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University of Westminster

Sidney Webb College


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1753 SWC

Held at: University of Westminster

Title: Sidney Webb College

Date(s): 1960-1986

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: c10 boxes

Name of creator(s): Sidney Webb College | London
Polytechnic of Central London | Sidney Webb School of Education
Central School of Speech and Drama | Swiss Cottage

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Sidney Webb College, a day training college which provided courses for men and women on primary school teaching and for women teaching domestic subjects in secondary schools, was established by London County Council in 1961 as a constituent college of the University of London Institute of Education. It was accommodated initially in premises in Horseferry Road, Westminster, and, serving mature students, was non-residential. In 1965 responsibility passed from the London County Council to the Inner London Education Authority, and the college also moved, to premises in Barrett Street, near Baker Street. Courses to teach English, speech and drama in secondary schools were offered in conjunction with the Central School of Speech and Drama, Embassy Theatre, Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, from c1973. The college became part of the Polytechnic of Central London as the Sidney Webb School of Education in 1975 and closed in 1980.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records, 1960-1986, of Sidney Webb College and its successor, including minutes and related papers, comprising Advisory Committee and Governing Body minutes, 1960-1970; Governing Body agendas, minutes and papers, 1971-1975, including published HMSO and ILEA reports on education and teacher training, 1972-1973; Staff and Academic Board minutes, 1961-1967; Staff Meeting agendas, minutes and papers, 1967-1968; Academic Board agendas, minutes and papers, 1968-1975; Library Committee minutes and other papers, 1961-1977; Staff Appointments and Promotions Committee agendas, minutes and papers, 1969-1975; Appeals Committee papers, 1973. Other administrative papers comprise papers relating to the early years of the College, including premises, 1961-1970; letters from students, 1964; papers on non-academic staffing matters, including issues relating to the merger with the Polytechnic of Central London, 1969-1977; papers on staffing and re-structuring with relation to amalgamation with the Polytechnic of Central London, 1971-1975; papers of the Joint Working Party on the Future Role of the College, 1972-1973; papers, including minutes of meetings, on the future of the College, including proposed transfer of departments to Battersea College, 1973-1974; Principal's papers, including correspondence, reports and minutes, on the merger with the Polytechnic of Central London, 1973-1976; financial estimates, 1974-1975; Bachelor of Education degree submission to the CNAA, 1975-1976; papers relating to valedictory meeting at final closure, 1980. Various student records, 1961-1980, include exam results. Publications comprise prospectuses, 1961-1975; College magazines, 1965-1968 and undated; Students' Union constitution and standing orders, undated; LCC publications on training colleges, 1964; ILEA publication on colleges of education, 1973; article on the College, 1978. Papers of the Central School comprise memorandum and new articles of association, 1947; papers, including correspondence and notes of meetings, 1970-1976; notes of an ILEA meeting on a link between Sidney Webb College and the Central School, 1971; exam results, 1974-1980; and other papers, 1983-1986.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signing the Regulations for Access form, but administrative records are generally closed for 30 years, and staff and student records for 80 years.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be supplied, for research use only, unless copyright restrictions apply or the item is too fragile to be copied. Requests to publish original material should be addressed to the University Archivist.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Typescript handlist for some items. More recently accessioned material is uncatalogued.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Created by the institution.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The University of Westminster Archives also holds records of the Polytechnic of Central London (Ref: UWA PCL).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: Sidney Webb College prospectuses, 1961-1975.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Dec 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Associations | Organizations
Degrees | Educational qualifications
Employees | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Examinations | Student evaluation | Educational evaluation
Financial administration | Finance
Governing bodies | Educational supervision
Periodicals | Publications | Communications media | Information sciences
Teacher education | Educational personnel training
Teacher education schools | Vocational schools | Higher education institutions | Educational institutions
Educational buildings
Students

Personal names

Corporate names
Battersea College of Education x Battersea Polytechnic Training College of Domestic Science x Battersea Training College of Domestic Science x Battersea Training College for Primary Teachers
Central School of Speech and Drama | Swiss Cottage
CNAA | Council for National Academic Awards x Council for National Academic Awards
ILEA | Inner London Education Authority x Inner London Education Authority
LCC | London County Council x London County Council
PCL | Polytechnic of Central London x Polytechnic of Central London
Sidney Webb College | London x Polytechnic of Central London | Sidney Webb School of Education

Places