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Education in Robert Owen’s new society: the New Lanark institute and schools

Walking informal education – exploring developments in central London. [Updated January 2026].

Exploring South Ronaldsay provides a picture of the history and daily life of this Orkney island. It is where infed.org is based. [Updated January 2026]


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Maude Stanley, girls’ clubs and district visiting. One of the central pioneers of girls’ work and neighbourhood work in general. [Updated January 2026].

What is pedagogy? A definition and discussion. [Updated October 2025].

Josephine Macalister Brew, youth work and informal education [Updated September 2025]


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The Mixed Club. A Statement of its general aims and functions. (NAGCMC 1948) November 2025

Girls Growing in the Nineteen Sixties by Mary Robinson (NAYC 1963) July 2025


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