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| Description | Comprises material regarding an event held at the University of Leicester, 8 June 2002 to celebrate the life and work of Professor Brian Simon including the following papers read:
'Brian Simon and Pedagogy' by Professor Robin Alexander of the University of Cambridge
'Brian Simon and the History of Education' by Dr David Reeder
'Brian Simon and Comprehensive Education' by Molly Hattersley
Opening Address by Professor William Taylor
[Closing Address by Professor Bob Burgess, Vice-Chancellor]
Also includes:
Newspaper article 'Simon: champion of comprehensives', from the Times Educational Supplement (TES) 9 July 1971
Tributes by Clyde Chitty, Nanette Whitbread, Colin Richards and Michael Armstrong published in FORUM, Vol 44 Number 1, 2002
Obituaries for Brian Simon in 'Old Greshamian Magazine, Number 141, November 2002 and The Guardian 22 Janaury 2001
Tributes by Max Morris, Chris Searle and Clyde Chitty published in 'Education for Tomorrow: for the defence of state education' Summer 2002, Number 74
Two scanned copies of photographs of Brian Simon, one of which is used on the front cover of his autobiography
Article regarding Simon's retirement in the University of Leicester, School of Education newsletter, Autumn 1979 |