Colin Lees, BA (CNAA), DMgtStud. (Salford), MA (Keele), PGCE, PhD(Manchester)
Programme Director of the BA (Hons.) in Education (part-time)
Main research interests:
History of education and educational institutions; educational policy and practice; aspects of the history of disability; the history of charitable provision for those with particular needs
Main teaching interests:
Policy and practice in the British educational system in the19th and 20th centuries; nineteenth century British history and literature; the portrayal of education in 19th and 20th century fiction
Selected recent publications:
(with Eric E Rowley)The University of Manchester at War, 1939 (Manchester: The University of Manchester, 2001) ISBN O.906107946
(ed. with Sue Ralph and Helen Manchester) Diversity or Anarchy? Papers from the 31st Manchester Broadcasting Symposium (Luton: University of Luton Press, 2003
(with Sue Ralph) 'Charitable provision for blind people and deaf people in late 19th century London'. In the Journal of Research in Special Needs (JORSEN) Volume 4, Issue 3, November 2004, pages 148-165 www.blackwell-synergy.com ISSN 1471 3802
(with Alex Robertson) Educational policy and practice at the University of Manchester, 1918-1945: The changing vision in the Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, c.450pp (2005) ISSN 0301 102X
Alex Robertson and I have been commissioned by Edward Mellen Press Ltd. to produce a centenary volume of the development and achievements of the Manchester Local Education Authority from its inception following Act of 1902 to the present day (to be published 2005)
Brian Pullan (ed) A Portrait of The University of Manchester London: Third Millennium Publishing, 2007. 208pp. ISBN 1-903942-49-7.
(with Alex Robertson) Owens College and the Victoria University 1851-1902 , pp.10-16.
(with Alex Robertson) The Victoria University of Manchester, 1903-39 , pp.28-32.
(with Alex Robertson) Education , pp.137-140.