Higher Education for Women in Great BritainSheavyn, Phoebe
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Higher Education for Women in Great Britain
Sheavyn, Phoebe
Education, Higher -- Great Britain; Women -- Education (Higher) -- Great Britain; Women college students -- Great Britain
Faculties of Commerce have been established in the great civic
Universities of Birmingham and Manchester, and recently in London;
Leeds and Liverpool also give teaching in Commerce. Economics is a
subject of study—sometimes the subject of an Honours Schools—in most
of the Universities. The London School of Economics has unrivalled
facilities for research and advanced study.
In the Fine Arts there is practically no University study. Throughout
the country there are Schools of Music, some of which are recognised,
as in London and Manchester, as institutions affiliated to the
University; but none of them are mainly under University control.
The Schools of Art existing in many of the larger cities are also
self-governing institutions. A movement has been set on foot for
bringing some of these into closer connection with the Universities,
and the Slade Art School in London is closely connected with University
College; but on the whole very little progress has yet been recorded.
The nearest approach to recognition of the existence of the Fine Arts
(outside the Slade School), is the establishment of Schools of Art and
Architecture in the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester, but these
are concerned very largely with Architecture rather than with the Fine
Arts.
The study of Law in England is carried on to some extent in the
Universities, many of which have Faculties of Law; but the examinations
which admit to practice as Barristers are controlled by the Council of
Legal Education (established by four ancient foundations, the Inns of
Court in London), and those admitting Solicitors are held by the Law
Society. Preparation for these examinations is mainly post-graduate,
and must, in part at least, be carried on in the Inns of Court or under
the Law Society. Colonial and foreign students may, under certain
conditions, be admitted. The admission of women is of very recent date.
No woman has as yet quite completed all the formalities entitling her
to be "called to the Bar"—that is, to be recognised as qualified to
plead before the Courts; but a considerable number are now engaged in
preparing for the profession, as solicitors or barristers.
The study of Agriculture, Horticulture and kindred subjects is provided
for in nearly all the Universities, which maintain their own practical
and experimental farms. It is, however, more usual to pursue these
studies in various independent colleges, where practical work plays
a larger part than scientific training. For women there are, among
others, Horticultural Colleges at Swanley and at Studley, and the
Edinburgh School of Gardening for Women. These colleges for the most
part prepare pupils for the examinations of the Royal Horticultural
Society. The University College of Reading makes special provision for
education in Horticulture and Agriculture, which is rendered valuable
by close co-operation with the Department of Science; and the College
awards its own Diploma.
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