The Centre for Continuing Education (commonly referred to as CCE) is an

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provider within the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

. It is located on Missenden Road in Newtown, an inner-west suburb, just south-west of the

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

city centre. Extension lectures at the university were inaugurated in 1886,University of Sydney, Senate Minutes, 5 July 1886, p.291. 36 years after the university's founding, making it Australia's longest running university

continuing education Continuing education is the education undertaken after initial education for either personal or professional reasons. The term is used mainly in the United States and Canada. Recognized forms of post-secondary learning activities within the d ...

program.

History

The

was founded in 1850. Emulating an English movement to extend the benefits of university teaching and to forge links with the community,

Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European literature, European and Scottish literature, notably the novels ''Ivanhoe'' (18 ...

(1855–1925) inaugurated the University Extension Board lectures in 1886. At its meeting in July 1892, the University of Sydney Senate accepted a recommendation of the University Extension Lectures Committee that Miss

Louisa Macdonald Louisa Macdonald (10 December 1858 – 28 November 1949) was an educationist and women's suffragist. Early life and education Louisa Macdonald was born in 1858 in Arbroath, Scotland, the eleventh child of Ann (née Kid) and John Macdonald, tow ...

deliver a course of six lectures on "Greek life and art".University of Sydney, Senate Minutes, July 1891–August 1893, SUA G1/1/9, 18 July 1892, p.203. The Senate also approved payment to Miss MacDonald of an honorarium of £30 for teaching the course, and agreed that the course participants should each pay five shillings.

Notable tutors

David Stratton David James Stratton (born 1939) is an English-Australian film critic and historian. He has also worked as a journalist, interviewer, educator, television personality, and producer. His career as a film critic, writer, and educator in Austral ...

, English-Australian

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and television personality. * Bill Collins, Australian film critic and television personality. * Terry Dowling, writer, freelance journalist, award-winning critic, editor, game designer and reviewer.

References

External links

Centre for Continuing Education
{{University of Sydney Centre for Continuing Education Adult education in Australia 1886 establishments in Australia Newtown, New South Wales