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Ruskin College

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Ruskin College, originally known as Ruskin Hall, Oxford, is an independent educational institution in Oxford, England. [1]

60 relations: Adams Oshiomhole, Adult education, Ageism, Audrey Mullender, Ben Enwonwu, Billy Hughes (educationist), Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency), British National Party, Charles A. Beard, Cherwell (newspaper), Chevening Scholarship, Clement Attlee, Co-operatives UK, Community service, David Selbourne, Dennis Hird, Dennis Skinner, Distance education, George Woodcock (trade unionist), Gilbert Slater, Henry Sanderson Furniss, 1st Baron Sanderson, Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, James Callaghan, James Walker (Labour politician), Jónas Jónsson, John Prescott, John Ruskin, Judith Cummins, Judy Fryd, Labour movement, Lionel Elvin, Lucy Lameck, Mahatma Gandhi, Michael Berry Jr., Nick Griffin, Oxford, Oxford Student Publications Limited, Oxford Union, Oxfordshire, Peter Donaldson (economist), Phil Sawford, Plater College, Plebs' League, Political economy, Psychology, R. M. Fox, Raphael Samuel, Robert Young (trade unionist), Secularism, Shilling, ..., Siaka Stevens, The Independent, Thomas Williams, 1st Baron Williams, Tom Mboya, Trade union, Trades Union Congress, Unite Against Fascism, William McCarthy, Baron McCarthy, William Woodruff, World War I. Expand index (10 more) »

Adams Oshiomhole

Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole (born 4 April 1952) is a current All Progressive Congress (APC) National Chairman and former labor leader, turned politician who 2012 was elected for a second term as the Governor of Edo State in Nigeria on the platform of the Action Congress.

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Adult education

Adult education is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values.

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Ageism

Ageism (also spelled "agism") is stereotyping of and discrimination against individuals or groups on the basis of their age.

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Audrey Mullender

Audrey Mullender FAcSS FRSA is a British academic who was Principal of Ruskin College, Oxford, from April 2004 to November 2013.

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Ben Enwonwu

Odinigwe Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu MBE (14 July 1917 – 5 February 1994), better known as Ben Enwonwu, was a Nigerian painter and sculptor.

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Billy Hughes (educationist)

Herbert Delauney Hughes (7 September 1914 – 15 November 1995), known as Billy Hughes, was a British adult educationist and Labour Party politician.

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Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency)

Bradford South is a constituency of the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Judith Cummins of the Labour Party.

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British National Party

The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right and fascist political party in the United Kingdom.

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Charles A. Beard

Charles Austin Beard (November 27, 1874 – September 1, 1948) was, with Frederick Jackson Turner, one of the most influential American historians of the first half of the 20th century.

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Cherwell (newspaper)

Cherwell is a weekly student newspaper published entirely by students of Oxford University.

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Chevening Scholarship

The Chevening Scholarship is an international scholarship scheme which enables students with leadership qualities from 144 countries and territories to undertake postgraduate study or courses in universities in the United Kingdom.

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Clement Attlee

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was a British statesman of the Labour Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.

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Co-operatives UK

Co-operatives UK is "the central membership organisation for co-operative enterprise throughout the UK".

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Community service

Community service is a non-paying job performed by one person or a group of people for the benefit of the community or its institutions.

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David Selbourne

David Selbourne (born 4 June 1937) is a British political philosopher, social commentator and historian of ideas.

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Dennis Hird

James Dennis Hird (28 January 1850 - 13 July 1920) was a British clergyman, educator and author.

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Dennis Skinner

Dennis Edward Skinner (born 11 February 1932) is a British politician of the Labour Party serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover since 1970.

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Distance education

Distance education or long-distance learning is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school.

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George Woodcock (trade unionist)

George Woodcock, (20 October 1904 – 30 October 1979) was a British trade unionist and general secretary of the Trades Union Congress from 1960 to 1969.

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Gilbert Slater

Gilbert Slater (27 August 1864 – 8 March 1938) was an English economist and social reformer of the early 20th century.

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Henry Sanderson Furniss, 1st Baron Sanderson

Henry Sanderson Furniss, 1st Baron Sanderson (1868–1939) was an English educationalist and socialist politician.

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Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke

Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, (6 December 1922 – 20 April 2012) was a British politician.

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James Callaghan

Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, (27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005), often known as Jim Callaghan, served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980.

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James Walker (Labour politician)

James Walker, (1883 – Brighton, 5 January 1945), was a Labour Party politician.

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Jónas Jónsson

Jónas Jónsson (known also as Jónas frá Hriflu, May 1, 1885 – July 19, 1968) was an Icelandic educator and politician, and one of the most influential people in 20th-century Icelandic culture and politics.

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John Prescott

John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott (born 31 May 1938) is a British politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007.

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John Ruskin

John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist.

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Judith Cummins

Judith Cummins (born 26 June 1967) is a British Labour Party politician.

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Judy Fryd

Judy Fryd (31 October 1909 – October 2000) was a British campaigner for mentally handicapped children and the founder of The National Association of Parents of Backward Children, now Mencap.

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Labour movement

The labour movement or labor movement consists of two main wings, the trade union movement (British English) or labor union movement (American English), also called trade unionism or labor unionism on the one hand, and the political labour movement on the other.

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Lionel Elvin

Herbert Lionel Elvin (7 August 1905 in Buckhurst Hill – 14 June 2005 in Cambridge) was an eminent educationist.

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Lucy Lameck

Lucy Lameck (1934–21 March 1993) was a Tanzanian politician, who was the first woman to hold a Ministerial post in the government.

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule.

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Michael Berry Jr.

Michael Joseph John Berry Jr. (born 1964 in Oxford, England) is a British actor known for portraying the Irish sailor Twigg in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

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Nick Griffin

Nicholas John Griffin (born 1 March 1959) is a British politician who represented North West England as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2014.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.

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Oxford Student Publications Limited

Oxford Student Publications Ltd (OSPL) is an independent student publishing house in Oxford that publishes the Cherwell student newspaper, ISIS student magazine, The Oxford Scientist, formally Bang Science Magazine, Keep Off the Grass freshers' magazine and Industry fashion magazine.

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Oxford Union

The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Oxford Union, is a debating society in the city of Oxford, England, whose membership is drawn primarily from the University of Oxford.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Oxonium, the Latin name for Oxford) is a county in South East England.

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Peter Donaldson (economist)

Peter Donaldson (27 October 1934 – 6 September 2002) was a British economist, academic, author, and radio and television broadcaster.

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Phil Sawford

Philip Andrew Sawford (born 26 June 1950) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kettering from 1997 to 2005.

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Plater College

Plater College was an adult education establishment which was based in Oxford, England.

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Plebs' League

The Plebs' League was a British educational and political organisation which originated around a Marxist way of thinking in 1908 and was active until 1926.

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Political economy

Political economy is the study of production and trade and their relations with law, custom and government; and with the distribution of national income and wealth.

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Psychology

Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, including conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought.

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R. M. Fox

Richard Michael Fox (1891–December 1969), better known as R. M. Fox, was a journalist and historian of the Irish left.

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Raphael Samuel

Raphael Elkan Samuel (26 December 19349 December 1996) was a British Marxist historian, described by Stuart Hall as "one of the most outstanding, original intellectuals of his generation".

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Robert Young (trade unionist)

Sir Robert Young (26 January 1872 – 13 July 1957) was a trades unionist and Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

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Secularism

Secularism is the principle of the separation of government institutions and persons mandated to represent the state from religious institution and religious dignitaries (the attainment of such is termed secularity).

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Shilling

The shilling is a unit of currency formerly used in Austria, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States, and other British Commonwealth countries.

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Siaka Stevens

Siaka Probyn Stevens (24 August 1905 – 29 May 1988) was the leader of Sierra Leone from 1967 to 1985, serving as Prime Minister from 1967 to 1971 and as President from 1971 to 1985.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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Thomas Williams, 1st Baron Williams

Thomas Edward Williams, 1st Baron Williams (26 July 1892 – 18 February 1966), was a peer of the United Kingdom.

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Tom Mboya

Thomas Joseph Odhiambo "Tom" Mboya (15 August 1930 – 5 July 1969) was a Kenyan trade unionist, educationist, Pan Africanist, author, independence activist, Cabinet Minister and one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Kenya.

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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Trades Union Congress

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in England and Wales, representing the majority of trade unions.

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Unite Against Fascism

Unite Against Fascism (UAF) is an anti-fascist pressure group in the United Kingdom, with support from politicians of the three largest political parties in the House of Commons, including the former Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour politician Tony Benn.

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William McCarthy, Baron McCarthy

William Edward John McCarthy, Baron McCarthy (30 July 1925 – 18 November 2012) was a British Labour politician.

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William Woodruff

William Woodruff (12 September 1916 – 23 September 2008) was a professor of world history, but perhaps most noted for his two autobiographical works: The Road to Nab End and its sequel Beyond Nab End; both became bestsellers in the United Kingdom.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruskin_College

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