Student London: A New History of Higher Education in the Capital - Paperback

by Georgina Brewis (Author), Sam Blaxland (Author)

Centers student experiences in London's history to tell the two-hundred-year story of student life in the capital.

Offering a detailed examination of life at the original London University (known as University College London since 1836) and many other institutions, this book captures a range of higher education experiences and perspectives in London. With insights into histories of education, class, gender, race, LGBTQ+ culture, leisure, politics, protest, housing, and charity in the capital, Student London draws on a rich and wide-ranging source base that includes several hundred student memoirs and oral history interviews; student newspapers, magazines, and film; visual and material culture; and Mass Observation data, court reports, and secret service files.

Author Biography

Georgina Brewis is professor of social history at the University College London (UCL). Sam Blaxland is a lecturer in education at UCL.