The Making of a University 2025

John O'Connell

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The Making of a University - 2025 Edition: This book is a record of the development of an institution with a remarkable history. Its foundations go back to the early part of the nineteenth century when the local Huddersfield community decided it wanted a place of learning to promote the education of the working classes. Since 1825 development has encompassed a mechanics institution, a female educational institute, a college of technology and a polytechnic, before becoming the University of Huddersfield we know today. “From its nineteenth‑century beginnings, the institution evolved through setbacks and ambition to deliver an impressively broad curriculum.” “O’Connell argues that the real divide was not between liberal and technical education, but between comprehensive and elitist visions of higher learning.” William Stafford (11 Dec 2025): The Making of a University: The Path to Higher Education in Huddersfield, Northern History, DOI: 10.1080/0078172X.2025.2596379

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The Making of a University - 2025 Edition: This book is a record of the development of an institution with a remarkable history. Its foundations go back to the early part of the nineteenth century when the local Huddersfield community decided it wanted a place of learning to promote the education of the working classes. Since 1825 development has encompassed a mechanics institution, a female educational institute, a college of technology and a polytechnic, before becoming the University of Huddersfield we know today.

“From its nineteenth‑century beginnings, the institution evolved through setbacks and ambition to deliver an impressively broad curriculum.”

“O’Connell argues that the real divide was not between liberal and technical education, but between comprehensive and elitist visions of higher learning.”

William Stafford (11 Dec 2025): The Making of a University: The Path to Higher Education in Huddersfield, Northern History, DOI: 10.1080/0078172X.2025.2596379

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April 24, 2025	University of Huddersfield Press	85	978-1-86218-242-4	10.5920/MoaUni
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Second Edition: 2025 First published in 2016 Published by University of Huddersfield Press University of Huddersfield Press The University of Huddersfield Queensgate Huddersfield HD1 3DH Email enquiries university.press@hud.ac.uk Text © 2025 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License  Images © as attributed Every effort has been made to locate copyright holders of materials included and to obtain permission for their publication The publisher is not responsible for the continued existence and accuracy of websites referenced in the text A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN eBook: 978-1-86218-242-4 Cover image: John Edward Shaw
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O'Connell J. 2025. The Making of a University 2025

The Making of a University 2025

John O'Connell

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