Working Lives in the Coal Mines: Mining History and Heritage

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Working Lives in the Coal Mines: Mining History and Heritage
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  2. Prerequisites & Facts
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What is the course about?

Working Lives in the Coal Mines: Mining History and Heritage
The course Working Lives in the Coal Mines: Mining History and Heritage is an online class provided by University of Strathclyde through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Explore the experiences of workers in the coal mining industry from the 1840s to the 1920s and learn about its impact on Britain.

Course description
  • Uncover the lives of coal industry workers and miners in the long 19th century
  • 4 weeks
  • On this course, you’ll explore the history and heritage of British mining labour.
    You’ll discover the evolution of the role of coal-miners in the 19th century, the hardships they endured, and learn how mining has affected British industrial heritage today.
    Through online resources and museum archives, you’ll gain historical, literary and genealogical research skills, and learn to critically assess mining artefacts and representations of life in the mines.
    You’ll also learn how these representations relate to wider issues of class, gender, and political and professional identity.
  • This course is designed for people with an interest in mining history or heritage, or industrial heritage more broadly.
  • The course will also be of interest to professionals working in or aiming to work in the heritage sector and students at school or university who have an interest in the long Victorian period.
  • University of Strathclyde
  • The University of Strathclyde is a leading international technological university located in Glasgow, Scotland’s biggest city, committed to useful learning.
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Prerequisites & Facts

Working Lives in the Coal Mines: Mining History and Heritage

Course Topic

Personal Success, Teacher Training, Teaching & Academics

University, College, Institution

University of Strathclyde

Course Skill Level

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Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

Working Lives in the Coal Mines: Mining History and Heritage

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / University of Strathclyde you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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School: University of Strathclyde
Topic: British History, History, Social History

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