Winchester: A Learning Community

 

Why we’re here today?

• Offered to talk about brandingJourney Consumer Goods branding Services branding Personal branding

• But Charlotte picked up on the phrase ‘learning community’ at a previous OutThere – and the die was cast

Winchester: A Learning Community

 

Why we’re not here

Lib Dem policy on education(although it is available on request!)

History of learning

King Alfred

• King Alfred, 849-899 AD• Instrumental in reviving education

and scholarship in England• Supposedly educated in Rome• Established court school for his

children• Education "makes life more

rewarding and enjoyable;...the worst thing of all is ignorance"

• Enforced keeping of Anglo Saxon Chronicles, a standard in historical works of Britain

• It is said that he established the first university at Oxford.

Winchester Cathedral

• Founded 642• Major mediaeval centre of knowledge

– Winchester Troper 1000– Winchester Bible 1160-1175

Winchester College

• Founded 1382• Oldest of 9 Public

Schools in the 1868 Public Schools Act

• Expanded into current form from mid-19th Century onwards

Peter Symonds College

• Roots go back to charities established in the 16th Century at the bequest of Peter Symonds, a wealthy merchant and philanthropist

• Boys Grammar School from 1897

• Became a co-educational college for 16-19 year olds in 1974

Hyde Abbey School

• Educated 2 Prime Ministers• Closure in the 1850s

University of Winchester

• Est 1840 as Winchester Diocesan Training School

• Began offering BA and BEd degrees as King Alfred’s College in the 1970s

• Resumed its partnership with the University of Southampton in 1992

• University status in 2005

• Began awarding research degrees in 2008

Winchester School of Art

• Founded 1863• International

reputation for research and teaching in art and design

• Merged with University of Southampton in 1996

Where are we today?

 

Primary Schools

46 State Primary, Independent Preparatory and Junior schools  

Secondary Schools

• Westgate• Kings• Henry Beaufort• Perins• Winchester College• St Swithuns 

Sixth Form

• Peter Symonds• Winchester College• St Swithuns• Sparsholt

Tertiary Education

• University of Winchester• Winchester School of Art• Sparsholt College

Army

• Army Training Regiment• Adjudant General's Corps

– Defence Food Services School

Peer-to-peer/network/ community learning

• OutThere• Wired Wessex• Winchester Web• Café Culture• Chamber of

Commerce• U3A• The Yard• colour factory• WinACC

• Platform 4• Winnall Rock School• The Screen• Festivals

– Winchester Festival– Hat Fair– Art & Mind– Winchester Writers’

Conference

Ambient learning• Tourist Guides• Museums

– Westgate, City Museum, Great Hall, 6 Military Museums, City Mill, InTech

• Libraries– Discovery Centre, County Archives

• Galleries – Discovery Centre, Winchester Gallery, Link Gallery

• English Project• Public sculpture

– Frink, Gormley, Thorneycroft

So this is no surprise...  Winchester

(employee jobs)

Winchester

(%)

South East(%)

Great Britain

(%)

Total employee jobs 66,200 - - -

Full-time 45,400 68.6 69.0 68.8

Part-time 20,800 31.4 31.0 31.2

Employee jobs by industry

Manufacturing 3,600 5.5 8.1 10.2

Construction 2,600 3.9 4.5 4.8

Services 59,300 89.7 85.7 83.5

Distribution, hotels restaurants 14,400 21.8 24.6 23.4

Transport & communications 2,200 3.4 5.9 5.8

Finance, IT, other business 16,300 24.7 24.0 22.0

Public admin, education & health

23,000 34.7 25.6 27.0

Other services 3,400 5.1 5.6 5.3

Tourism-related† 5,300 8.0 8.2 8.2

Or this?

  Winchester(numbers)

Winchester(%)

South East(%)

Great Britain

(%)

NVQ4 and above

27,300 42.1 31.5 29.0

NVQ3 and above

39,000 60.0 50.8 47.0

NVQ2 and above

48,400 74.5 68.9 65.2

NVQ1 and above

56,100 86.5 83.4 78.9

Other qualifications

3,600 5.5 7.7 8.7

No qualifications

5,200 8.0 8.9 12.4

Winchester is at the front edge of the knowledge economy – where next?

Fix the gaps or aim to excel?

• Fix the gaps?– Early years– Vocational– Adult/continuing education– Science/technology

• Aim to excel?– Next level networking for knowledge

economy– ‘Next place’ for art/literature graduates– More performance/display space– English Project– Winchester’s “Guggenheim”