Loughborough College of Art & Design Records 1952-98

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Loughborough College of Art & Design Records 1952-98

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Loughborough University Archives

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Loughborough University of Technology

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Loughborough College

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The origins of the present Loughborough University lie in Loughborough College which began life as the Loughborough Technical Institute. This was set up by Leicestershire County Council in 1909 to provide local facilities for further education. Courses in science, art and technology were taught in day and evening classes. During the First World War, the Technical Institute, on the initiative of an energetic new Principal, Herbert Schofield, became an 'Instructional Factory' for the Ministry of M...

Loughborough university

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Loughborough College of Art

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Loughborough College of Art & Design

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Evening art classes (later known as the School of Art) were established in Loughborough in 1891. Over time the emphasis of the School was broadened to embrace a more craft based element and in 1909 it was integrated into the newly created Loughborough Technical Institute. It existed as a department of Loughborough College under various names (Art Department, Day School of Art, School of Industrial and Fine Art, Department of Industrial and Fine Art, School of Art, School of Arts & Crafts), u...