Courses at Braziers

Braziers Park School of Integrative Social research was founded in 1950 by Norman Glaister, to explore the dynamics of people living in groups, to develop better methods of interpersonal communication and to find new ways of combining knowledge to make it more meaningful. Probably the word used today to describe his approach would be holistic. Everyone at Braziers aims to be more conscious of and facilitate the process which we are all part of and facilitate its development. In essence, therefore, Braziers Community, in its widest sense, is the subject of its own research. The results of this research over the past half century are published in Research Communications.

Braziers has its own learning programme, but also welcomes other organisations who wish to run their courses here. This is seen as a two-way advantage. We learn from others bringing their insights to Braziers; and we hope that they may find the work we carry out here interesting to them, as well as benefiting from the informal, friendly and supportive atmosphere we try to build.

Braziers is non profit-making and is recognised as a charity for tax purposes. Most of the work of running the College is done by the resident community who give their services voluntarily. They are helped by our foreign 'houseteam' - students who come from overseas to improve their English, experience life in a community and help run the College. Many other people not living at Braziers support its work in a variety of ways.

Last updated May 22, 2006