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Revans Collection
Revans may refer to: People * John Revans, secretary to the English Poor Law Commission * Reg Revans (1907–2003), academic who pioneered the use of action learning * Samuel Revans (1807–1888), New Zealand newspaper owner, entrepreneur, and politician Other * Revans University Revans University, also known as The University of Action Learning (UAL), is the unaccredited degree-awarding body for the UK-based International Management Centres Association (IMCA or IMC Association). Revans University's registered address is ..., an online unaccredited degree-awarding body See also * Revan (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Revans
John Revans was secretary to the English Poor Law Commission and the Royal Commission on the Poorer Classes in Ireland 1833. In 1836, he was appointed assistant commissioner of the Poor Laws. In the 1840s he conducted an examination of the Chartist land settlements for the Poor Law Commissioners The Poor Law Commission was a body established to administer poor relief after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. The commission was made up of three commissioners who became known as "The Bashaws of Somerset House", their secretary a .... He was described as a "Benthamite radical". Selected publications *''Observations on the timber trade''. Richardson, 1831. *''Remarks on the navigation laws''. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1831. *''Evils of the state of Ireland, their causes, and their remedy; a poor law''. 1836. References British civil servants Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{England-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Revans
Reginald William Revans (14 May 1907 – 8 January 2003) was an academic professor, administrator and management consultant who pioneered the use of Action learning. He was also a long jumper who represented Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam where he finished 32nd in the long jump event. At the first British Empire Games, in 1930, he won the silver medal in both the long jump and triple jump competition. Early life He was born at Portsmouth, where his father was a marine surveyor. As a boy he saw his father receive a visit from seaman's representatives after the wreck of the RMS ''Titanic''. He recollected attending the memorial service for Florence Nightingale with his mother in 1910. In the late 1920s he was a doctoral student in astrophysics at the University of Cambridge. A Commonwealth Scholarship in 1930 took him to study astrophysics and astronomy at the University of Michigan, and on his return to Cambridge as a fellow to Emmanuel he worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Revans
Samuel Revans (ca. 1807 – 14 July 1888) was a New Zealand newspaper owner, entrepreneur and politician. He was the ''Father of Journalism in New Zealand.'' Early life Samuel Revans is known to have been a native of London but, as was common in the early 19th century, the day, month and even the exact year of his birth have been lost to history. He was trained as a printer, and worked in London. Professional life Canada and England He then joined Henry Samuel Chapman in Canada, where they founded one of the first Canadian daily newspapers, the Montreal Daily Advertiser. Chapman returned to England in 1834, but Revans remained until 1837, when journalist indiscretions in connection with Papineau's revolt required his hasty return to England. Chapman and Revans were to be reunited in New Zealand, where Chapman became a leading jurist. Back in England, Revans was involved in Chartist disturbances and was introduced by J. A. Roebuck to the New Zealand Company. He became secre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revans University
Revans University, also known as The University of Action Learning (UAL), is the unaccredited degree-awarding body for the UK-based International Management Centres Association (IMCA or IMC Association). Revans University's registered address is in Port Vila, Vanuatu, though it has also been associated with Boulder, Colorado. It has no physical campus and all its activities take place online. As of 2005, Revans University's partner organization IMCA was based in Buckingham, UK. IMCA provides accreditation of the Action Learning program of Gaia University and possibly others. (See Accreditation below). Foundation According to Revans University and IMCA's jointly-issued literature from 2004, IMCA founded Revans University in 1999 after IMCA's own degree programmes were about to be made illegal by the Education Reform Act 1988; IMCA made unsuccessful approaches to UK's Council for National Academic Awards and several universities in the UK and Australia before deciding to foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |