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An independent, higher education cooperative college working towards providing university-level education for part-time learners and 'second chance' study.
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My next Friday Murder will be one of the cases I talked about last night, so STAY TUNED

(it will be next Friday, 23rd)
vaughancoop.bsky.social VaughanCoop.bsky.social @vaughancoop.bsky.social · 8d
Thank you to @sophiemhistory.bsky.social for a great talk to our Vaughan Forum last night. Thank you for giving it a Leicester flavour as well!
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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Our February Forum will be online, 15 Feb at 6.15pm. Dr Miriam Gill will be talking on ‘Tantalizing Fragments: Piecing Together Traces of a Lost Coventry Mystery Play’
To find out more👇
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February Forum: Piecing Together Traces of a Lost Coventry Mystery Play - Leicester Vaughan College
Miriam Gill shares how fragmentary stained glass may develop our understanding of the spectacular finale of Coventry's missing Mystery Plays, the Drapers' play of the Last Judgement.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Our AGM will be on 29 of January. This is open to all Members of LVC. The meeting will start at 7.30pm and is via Zoom.
Not sure if you are member? Then send us a message and we'll check the book!
If you would like to become a member for just £1 go to vaughan.coop/leicester-va...
This image says : AGM, 29 January 2026, 7.30-8.30pm via Zoom. It has the LVC logo.
January 16, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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Thank you to @sophiemhistory.bsky.social for a great talk to our Vaughan Forum last night. Thank you for giving it a Leicester flavour as well!
January 16, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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Tonight! 'Sudden Death: Nineteenth Century Coroners' Inquests', a talk by Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social .

#LeicesterHistory #CrimeHistory #VaughanForums

6.15pm via Zoom.
www.tickettailor.com/events/leice...
A black and white drawing of a group of men dressed in frock coats sitting around a table. A small boy stands in front next to what looks like a parish beadle. There is woman standing on the right behind the beadle and a group of men in the background.
January 15, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Join us on Tuesday 10 February for the 2026 Global History Lecture, hosted in partnership with @ghilondon.bsky.social

Prof. Vinita Damodaran will speak on 'Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire' bit.ly/4qLCaYB

Booking for in-person & online attendance is now open #Skystorians
2026 Global History Lecture, with the German Historical Institute, London - RHS
On Tuesday 10 February, the Society hosts its annual Global History Lecture, in partnership with the German Historical Institute, London. This year we are delighted to welcome Professor Vinita Damodar...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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sophiemhistory.bsky.social Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social · 12d
Murder and mangling and WEIRD DECISIONS and NO SAFEGUARDING
vaughancoop.bsky.social VaughanCoop.bsky.social @vaughancoop.bsky.social · 12d
Reminder! Our January Forum is this Thursday via Zoom 6.15-7.30pm.
@sophiemhistory.bsky.social will be giving a talk on nineteenth-century coroners' inquests. Join us for the often gruesome history of sudden death!

Sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/leice...
January 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Reminder! Our January Forum is this Thursday via Zoom 6.15-7.30pm.
@sophiemhistory.bsky.social will be giving a talk on nineteenth-century coroners' inquests. Join us for the often gruesome history of sudden death!

Sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/leice...
A black and white drawing of a group of men dressed in frock coats sitting around a table. A small boy stands in front next to what looks like a parish beadle. There is woman standing on the right behind the beadle and a group of men in the background.
January 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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Friday, 23 January at 1pm
The Vaughan Exhibition Visitors will be viewing exhibition: 'Open: The People’s Exhibition 2025'. We will meet in Soft Touch Arts Cafe on Museum Square (next to New Walk Museum) at 1pm.
www.leicestermuseums.org/Open2025
Event Details – Leicester Museums
Details for Leicester Museums & Galleries events and exhibitions programme.
www.leicestermuseums.org
January 4, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Sunday, 1 February 2025, at 2pm
The Vaughan City Explorers will explore Leicester's arcades. Come along share your knowledge and any memories of the Silver, Royal, Malcolm and Odeon arcades. Meet in the Bryter Moon cafe (Silver Arcade) at 2pm before going to explore.
#DiscoveryCircles
A photo of the Silver Arcade from 2009. The photographer was standing on the ground floor looking up to the three balcony floors. There is a sign board for 'Silver Nail' in the middle of the ground floor passageway.
January 4, 2026 at 4:07 PM
vaughancoop.bsky.social
Our next Forum will be on January 15. Sophie Michell -
@sophiemhistory.bsky.social - will be talking about nineteenth-century coroners inquests, using some case studies from Leicester. Join us online at 6.15pm.

vaughan.coop/course/janua...
January Forum: Sudden Death - Nineteenth-Century Coroners Inquests - Leicester Vaughan College
A talk about nineteenth century coroners courts using case studies from Leicester
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January 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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This Friday (5 December) at 1pm the Vaughan Exhibition Visitors are viewing the Exhibition 'Mary Linwood: Art, Stitch and Life'.
Meet in Soft Touch Arts Cafe at 1pm.
www.leicestermuseums.org/MaryLinwood
A close up one of Mary Linwood's embroidered birds, showing the detailed stitching of the feathers.
December 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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The Vaughan City Explorers exploring the Belgrave Road, Leicester - art, architecture and lots of history both ancient and recent!
#DiscoveryCircles
Some of Vaughan City Explorers viewing the Sculptural Gateway at the start of the Belgrave Road. A mural on a nineteenth century industrial building feature two Indian women in tradition dress, one in white dancing.
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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The Vaughan City Explorers are meeting at 2pm on Sunday 2 November outside the Freemason's Hall on the London Road. We'll be having a tour of the Hall before exploring the road itself between the Station and Victoria Park Gates.
A photo of Leicester Freemason's Hall which consists of two white period houses with sash windows and ornate doorways.
October 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Our Exhibition Visitors are gathering this Friday at 1pm in the Phoenix arts cafe to visit this exhibition 👇
This is a poster for the Exhibition 'Up Town Again'. It is at the Two Queens Gallery and Studios on Queen Street Leicester. The six artists are Miriam Bean, Evie Cook, Alison Dunne, Francis Underwater, Oshorenoya David Francis and Jamie Seymour. The exhibition is from 27 September to 1 November.
October 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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cooperativesuk.bsky.social
"Our co-op is owned by the fans, we set the prices."
"Our co-op is owned by us, the members."
"Our housing is run by us, the tenants."
"The workers own this business."
👉 youtu.be/9jddNpXI-Lw
Co-operatives: Owned by our members | Co-operatives UK
YouTube video by Co-operatives UK
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October 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Another interesting perspective on this week's Post 16+ Skills white paper.
October 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Tomorrow - perhaps the last chance to hear Chris William's huge knowledge of police history technology! At Secular Hall on Humberstone Gate at 6.30. Tea and cake at 6.15.

www.tickettailor.com/events/leice...
Black and white image of a police control room. There are maps on the walls and three policeman and one police woman sit around the control table which has various gadgets. Another officer is standing.
October 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Response by CEO of WEA to the post-16 education white paper: it totally overlooks adult learners.
weaadulted.bsky.social The WEA @weaadulted.bsky.social · Sep 23
"It is extremely disappointing that the Education Committee's report on Further Education almost entirely overlooks adult learners... the Committee has neglected the opportunity to broaden its scope to say more about adult learning." read our response here: www.wea.org.uk/news-views/n...
It is extremely disappointing that the Education Committee's report on Further Education almost entirely overlooks adult learners. “We submitted evidence to the inquiry underlining that lifelong learning in all its forms is a key part of further education helping many adults towards their first qualifications as well as improving confidence and wellbeing. However, the Committee has neglected the opportunity to broaden its scope to say more about adult learning which is especially worrying as it seeks to influence the forthcoming post-16 White Paper. We fear that too will fail the thousands of adults who need to learn outside of formal education and work settings.” “In a passing reference, the Committee notes that adult education must remain “a vital tool for social inclusion [and] personal fulfilment". Yet none of the Committee's recommendations backs this up. Leaving the interests of adult learners relegated to the sidelines of mainstream skills policy once again. At the WEA we see lives transformed by adult learning. People who have been let down by the education system getting a second chance to learn on their own terms. This leads not only to work and further study but to improvements in health & wellbeing and closer connections to the wider community.” We urgently need to see: A further inquiry from the Select Committee specifically into lifelong learning in all its aspects, including Tailored Learning A wider, more inclusive view for the post-16 White Paper. One that sets the scene for a full cross-departmental Lifelong Learning Strategy encompassing health & wellbeing and community building as well as work outcomes. Close working between DWP, DfE and the devolved strategic authorities to ensure a coherent offer to all potential adult learners. Lifelong learning cannot be allowed to fall through departmental gaps or become a postcode lottery” Simon Parkinson WEA General Secretary & CEO
October 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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We're an education cooperative and our Objects state 'We, the Society members, believe in education as a public good: it benefits both society as a whole and its diverse communities by enabling self-improvement, mutual-improvement and civic participation.'

Join us: vaughan.coop/leicester-va...
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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This is disappointing but not unexpected. Post 24 adult education is continually sidelined.
weaadulted.bsky.social The WEA @weaadulted.bsky.social · Oct 21
Adult learning deserves better: a Pre-24 not Post-16 Education White Paper.

In a 38,910 word document, adults are mentioned just 0.13%.

Read WEA CEO @SimonParkinson6 full response here:

bit.ly/4oBgdKV
October 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Coming this Thursday - our #VaughanForum on the history of the 999 telephone system, police control rooms and CCTV with Dr Chris Williams. We'll be in Secular Hall on Humberstone Gate, 6.15-7.45. To find out more and sign up 👇

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Select tickets – October Vaughan Forum: 999, CCTV and Computers: the History of Police Control Rooms – (TBC)
October Vaughan Forum: 999, CCTV and Computers: the History of Police Control Rooms – (TBC), Thu 23 Oct 2025 - Presented by Dr Chris Williams Many of us will have dialed ‘999’ and asked for ‘police’. ...
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October 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Some amazing thought-provoking art in the Attenborough Art Centre with the @vaughancoop.bsky.social Exhibition Visitirs.
'Hot spots' A piece done with the shoes (of the missing) Jungle inside
October 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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The Vaughan Exhibition Visitors went to 'We Grown-Ups Can Also Be Afraid: Creativity in Times of Crisis' and also 'Angélica Teuta: Inner Jungle [Putumayo]'. All loved the latter and the first one generated some interesting discussion about what art is and what it should do.
#DiscoveryCircles
Fiona Banner, 'Mirror Fin, Jaguar'. 2006. The fin has had its paint removed and been polished shiny silver reflecting the rest of the gallery. Angelica Teuta: Inner Jungle [Putumayo]. Art work created by projecting shapes of trees and plants from cut outs on the gallery wall. The colours are blue, red, green, yellow and black.
October 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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One week to our #VaughanForum. Chris Williams will discuss the history of 999 system, CCTV and police control rooms. Chris knows his stuff - it'll be a great talk!
Join us at Secular Hall on Humberstone Gate.
6.15 Tea and cake
6.30-7.45 Talk
Sign up👇
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#PoliceHistory
October Forum: 999, CCTV and Computers: the History of Police Control Rooms - Leicester Vaughan College
Chris Williams explains about the history of police control rooms and the how the 999 emergency telephone system came into operation.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM