Working Lives on Britain's Railways: Railway History and Heritage

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University of Strathclyde

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Working Lives on Britain’s Railways: Railway History and Heritage

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Working Lives on Britain’s Railways: Railway History and Heritage

The course Working Lives on Britain’s Railways: Railway 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 Britain’s industrial heritage and learn about the lives of British railway workers from 1840-1914.

Course description

Explore British railway history and learn what work on the railways was like
4 weeks

On this course, you will investigate the professional lives of the men and women working on the British railways from the 1840s until the First World War.
Using archival materials from the National Railway Museum, you will learn about the mental and physical hardship endured by railway workers, as well as the risks and pleasures that came with working in this new industry.
From Irish Catholic navvies to female office clerks based in industrial cities, you will discover the surprising diversity and complexity of the railway workforce.

Engine-drivers
Signallers
Navvies
Clerks

Discuss the range of activities involved in working on the railways in the long nineteenth century, and how these changed during the period covered by the course.
Assess representations of working lives on the railways and railway artefacts and discuss how they relate to wider questions of class, gender, and professional identity.
Explore written and oral material on workers’ lives within the appropriate historical and material contexts.
Perform searches in the online resources of the National Railway Museum and other archives for material relevant to railway history and workers’ lives.

This course is designed for anyone with an interest in railway history and heritage, working-class history and culture, industrial heritage, the Victorian period, or museums and their holdings.

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Prerequisites & Facts

Working Lives on Britain’s Railways: Railway History and Heritage

Course Topic

British History, History, Social History

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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Working Lives on Britain’s Railways: Railway 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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