Maria Grey Training College

Maria Grey Training College was a training college for teachers from 1878-1976.

History

The college was opened as the Teachers’ Training & Registration Society College on 1 May 1878 in the Clergy House, Skinner Street, Bishopsgate (now Pindar Street). The Teachers’ Training & Registration Society was created by the Women's Education Union to promote women’s right to education and the professional recognition of female teachers.^[1] The Society was promoted by Maria Georgina Grey who had also been fundamental in the founding of the Union. In 1885 it moved to Fitzroy Square,^[2] and in March 1886 it was renamed Maria Grey College after its founder.^[1] In 1946 it moved to Twickenham. In 1976 the College merged with Borough Road College and Acton & Chiswick Polytechnic to form the West London Institute of Higher Education.^[1] In 1995 the West London Institute of Higher Education became part of Brunel University.^[3] The site was sold when the department moved to Uxbridge in 2005.^[4]

Primary sources

The records of the College are now held in the Brunel University Archives.^[5]

References

1. Brunel University. "Maria Grey Collection". Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
2. Laurence, Anne; Bellamy, Joan; Perry, Gillian (2000), Women, scholarship and criticism: gender and knowledge, c.1790-1900, Manchester University Press, p. 103, ISBN 978-0-7190-5720-5
3. Brunel University. "'History'". Retrieved 2008-12-12.
4. Brunel University. "'Maria Grey'". Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-29. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
5. Brunel University. "University Collections". Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-12.

See also

• Maria Georgina Grey

Coordinates: 51°31′18″N 0°8′18″W / 51.52167°N 0.13833°W