University College Isle of Man University College Isle of Man The University College Isle of Man (UCM) () is the primary centre for tertiary, vocational education and higher education on the British Crown dependency of the Isle of Man, being located in the Manx capital city of Douglas. Founded as the Douglas School of Art on Loch Promenade in November 1880, the college was renamed the School of Technology, Arts and Crafts upon relocation to the Government Building on Lord Street in 1947, with a 1960 rebranding as the College of Further Education and a 1971 move to the present campus on Homefield Road. As
Poor Laws of the Isle of Man An Act of Tynwald established a Home for the Poor in 1889. Ann Harrison Associational Culture, 1830-1914 in A New History of the Isle of Man, vol 5 () Liverpool:University Press, 2000 pp393/406 Poor Laws of the Isle of Man The Poor Laws of the Isle of Man refer to the legislation relating to poor relief passed on the Isle of Man during the 19th century. The Isle of Man, in contrast to neighbouring Britain, did not adopt an English style scheme of poor relief (see Tudor Poor Laws) and instead, prior to the Napoleonic Wars, relied on a system