| Description |
x, 478 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction 1 -- Part One: The Political Arena -- 1. The Senate 16 -- 2. Convocation: Membership and Participation 27 -- 3. Convocation: The Annual Committee 38 -- 4. Personages, Officers, Examiners 47 -- 5. The Political Community 67 -- Part Two: An Uneasy Beginning -- 6. Convocation's Medical Militants 76 -- 7. The Ambitions of Charles James Foster 105 -- Part Three: Degrees for Women -- 8. The Campaign and Defeat of Elizabeth Garrett 124 -- 9. The General Examination for Women 144 -- 10. The Consequences of Gurney's Act 174 -- 11. Constitutional Complications: Parliament or Charter? 193 -- 12. The Final Hurdle 212 -- Part Four: The Parliamentary Seat to 1886 -- 13. A Trial Run 218 -- 14. Choosing Robert Lowe 230 -- 15. Sir John Lubbock: Liberal into Liberal Unionist 251 -- Part Five: The University and Secondary Education -- 16. The Schools Lobby 268 -- 17. Matriculation: Greek or Chemistry? 277 -- 18. Inspection of Schools 300 -- 19. Training the Teachers: Qualifications and Registration 315 -- Part Six: Examining and Teaching - The Long -- and Crooked Road to Compromise -- 20. The Case for Change 328 -- 21. Convocation's Pursuit of Power and Re-construction 338 -- 22. One, Two, or Three Universities? 364 -- 23. Things Falling Apart 388 -- 24. The Selborne Commission 408 -- 25. Confusion Worse Confounded 424 -- 26. A Charter Rejected 443 -- 27. One or Two Universities? 458 -- 28. Neither Albert nor Gresham 481 -- 29. The Cowper Commission 493 -- 30. Anxiety and Division in Convocation 519 -- 31. Lions, Beaters, and the Fall of the Rosebery Government 548 -- 32. The Pre-emptive Strike of Sir John Lubbock 571 -- 33. The Doubts of the Duke of Devonshire 589 -- 34. The Strength of Bishops and Provincials 603 -- 35. A Compromise Refused 621 -- 36. The Insistence of Arthur Balfour 638 -- 37. New Era - Old Divisions 663 -- Appendix: The University of London in 1901. Schools, and -- Institutions Having Recognised Teachers 689 -- Sources 691 -- Notes 692 -- Index |
| Summary |
"In 1858 the University - in reality an examining board - opened its non-medical examinations to candidates irrespective of how or where they prepared themselves - thus consolidating what became known as the 'external' system. At the same time, graduates could join the newly established Convocation, which for four decades was empowered to veto changes in the University's Charter, and which chose a quarter of the governing body, the Senate. From 1868, Convocation elected the University's MP. Parliament provided financial support, and the University's expenditure and proceedings were subject to control by Government." |
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"A sequel to the author's Our Minerva: The Men and Politics of the University of London 1836-1858, this book analyses the delicate and often stressful relations of Senate and Convocation, covering the long struggle over admission of women to degrees; the contribution of the University to secondary education; the establishment of the University's seat in the House of Commons, and the subsequent elections of Members. Later chapters describe the extended campaign to change the institution into an orthodox university, involving two Royal Commissions; the ambitions of all the institutions of higher education in London; the fierce attention of the medical profession; an aggressive professoriate; the concerns of the London Country Council; the influence of religious and provincial interests; and much parliamentary and governmental manoeuvring |
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Convocation was deeply divided, those defensive of the existing 'external' system being apprehensive of the power which the new 'internal' system would give to teachers in London. Convocation exercised its veto once, and lost that power when the Charter of the University was replaced by an Act of Parliament."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
University of London -- Administration -- History -- 19th century.
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| LC no. |
2004000051 |
| ISBN |
1843830655 : |
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