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Universities in the Age of Reform, 1800–1870

Durham, London and King’s College

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Authors:
  1. Matthew Andrews

    1. Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

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  • Examines the development of three institutions during the crucial period of 1800-1870 in English higher education

  • Offers a new and comprehensive account of the foundation and early decades of Durham University

  • Utilises a comparative approach to challenge existing narratives about the development of higher education in the nineteenth century

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: The Age of Reform

    • Matthew Andrews
    Pages 1-23

  3. Bold Endeavours: London University, Its Imitators and Critics

    • Matthew Andrews
    Pages 25-41

  4. The Idea of Durham University

    • Matthew Andrews
    Pages 43-74

  5. Establishing the New Universities

    • Matthew Andrews
    Pages 75-108

  6. Recruitment of Academic Staff

    • Matthew Andrews
    Pages 109-145

  7. What to Teach

    • Matthew Andrews
    Pages 147-180

  8. Higher Education in Newcastle

    • Matthew Andrews
    Pages 181-198

  9. Growth and Decline

    • Matthew Andrews
    Pages 199-218

  10. Durham’s Royal Commission

    • Matthew Andrews
    Pages 219-251

  11. Reform and Survival: Sealing Durham’s Reputation

    • Matthew Andrews
    Pages 253-282

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 283-296
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About this book

This book considers a crucial moment in the development of English higher education, and also provides a new and comprehensive history of the early decades of Durham University. During the Age of Reform innovative ideas about the role and purpose of a university were moving at an unprecedented pace. Proposals for new institutions in all parts of the country were developing quickly and resulted in the foundation of Durham University, London University (later re-styled University College, London), and King’s College, London. While normally overshadowed by the London institutions, this book demonstrates not only that Durham attempted to produce a far broader institution than any historian has given its founders credit for, but that a remarkable attempt at a third-way in English higher education has been neglected. Matthew Andrews therefore not only provides the first fully researched account of this important national institution since 1932, but also carefully situates Durham in its contemporary context, and alongside the two other most prominent emerging institutions of that time.



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“Andrews’ book is valuable for drawing attention to these wider trends, and has some interesting pieces of information as well as useful graphs of student enrolments. … The book is aimed more at specialists in university history and the broader history of Victorian culture, and they will appreciate its scholarly contribution to understanding a still neglected period.” (Robert Anderson, History of Education, Vol. 48 (6), 2019)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

    Matthew Andrews

About the author

Matthew Andrews is University Secretary and Registrar at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Universities in the Age of Reform, 1800–1870

  • Book Subtitle: Durham, London and King’s College

  • Authors: Matthew Andrews

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76726-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76725-3Published: 14 June 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09566-6Published: 24 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76726-0Published: 01 June 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 296

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, Cultural History, History of Education, Higher Education

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