The
Ellen
Wilkinson Building
![]() The Ellen Wilkinson
Building was originally the Humanities Building.
It was later renamed after the Manchester politician
Ellen Wilkinson, known in her day as "Red
Ellen". Ellen was a pupil at Ardwick Higher
Grade School before attending the University of
Manchester, where she was awarded a BA in History in
1913. She later became involved in the union
movement and became the MP for Middlesborough
East. She famously walked at the head of
the Jarrow March, a tiny woman with firery red
hair. She went on to become the first woman
Minister of Education.
![]() The building was
designed by the architectural practice of G. G. Baines
of the Building Design Partnership. The concrete
relief, seen below, was designed by William Mitchell.
![]() Appropriately, the
building is home to the Centres for: Continuing
Education, Educational Leadership, English Language
Studies in Education, Occupational and Environmental
Health, Human Communication and Deafness, and Speech
Pathology.
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