Talk – From Blackboard to Mortarboard: adult education and the Reading university charter 1926 – 9 March 2026
Dr Margaret Simons
Building L24, Room G06, London Road Campus, 7.15 pm
As we celebrate 100 years since the University received the charter, this talk considers the birth of adult education in the borough and how the coming together of various organisations and individuals laid the foundations for Reading becoming a university town.