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Turnbull, W (2023) The ‘proper means of efficient nautical education’? The Liverpool Nautical College (1892-1900) and the late-Victorian port city. Doctoral thesis, LJMU.
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Abstract
From this research the LNC (1892-1900) emerges as a fragile, tenuous, fledgling experiment in designing and delivering an innovate programme of nautical education. I show that it formed a divisive political issue amongst the various maritime communities in late-Victorian Liverpool, disrupting the status quo. It was launched with ambitious goals in relation to widening access, innovative delivery and raising educational standards; each of which proved challenging and remained unfulfilled in the LNC’s first decade. Yet the LNC survived, adapted and thrives today as a constituent element of Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU).
Situated at the junction between maritime, educational, institutional and Liverpool history, this study of the early years of the LNC contributes new intellectual inquiry into each of these various fields. It offers a useful test of the innovative approach upon which it is based and it foregrounds a hitherto lost chapter in the history of a local community which has long been characterised by its relationship to the port and maritime trade. This study therefore illustrates and evaluates the impact of the LNC on the city of Liverpool, its institutions and people.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Nautical; Liverpool; Education; Institution; Legacy |
| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) V Naval Science > VM Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering |
| Divisions: | Humanities & Social Science |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2023 14:34 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Oct 2023 13:29 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.24377/LJMU.t.00021674 |
| Supervisors: | Cuming, E, Matthews-Jones, L, White, N and Rogers, H |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/21674 |
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