It's International Women's Day (IWD) on Monday March 8, and the University of Liverpool has a packed week of events and activities celebrating the female.
In August 1967, Stephen Bayley, a 15-year-old pupil at Quarry Bank in Liverpool, wrote a letter to the school s most famous pupil, John Lennon.
Young Stephen told John, who had left Quarry Bank ten years earlier, that his English teacher was in the habit of playing Beatles records in class, and encouraging the boys to analyse the lyrics, before giving them his own interpretation.
According to his best friend, Pete Shotton, John roared with laughter at the letter.
His headmaster s report from 1956 had read: He has too many of the wrong ambitions and his energy is misplaced.
And now, just 11 years later, they were teaching his work in class! John saw it as a challenge.
University of Liverpool offers masters degree in Fab Four
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Students on ‘The Beatles: Music Industry and Heritage MA’ course will learn about the group’s influence on popular music and culture, its programme leader said. Dr Holly Tessler said it was “unique” because it explored the band’s legacy. There is also a focus on heritage and tourism in Liverpool and the UK, she said.
Tessler, a Beatles expert, said she was “absolutely delighted” to bring formal study of the Beatles to the University of Liverpool’s department of music and Institute of Popular Music. “What makes this MA unique is its focus on the Beatles in a future-facing way, considering the legacy’s influence on the music and creative industries, in popular culture, and within heritage, culture and tourism in the 21st century,” she said.
Beatles-themed masterâs degree being offered by University of Liverpool
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Feb 25, 2021 1:00 PM The Beatles were masters at creating memorable pop and rock songs, and now college students in the band s hometown of Liverpool, U.K., will have the opportunity to earn a master s degree focusing on the group. This September, the University of Liverpool is launching an MA course called The Beatles: Music Industry and Heritage , which according to a description on the school s website will explore how [the band], their music and their story are inextricably bound up within an increasing number of creative and cultural industries includingâ¦music, media and social media, tourism and heritage.
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