Working Lives in the Factories and Mills: Textile History and Heritage

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Working Lives in the Factories and Mills: Textile History and Heritage
  1. What is the course about?
  2. Prerequisites & Facts
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What is the course about?

Working Lives in the Factories and Mills: Textile History and Heritage
The course Working Lives in the Factories and Mills: Textile 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.

Discover the lives of textile industry workers during the Victorian era, and better understand Britain’s industrial heritage.

Course description
  • Learn how textile workers’ lives evolved alongside the textile industry
  • 4 weeks
  • On this course, you’ll explore the relationship between textile factory labour in the past and British industrial heritage today.
  • You’ll delve into a fascinating period of development for one of Britain’s key industries and discover how workers’ lives changed throughout the Victorian period, as they adjusted to new professional identities, workplaces and technology.
  • Through video, you’ll be introduced to four different millworkers’ heritage sites: New Lanark, Stanley Mills in Perthshire, Verdant Works in Dundee and Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire, as you explore their history.
  • Explore the range of activities involved in working in factories and mills in the long nineteenth century, and how these changed during the period covered by the course.
  • Assess representations of millworkers from this period, as well as writings by the workers themselves, and discuss how they relate to wider questions of class, gender, and professional identity.
  • Investigate how museums represent factory workers.
  • Locate material relevant to this field through online archives.
  • This course is designed for anyone interested in working-class history and literature, the Victorian period, industrial heritage or museums, and those exploring family or local histories related to this industry.
  • 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 Factories and Mills: Textile 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 Factories and Mills: Textile 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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