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At the University of Sydney, however, adult education has managed to survive in one form or other for over 140 years, currently through the Centre for Continuing Education. Partly this has been due to the support of influential academics who have believed in the principle of ‘extra-mural’ studies’, if not always agreeing with the way it has been delivered or funded. Research in the university’s archives and through contemporary accounts shows that the pattern of provision was established in the 1890s and first 20 years of the twentieth century, particularly through the development of tutorial classes ina relationship with the Workers’ Educational Association, following a model established in Britain at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. However, the research also reveals that the relationship between the first Director of Tutorial Classes and senior members of Sydney University was not always harmonious, especially against the background of the conscription debates of World War I.  \nIntroduction  \nUniversity continuing education exists in various forms in most developed countries, but in recent years has generally been in decline in Australia, as well as in Britain, although there are active units in a number of universities in both countries. It is sometimes known in universities as ‘adult education’,‘extra-mural education’ or ‘university extension’, and typically operates outside the formal undergraduate and postgraduate offerings, although often involves academic staff as lecturers or study tour leaders. Mostly it is non-accredited learning, although more recently some university continuing education in Australia has included courses accredited through the vocational education training system or providing access to formal university studies, particularly through continuing professional education (CPE). Management of continuing education maybe vested in a central agency in the university, or dispersed among the faculties, or maybe a combination of both.  \nArguably the longest-running and most successful university continuing education program in Australia is offered by the University of Sydney, currently through the Centre for Continuing Education. Sydney University has been providing some form of structured adult education, alongside its formal undergraduate and graduate programs, for more than 140 years. This paper charts the early, sometimes tumultuous, years of that development, to the end of the first world war, and discusses some of the features established in that period which enabled an adult education program to be sustained at the university through sometimes turbulent times into the present century.  \nIn their discussion of historical research in education, Cohen, Manion and Morrison cited Borg’s 1963 definition: ‘the systematic and objective location, evaluation, and synthesis of evidence in order to establish facts and draw conclusions about past events’.1 The selection and interpretation of such events is influenced of course by the  \n248 Darryl Dymock ‘A reservoir of learning’ 249  \nresearcher’s intents, experience, values and biases, but the intention in this paper is to provide what Cohen et al. described as ‘an act of reconstruction undertaken in a spirit of critical inquiry’.2 Merriam and Simpson suggested that historical inquiry is of a greater service to a field, such as adult education, when it addresses assumptions, failures and feats, the impact on people’s lives, and/or the total context of an event.3 This paper particularly examines early ‘failuresand feats’, within the univer","cbCaiqJXd7bhIh5r","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqJXd7bhIh5r","pdf",209723,12,"English","# Introduction\n# University extension","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of the paper titled “A reservoir of learning” ?\",\"answer\":\"It examines the beginnings and early development of continuing education at the University of Sydney, charting its initial years up to the end of World War I and highlighting features that helped sustain the program.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the paper supported by evidence according to the text?\",\"answer\":\"It draws on primary sources from the Sydney University Archives, especially Senate meeting minutes and annual reports of the Extension Board, as well as other written sources.\"},{\"question\":\"What did the University Extension Lectures include after its 1892 Senate acceptance?\",\"answer\":\"The Senate accepted a recommendation that Miss Louisa Macdonald deliver six lectures on “Greek life and art,” set expectations for course structure (including weekly lectures and fixed delivery times), and required written answers and correction by the lecturer.\"}]","‘A reservoir of learning’: the beginnings of continuing education at the University of Sydney | PDF",1792077268]