GB 0100 KCLCA CA/S/M, CA/S/MP, CAR/RI, CAR/RS, CAR/S, CAR/AR, CAR/STATS, CAR/1986, 1987/CAR, CAR/1990, 1995/CAR - Chelsea College Registry Records

84 boxes and 21 folders

GB 0100 KCLCA CA/S/M, CA/S/MP, CAR/RI, CAR/RS, CAR/S, CAR/AR, CAR/STATS, CAR/1986, 1987/CAR, CAR/1990, 1995/CAR 1895-1985 Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives 84 boxes and 21 folders South Western Polytechnic
Chelsea Polytechnic
Chelsea College of Science and Technology
Chelsea College Registry
The South-Western Polytechnic was opened at Manresa Road, Chelsea, in 1895, to provide scientific and technical education to Londoners. Day and evening classes for men and women comprised study in domestic economy, mathematics, engineering, natural science, art and music. The Polytechnic taught a growing number of registered students of the University of London, and this relationship was later formally recognised when the renamed Chelsea College of Science and Technology was admitted as a School of the University in 1966. Government of the College was devolved to the so-called Governing Body, supplemented from its inception in 1961 by an Academic Board reflecting the interests of staff and students. These were renamed the Council and Senate when the College was granted its Royal Charter in 1971. The Registry dealt with student and academic affairs including applications, examinations and assessments, and its functions were combined with those of the Registry at King's following the merger.

A majority of the records were received from the Chelsea Registry in 1985.

Chelsea College Registry records, 1895-1985, contain a wide variety of committee, Senate and other governing and administrative material illustrative of the strategic direction, financial status and academic organisation of the institution. They notably include Senate committee membership and overview, 1971-1984 (Ref: CAR/RI, CAR/RS); minutes of the BSc Sub-Boards of Examiners meetings, 1967-1985 (ref: CAR/1986); Committee, Working Party and Faculty Board minutes and papers including of the Fees Committee, Academic Board Planning Committee and Higher Degrees Committee, 1965-1985; staff files, 1967-1985 (Ref: CAR/S); papers concerned with course and academic planning and, in particular, postgraduate degrees, modular courses, 1967-1985, KQC Planning Group for Academic Affairs, 1983-1984, data privacy, 1981-1984, University of London regulations, 1967-1980, strategic planning including the Swinnerton-Dyer report, 1979-1981; Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), 1976-1985; University Grants Committee, 1973-1984; examinations procedure, 1976-1985; Student Union and services, 1968-1983; overseas and exchange students, 1968-1984; student ratios and statistics, 1972-1982; departmental correspondence and memoranda, 1970-1985 (CAR/AR1-24, CAR/1990); information and reports covering attempted relocation of College and the merger with King's College, 1968-1984 (Ref: 1987/CAR); student correspondence with the Registrar, 1939-1948 (Ref: 1995/CAR) ); volumes of statistics describing teaching, student numbers and class structure, 1934-1979 (Ref: CAR/STATS).

The records are arranged into the main series as described in the Scope and Content section, and are broadly chronological within each series.

Administrative records are generally subject to a thirty year closure period from the date of leaving except for some published minutes. Staff records are closed for an eighty year period.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, can be supplied to appropriate College staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
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Detailed list is available for consultation in hard-copy in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.

Chelsea Registry material overlaps with the Secretary's Office and Minute Books series (Ref: CAS, CA/M). The majority of personnel records for Chelsea College comprise a distinct series (Ref: CA/FP). See also King's College Secretarial, Principal's Office and Registry records that describe the merger in 1985 and the subsequent history of the Chelsea campus (Ref: KAS, KAP, KAR).

Sources: H Silver and S J Teague eds, Chelsea College - A History (London, 1977). Entry compiled by Geoff Browell as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000. March 2002 Academic standards Chelsea College Chelsea College , Higher Degrees Committee Chelsea College of Science and Technology Chelsea College , Registry Chelsea College , Senate Chelsea Polytechnic Curriculum development Economics of education Educational administrative structure Educational associations Educational development Educational evaluation Educational finance Educational levels Educational management Educational organizations Educational personnel Educational planning Educational quality Educational statistics Educational supervision Exceptional students Foreign students Governing bodies Higher education Science and Engineering Research Council South Western Polytechnic Student evaluation Student organizations Students UGC , University Grants Committee x University Grants Committee University governing bodies University of London x London University University students Personnel People by occupation People Organizations Educational governing bodies Educational administration

A majority of the records were received from the Chelsea Registry in 1985.

Chelsea College Registry records, 1895-1985, contain a wide variety of committee, Senate and other governing and administrative material illustrative of the strategic direction, financial status and academic organisation of the institution. They notably include Senate committee membership and overview, 1971-1984 (Ref: CAR/RI, CAR/RS); minutes of the BSc Sub-Boards of Examiners meetings, 1967-1985 (ref: CAR/1986); Committee, Working Party and Faculty Board minutes and papers including of the Fees Committee, Academic Board Planning Committee and Higher Degrees Committee, 1965-1985; staff files, 1967-1985 (Ref: CAR/S); papers concerned with course and academic planning and, in particular, postgraduate degrees, modular courses, 1967-1985, KQC Planning Group for Academic Affairs, 1983-1984, data privacy, 1981-1984, University of London regulations, 1967-1980, strategic planning including the Swinnerton-Dyer report, 1979-1981; Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), 1976-1985; University Grants Committee, 1973-1984; examinations procedure, 1976-1985; Student Union and services, 1968-1983; overseas and exchange students, 1968-1984; student ratios and statistics, 1972-1982; departmental correspondence and memoranda, 1970-1985 (CAR/AR1-24, CAR/1990); information and reports covering attempted relocation of College and the merger with King's College, 1968-1984 (Ref: 1987/CAR); student correspondence with the Registrar, 1939-1948 (Ref: 1995/CAR) ); volumes of statistics describing teaching, student numbers and class structure, 1934-1979 (Ref: CAR/STATS).

The records are arranged into the main series as described in the Scope and Content section, and are broadly chronological within each series.

Administrative records are generally subject to a thirty year closure period from the date of leaving except for some published minutes. Staff records are closed for an eighty year period.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, can be supplied to appropriate College staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.

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Chelsea Registry material overlaps with the Secretary's Office and Minute Books series (Ref: CAS, CA/M). The majority of personnel records for Chelsea College comprise a distinct series (Ref: CA/FP). See also King's College Secretarial, Principal's Office and Registry records that describe the merger in 1985 and the subsequent history of the Chelsea campus (Ref: KAS, KAP, KAR).

Detailed list is available for consultation in hard-copy in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.

National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000.

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