334 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE, ETC. 
There are three principal agencies : the Extra-mural Departments of Univer- 
sities and of University Colleges, the Workers’ Educational Association, and 
the Local Education Authorities. Working with these or independently are 
other bodies, of which the chief are: the Young Men’s Christian Association, 
the Educational Settlements Association, the National Industrial Alliance, 
the Adult School Union, the Co-operative Union, and the National Federa- 
tion of Women’s Institutes. Besides these a number of Colleges are 
recognised under the Adult Education Regulations for grant purposes : the 
Ruskin College, the Catholic Workers’ College, Fircroft College, Hillcroft 
College, and Coleg Harlech for residential students ; the Working Men’s 
College, and Morley College for non-residential students ; also Mary Ward 
College, Toynbee Hall and others. 
Co-operation between the principal bodies is through Joint Committees 
consisting of representatives of the Universities, the W.E.A., the L.E.A., and 
other associations or societies of a district. 
The Adult Education Committee of the Board of Education exercises an 
important coordinating influence, through its Adult Education Regulations 
for the award of financial assistance. Local Education Authorities are more 
and more directly promoting Adult Classes, in addition to assisting local 
Joint Committees by grants of money or by providing rooms, teachers, and 
equipment free of charge. 
Full particulars of these bodies and their inter-relationships are supplied 
by the Adult Education Committee of the Board of Education in its Paper 
No.9, Pioneer Work and other Developments in Adult Education; Paper No. 10, 
The Scope and Practice of Adult Education (1930) ; and Paper No. 11, Adult 
Education in relation to the Local Education Authority (1933). ‘The last- 
named contains an interesting history of the Adult Education Movement. 
It traces the development from the earliest Night School at the beginning of 
the nineteenth century to the complicated structure of Adult Education 
organisation of the present time ; and describes fully the schemes under 
which Adult Classes are organised and maintained in different districts 
throughout the country. 
The arrangements made for Adult Education within the University area 
of Bristol will serve as an example of the co-operative organisation between 
various bodies interested : 
‘In the University area, which covers the cities of Bristol, Bath and 
Gloucester, and the counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire and 
a part of Dorsetshire, there is a co-operative scheme between the various 
Bodies concerned in Adult Education including the University of Bristol, 
the Local Education Authorities, the W.E.A., the Y.M.C.A., the Adult 
School Union, the Rural Community Councils and various Bodies. Under 
this scheme any type of class can be provided from a single pioneer lecture 
to a full tutorial class or extension lecture course. Some 80 short 
courses of four to six lectures are given in villages, and the W.E.A. provides 
over 100 terminal and one-year courses. During the present session there 
are 18 University Lecture Courses and 30 Tutorial Classes financed by the 
University. 
‘There is a Consultative Committee composed of representatives of all 
the Bodies concerned in each county. ‘Tutorial Classes are organised from 
Bristol by a Joint Committee of the University’ and the W.E.A. Extension 
Lectures are organised by the University directly. 
‘The Courses for which the University is responsible are financed from 
four sources : Grants from the Board of Education, grants from the Local 
Authority, fees from students attending the Courses, University Grant -to 
make up the deficiency.’ 
