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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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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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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.

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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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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.
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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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Our Exhibition Visitors are meeting tomorrow, Friday, 12 September.

We're viewing ‘We Present: Leicester Adult Education‘ an exhibition of artwork by students at the Leicester Adult Education College.

Meet in the Old Library Cafe in the Adult Education College on Belvoir Street at 1pm.
A photo of a woman and man looking at some paintings which are displayed on the wall. The paintings are of flowers, a face and a still life.
September 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Flyer for a symposium on the Gothic controversy in the 19th cent., with a focus on the East Midlands, in Oakham in September. Full details at https://profchrisbaker.com/john-louis-petit-an-introduction/j-l-petit-architectural-critic/
September 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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The Vaughan City Explorers are meeting next on 17 August at 12 noon. They will be exploring the Welford Road Cemetery. Meet outside the side gate on University Road opposite Mayors Walk. It's the gate with the opening times next to it.
Three overgrown gravestones. The one in the middle is an angel on a lopsided cross.
July 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Our City Explorers are gathering this Sunday (29 June) to explore Granby Street. Meet outside the Merchant of Venice cafe at 2pm. It's at the station end of the street.
A view down Granby Street from the station end. In the foreground is a keep left bollard and the various cars line the streets.
June 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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'Fix your tent!'
Dr Denise McHugh talks at our May Forum on 'Returning colonials at home in England, Bedford and other habitats c1870-1914'

When: 15 May @ 6.30pm
Where: Leicester Adult Education College
Tea and cake from 6.15pm

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A British family in front of their Indian house, 1875. There is a white woman in an open carriage being pulled by a white horse. There are two men in bowler hats by the carriage, on is definitely white. Two Indian men stand at the horse's head.
May 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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This Sunday (13th April) the Vaughan City Explorers will be meeting to explore Humberstone Gate.

We'll gather in the Phoenix Arts Café at 2pm before going out to explore.

No need to book - just come along and join us!
The front cover of the Leicester Street Guide for 1964. It is black, red and yellow with the Leicester City Crest at the top. In the bottom part of the cover is an adverted for British Road Services.
April 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Our March Forum is next Thursday 20 March @ 6.15pm.

Family histories tend to focus on white male lines of descent, reflecting genealogy’s bias in favour of patriarchy & the colonial. Kate Thomas explains how she has revealed the stories of those often sidelined.
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An extended family of several generations (plus a horse) posing for a photograph outside their Welsh farmhouse. The image is from the National Library of Wales via Wikimedia commons.
March 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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The Vaughan City Explorers are meeting this Sunday, 9 March, at 2pm. Gather in the Phoenix Arts Café area before going out to explore Leicester's Cultural Quarter. No need to book - just turn up!
A map of Leicester's cultural quarter in 1964. The LMR Good Station was located on what is now the Phoenix Arts Cinema and the ring road.
March 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Our 'Urban Explorers Discovery Circle' [working title] is having its first meeting this week. It'll be on 23 January at 5pm at the Old Library Café in the Adult Education College on Belvoir Street.
Come along and help decide the aims and running of this group - and perhaps a new name for it!
Photo of the front cover of the 1964 Street Directory and map for Leicester city Centre and the surrounding housing estates. The cost is 2'6 and there is an advert for British Road Services on the bottom third of the cover.
January 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Our annual general meeting is on 29 January 2025 at 7pm.

Please can our Members check their inbox for details about the meeting, the agenda and minutes of the 2024 AGM?

Not sure if you are a member? Please contact us.

New members are also welcome! Please sign up before 6pm on 29 January.
This image has the Leicester Vaughan College log and the words: AGM, 29 January 2025. 7pm via zoom.
January 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Our first Discovery Circle meeting is next week!

'Philosophy in the Gallery' Circle will meet on Tuesday evening 3 December in the Old Library Café on Belvoir Street to discuss the aims for this Circle.

Please message us or email discoverycircles@vaughan.coop for the start time of the meeting.
St Nicholas Compton medieval graffiti of interlocked circles carved on grey stone.
November 28, 2024 at 9:43 AM
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Thank you to everyone who came to our fundraising meal on Tuesday. We hope you had a lovely time!
Also a big thank you to Syed and all the staff at the chefandspice.co.uk for hosting us.
Supper attendees sitting at a long able. Some are eating and some have finished their meal! Supper attendees sitting at a long able. Everyone has full plates! Supper attendees sitting at a long able. Some are eating and some are in between courses!
October 31, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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It's two weeks to our #VaughanCoop Supper. Come and join us on 29 October for an evening of delicious food and great company!
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A roasted peacock dressed with its feathers is served at a banquet, miniature of a manuscript of The Romance of Alexander the Great ("The Vows of the Peacock"). Colourfully dressed guests are seated around a table with white cloth. A woman in on the front right of the painting, holding a plate with a peacock on it.
October 15, 2024 at 11:05 AM
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Our #DiscoveryCircles Launch is tonight! What Circles will emerge? Come along at 6.30pm to the Leicester Adult Education College on Belvoir Street and find out.
Five interlocking perfect circles carved into grey stone. St Nicholas Compton Medieval Graffiti taken by BabelStone and located on Wikimedia Commons.
September 18, 2024 at 10:23 AM
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This is a poster for a Vaughan Open Research Forum. It has the following text on it:  Repairing things to help with grieving A talk by textile designer and art therapist Vicky Cutler about her journey through grief and the use of repair to help mend the self Thursday 16 May 2024, 6.15pm to 7.30pm The talk will be at the Leicester Adult Education College on Belvoir Street. Tea and cake will be provided from 6.00pm and the talk will start at 6.15pm. For more information and to book your FREE place visit www.Vaughan.coop. There are two images of mended items on the poster, one a collared shirt with visible sticking on the collar and shoulders. There is also a Vaughan College logo.
May 6, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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Two manifestos from our 'Making Manifestos for Adult Education' Forum last week. A very big thank you to the manifesto makers!

❤️= most interesting or thought provoking point
🦋= favourite point or best manifesto
⭐= great point!
🙂= like

How would you react? What would you add?
Manifesto with sticker comments [Butterfly = best point or best manifesto; heart = most interesting or thought provoking point; star = great point; smiley = liked]. Manifesto Title: 'This is for You! Accessible for ALL [smiley, butterfly, star]: increase your knowledge [smiley], meet new people [heart], expand your knowledge impact the local community [star], use technology 'zoom' 'teams', available globally [star]. Available Space : library space [smiley, star]? Learning space [two smileys], self-contained, a base [star]. Empowering people [butterfly]: 'open learning - marketing adult ed. [heart, smiley], opportunities, educate on what Adult Ed is, reduce 'not for me culture' [two stars, two smileys] , 'life long learning' instead of 'Adult education' [smiley and star] Image description Manifesto Text with sticker comments 1. Everyone to have the right to carry on learning throughout their life, while they are working, and whatever age or stage. [Butterfly, Two stars, one smiley] 2. Allow people the autonomy to choose what they want to learn and when; this should include disabled people. [Star, smiley, heart] 3. (Higher) All adult education to be free for all. [Heart, two smileys, star] 4. Address issues of literacy and numeracy for all. Recognise and appreciate all kinds of skills and talents. [Three stars and two smileys] 5. Inclusion of all including neuro-divergent people, all groups regardless of class background, linguist background, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Rights to eg learning in first language, anti-colonial mindset, broad cultural mindset. [Two butterflies, two hearts, three smileys, two stars] 6. To learn/teach critical thinking - eg handling social media, the basis of democracy. [star, two smileys] One butterfly for whole
March 11, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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For international women’s day we remember the role of Margaret Vaughan. Margaret was the wife of David Vaughan, founder of Leicester’s Working Men’s College in 1862. She was considered a co-founder of the college- both their portraits were in the first Vaughan College. Thread 1/8
Photograph of Vaughan College Leicester. Rear view on Holy Bones, 1962.
March 8, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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Join us for a creative, in-person Forum on 7 March, 6.00-7.30pm. We will be making manifestos for adult education. What do you want #AdultEd to look like? A great chance to be as creative about an important issue as these suffragette women! vaughan.coop/course/march...
Members of the Women's Social and Political Union making banners. One women is sitting on the floor drawing a banner; three women are behind her holding banners. There are group of women around a table and two women sewing at another table. The room is strung with various banners.
February 27, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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Our next forum is on 7 March @ 6pm. It features shiny stickers, interesting conversations, cake and lots of fun. Join us in 'Making manifestos for adult education'. What would you like the future of adult education to look like? vaughan.coop/course/march... #AdultEd #Creative
Image of stickers, marker pens and sticky notes on a background of hand-written posters with text on them. The text on the sticky notes and posters are largely concealed by the things on top.
February 21, 2024 at 10:30 PM