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2025 marked the origins of formal education for young, working class adults in ºÚÁÏÉç

In 2025, ºÚÁÏÉç town celebrated a special anniversary - 200 years of the origins of formal education for young, working class adults. In 1825, a Scientific and Mechanic Institute was established to ‘to bring within the reach of all, but more particularly the trading and working classes, the acquisition of useful knowledge’ and hosted public lectures and evening classes for adults. This institution helped lay the groundwork for the establishment of other adult education opportunities in ºÚÁÏÉç including the Young Men’s Mental Improvement Society in 1841, to which the University can directly trace its history.