• The College

    From a very early prospectus presented by The County Council for the County Palatine of Lancaster comes the following: The College offers a Three-Year course for men and women students preparing to teach in Primary and Secondary schools. Edge Hill College, which was founded in 1885 in Liverpool, was transferred to new buildings in September,…

  • A personal message from the Director #4

    Edge Hill College has been providing high quality education for many years, well over a century in fact. We pride ourselves however on meeting the needs of the future, whilst building on the best of the past. We recognise that students want opportunities to develop their knowledge and scholarship to higher education level whilst at…

  • Ormskirk: The College Setting

    First up, welcome to readers of the Ormskirk Advertiser – I hope you find something of interest! To make sure you don’t miss out on the latest 125 by 125 posts you can subscribe to our feed, or sign up to get the latest posts delivered directly to you by email – both are free!…

  • A personal message from the Director #3

    This prospectus is for all those seeking to make a choice in higher education whether they are at present at a college of further education, at a sixth-form college or at school or are contemplating a return to full-time or part-time study. In the rapidly changing economic and social conditions of today there is no…

  • A personal message from the Director #2

    This prospectus is for all those seeking to make a choice in higher education whether they are at present at school, at sixth-form college or at a college of further education college or are contemplating a return to or part-time study. In the rapidly changing economic and social conditions of today there is no doubt…

  • A personal message from the Director #1

    This prospectus is addressed to all who are seeking to make a choice in higher education whether you are at present at school, at sixth-form or further education college or are contemplating a return to full-time or part-time study. Despite the economic and social problems of the present time there is no doubt that the…

  • To Harrogate, York and The Dales!

    Now that we’ve established that blogging about old Edge Hill maps is a perfectly normal thing to do, let’s have a look at another one. This one is from the back cover of the Edge Hill College of Higher Education In-service Advanced Studies prospectus from 1989: The map shows Edge Hill’s Ormskirk campus and Woodlands,…

  • “Edge Hill… isn’t that in Birmingham?”

    Okay, I’ve got a confession to make – I quite like maps. You can stop laughing now. I’m amazed by the amount of detail a good cartographer (that’s the technical term for someone who makes maps, don’t ya know) can get into a few lines. “Yes Michael, very good, but how does this relate to…

  • Edge Hill College of Education

    There’s no date on this prospectus – it was on the shelf marked 1980s but it feels a little earlier than that. It’s amazing how much the prospectus industry has changed. This one was maybe 12 pages long with half a dozen photos – I’ll possibly pick some out in the future – while now…