CSU (Higher Education Careers Service Unit)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0366 CSU
Held at	: Institute of Education   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/sites/ioe ›
Full title	: CSU (Higher Education Careers Service Unit)
Date(s)	: 1975-2001
Level of description	: Collection (Fonds)
Extent	: 24 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: CSU | Higher Education Careers Service Unit
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

CSU was established in 1972 to support the work of Higher Education Careers Services throughout the UK and Eire. Working in conjunction with the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS), CSU also publish career guides and profiles for almost every possible area of work, as well as computer aided careers guidance systems and software. CSU is a registered charity which benefits Higher Education through supporting the work of careers advisory services in higher education and is an agency of Universities UK (formerly the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals (CVCP)), and the Standing Conference of Principals of Colleges and Institutions of Higher Education in the UK (SCOP). CSU consists of a publishing arm, which manages the Prospects Series of employer and postgraduate recruitment directories and vacancy publications, all of which are also online at www.prospects.ac.uk; and a Guidance and Information Services (GIS), which develops and manages information and software for careers services. It works in partnership with univeristy careers advisers to ensure careers information is widely distributed throughout the higher education system and online at www.prospects.ac.uk.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Publications archive of the CSU (Higher Education Careers Service Unit), 1975-2001.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of Reader Application Form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A reader wishing to publish any quotation of information, including pictorial, derived from any archive material must apply in writing for prior permission from the Librarian or other appropriate person(s) as indicated by the Archivist. A limited number of photocopies may be supplied at the discretion of the Archivist.

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Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The CSU publications archive was previously held at the Manchester Careers Service. It was deposited at the Institute of Education in July 2002, through the good offices of Mike Hicks.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Institute of Education also holds the records of the Independent Schools Careers Organisation (ISCO).

Administrative material relating to CSU is presently held at their offices in Manchester. Material relating to AGCAS is currently held at their Sheffield offices.

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Description Notes

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Date(s) of descriptions:
Aug 2003