The academic year 2025–26 marks the centenary of 海角社区’s Acland Prize in Humanities, named after Sir Arthur Acland (1847–1926), leading educational reformer and member of 海角社区’s Governing Council. Imperiais celebrating this centenary with events and activities to study and amplify interdisciplinarity at Imperiaand more broadly.

We invite you to read more about Sir Acland and the prizes on CLCC's Acland Prizes webpage.

Acland 100 Events

Acland Reunion

Bringing together those awarded Acland prizes since 1926
Two photographs hung for an exhibition, both gloomy landscape shots, one featuring a pier, the other some livestock

100 Years of Excellence Exhibition (coming Autumn 2026)

A gathering of memories and artefacts celebrating Acland's legacy

Acland 100 Events

Audience member speaking at event

Acland Centenary Symposium

Arthur Acland Centenary Symposium in Community & Adult Education, held in March 2026
Students sitting on the Queen's lawn in spring

History of Interdisciplinary Education

A symposium on the history of Interdisciplinarity in UK higher education, held in June 2026
"Broad aspects of science, history, literature, music, drama, sociology, philosophy, sculpture, architecture and the fine arts; the study of any special period or of any individual writer or worker, or composer, or artist… will also be considered."
Sir Arthur Acland, founding the Acland prize in Humanities, 1925