in 1874 "as an educational ...
The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics is a research institute of the Nuffield Department of Medicine. [11] The Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response is a partnership between the Nuffield Department of Medicine and CUHK Faculty of Medicine. [12]
In 2010, the programme moved to the Department for Continuing Education within the university, and in 2017 it changed its name to the Diplomatic Studies Programme reflecting the more common terminology in the modern academic field. [10]
This is a list of people from the University of Oxford involved in education. Many were students at one (or more) of the colleges of the University, and others held fellowships at a college. Some are known for their involvement in schools, including Thomas Arnold, Headmaster of Rugby School and Anthony Chenevix-Trench, Headmaster of Eton College.
CEBM is the academic lead for Oxford University's Graduate School in Evidence-Based Healthcare, together with the university's Department of Continuing Education.The Graduate School includes a MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care [2] and a DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care, [3] along with a range of short courses, including a course on the History and Philosophy of Evidence-Based Healthcare ...