Nearly 150 years ago, a movement called ‘Oxford Extension’ began at the University of Oxford, a movement that would eventually become today’s Oxford Lifelong Learning.
The history of Oxford Lifelong Learning is several stories in one: it’s the story of a handful of dedicated Oxford University tutors who felt that educational opportunity was essential to the nation’s welfare and future; it’s an account of ordinary citizens collaborating with Oxford to design a format of education that served their needs; and it’s the story of adult education evolving as successive generations of students, from 1878 to the present day, participated in ever-growing numbers.
