Editing Ruskin College (section)

== Notable people ==
=== Principals ===
* 1899–1909 [[Dennis Hird]] (1st Principal)<ref>W.W. Craik, Central Labour College, 1964</ref>
* 1909–16 [[Gilbert Slater]]<ref>Harold Pollins, "Slater, Gilbert (1864–1938)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004.</ref>
* 1916–25 [[Henry Sanderson Furniss, 1st Baron Sanderson]]<ref name="Harold Pollins 1939">Harold Pollins, "Furniss, Henry Sanderson, Baron Sanderson (1868–1939)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004.</ref>
* 1926–44 Alfred Barratt Brown<ref name="Harold Pollins 1939"/>
* 1944–50 [[Herbert Lionel Elvin]]<ref>Richard Aldrich, ''[[The Independent]]'' (London), 17 June 2005.</ref>
* 1950–79 [[Billy Hughes (educationist)|Herbert Delauney "Billy" Hughes]]<ref>Bill Bailey, "Hughes, Herbert Delauney [Billy] (1914–1995)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004.</ref>
* 1979–89 John Hughes
* 1989–97 Stephen Yeo
* 1998–2003 James Durcan
* 2004–13 [[Audrey Mullender]]
* 2014–24 March 2016 Chris Wilkes 
* 2016–2021 Paul Di Felice
* 2021– Peter John

=== Former academics/teachers ===
* [[Clement Attlee]], Labour Prime Minister (1945–1951)
* [[Peter Donaldson (economist)|Peter Donaldson]], economist, author and broadcaster
* [[Tom Mboya]], Kenyan politician
* [[William McCarthy, Baron McCarthy|Bill McCarthy, Lord McCarthy]], Labour Party politician
* [[Raphael Samuel]], writer and historian
* [[Henry Sanderson Furniss, 1st Baron Sanderson|Henry Sanderson Furniss, Lord Sanderson]] (1907–1916)
* [[David Selbourne]] (1966–86), writer

=== Notable alumni ===
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* [[Jack Ashley]] (1922–2012), Baron Ashley of Stoke, Labour Member of Parliament
* [[Sally Alexander]] English historian and feminist activist 
* [[Michael Berry Jr.|Michael Berry Jr]] (2011–2013), actor
* [[Judith Cummins]], Labour MP for [[Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford South]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm150709/debtext/150709-0003.htm#150709-0003.htm_spnew1|title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 09 July 2015 (pt 0003)|website=www.publications.parliament.uk|access-date=23 June 2016|archive-date=11 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711194025/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm150709/debtext/150709-0003.htm#150709-0003.htm_spnew1|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ben Enwonwu]], Nigerian artist<ref>[http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9115469 "Enwonwu, Benedict Chuka"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214041624/https://academic.eb.com/ |date=14 December 2021 }}, ''Britannica Book of the Year, 1995''. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. accessed 30 July 2012.</ref>
* [[R. M. Fox]], author and historian
* [[Judy Fryd]], Founder of Mencap
* [[John Goss (baritone)|John Goss]] (1894–1953), baritone
* [[Fred Harrison (author)|Fred Harrison]] (born 1944), British author and economist
* [[Jack Hilton (author)|Jack Hilton]] (1900–1983), British novelist, essayist, and travel writer
* [[Jónas Jónsson]], Icelandic educator and politician
* [[Sasha Johnson]] (born 1993) British Black Lives Matter activist and member of Taking the Initiative Party
* [[Joseph Anthony Kelly]] (Born 1958) Newspaper editor and political theologian
* [[Roy Hughes, Baron Islwyn]] (1925–2003), former Labour MP for Newport
* [[Lucy Lameck]] (1934–1992), Tanzanian politician and Minister
* [[Tom Mboya]] (1930–1969), Kenya civil rights hero, Minister of Economic Planning and Development 
* [[Sally J. Morgan]], emeritus professor of art in New Zealand 
* [[Adams Oshiomhole]], former Nigeria Labour Union President; Former Governor of Edo State, Current Chairman of the All Progressives Congress.
* [[Walter Padley]], trade union leader and Labour MP for Ogmore
* [[John Prescott]], Labour former deputy prime minister
* [[Charles Savarin]], President of Dominica
* [[Phil Sawford]], former Labour MP for Kettering
* [[Dennis Skinner]], former Labour MP for Bolsover
* [[Siaka Probyn Stevens]], Prime Minister and President of Sierra Leone<ref>[http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9001303 "Stevens, Siaka"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214041626/https://academic.eb.com/ |date=14 December 2021 }}, ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 5 January 2007.</ref>
* [[James Walker (Labour politician)|James Walker]] (1883–1945), trade unionist and Labour politician<ref>David Howell, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/61331 "Walker, James (1883–1945)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214041633/https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-61331;jsessionid=E4DAF5D23BD3CC9BDBFAFC50D048538C |date=14 December 2021 }}, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, May 2006, accessed 30 July 2012.</ref>
* [[Thomas Edward Williams, 1st Baron Williams]], Co-operative and Labour politician<ref>Keith Davies, "Williams, Thomas Edward, Baron Williams (1892–1966)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004.</ref>
* [[George Woodcock (trade unionist)|George Woodcock]], general secretary, Trade Union Congress<ref>''The Times'', Monday, 19 November 1979; p. 25; Issue 60478; col C</ref><ref>Geoffrey Goodman, "Woodcock, George (1904–1979)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004.</ref>
* [[William Woodruff]], historian and writer
* [[Robert Young (Lancashire politician)|Robert Young]], trade unionist, Labour Member of Parliament<ref>Andrew Thorpe, "Young, Sir Robert (1872–1957)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004.</ref>