Event and Exhibition on Students and Activism after the First World War

On Saturday, 7 October, the Lit & Phil in Newcastle upon Tyne was the site of talks and an exhibition on 'Impacts of the First World War on Adult and Higher Education: The North East, the  UK and the Making of Post-War Europe'. The event formed part of the project 'British Ex-Service Students and the Rebuilding of Europe, 1918-1926', which is a collaborative venture, involving academics from Northumbria University and the UCL Institute of Education as well as staff from the National Union of Students (NUS) and the North East branch of the Workers' Educational Association (WEA).

Mike Day (NUS) and Georgina Brewis (UCL) discussing the project's pop-up exhibition.

Daniel Laqua (Northumbria University) speaking to Tomás Irish (Swansea University) before the latter's talk on British universities and the Great War

Sarah Hellawell (Northumbria University) presenting initial project findings on university students in the North East

 Jude Murphy (WEA) on activism within the Workers' Educational Association

Nigel Todd (WEA) on controversies within the Workers' Educational Association, both during and after the First World War

Georgina Brewis (UCL) and Mike Day (NUS) concluding the afternoon's proceedings