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It was founded by Americans Charles A. Beard and Walter Vrooman, both of whom had studied at the University of Oxford. They placed the college in Oxford because the city symbolised the educational privilege and standards to which ordinary people could never previously have aspired.
Ruskin College was founded in 1899 by two Americans who studied at Oxford University and decided that the same level of education should be available to everyone, not just the elite. The College is named after John Ruskin, a radical pioneer of socialist thought.
May 27, 2016 · The college, which at that time was known as Ruskin Hall, had been founded in 1899 by three visiting Americans (Walter and Amne Vrooman and Charles Beard), who had conceived of it as a co-operative community and labour college.
Ruskin College, founded in 1899, offers adult learning to people of all ages and backgrounds. For many of adult learners, financial, personal or social obstacles make it difficult to continue in education.
Jun 15, 2011 · The building that is now Ruskin College’s Headington headquarters was for many years the home of the left-wing educationalist and reformer Sir Michael Ernest Sadler (1861-1943), the...
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In February, 1899 Beard and Vrooman established Ruskin Hall (later known as Ruskin College), a free university offering evening and correspondence courses for working class people. The two men received most of the funds for the project from Amne Vrooman.
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Ruskin College Archive preserves and makes accessible the history of Ruskin College. Our records include thousands of items relating to the formation and development of Ruskin College as well as the causes, movements, and activism Ruskin College supported and fostered.
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