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              PCL/5/3/e/34 · Item · 1978-1979
              Part of Polytechnic of Central London

              Includes a list of staff within the School of Communication, Cultural and Community Studies Unit. Events are organised by subject including: Afro-American Studies, American Studies, Literature, Philosophy, Elements of Marxism, Music and the Handicapped Adult, Women's Studies, Soho Poly Theatre Club, Exhibitions.

              The cover shows the PCL Production of 'The Zoo Story' and 'Dorothea Quarry' from a PCL exhibition.

              RSP/9/1/49 · Item · nd [1917-1929]
              Part of Regent Street Polytechnic

              Album containing photographs of servicemen, who were disabled in WW1, receiving training at Roehampton, Regent Street Polytechnic and Queen Mary's workshops, Brighton, as well as the workshops of CA Vandervell & Co, RH Davis & Co and the London United Tramways Generating and Sub-stations The photographs are labelled with a description of the activities; some also have the names of the individuals and the nature of their disability. The captions are labelled with letters and numbers but it is not clear what these relate to.

              Activities depicted include: electricians, motor driving and repairs, woodwork, glass working, repair and adjustment of resistance frames, Magneto construction, bootmaking, submarine fittings, ladies handbags (leatherwork), engineering, commercial training, tinsmithery, Kinematograph operation (cinema)

              Individuals mentioned are: W Chaplin 1/Hants Regiment; Leading Cook Wooding, HMS Lightning; H Gurbey 1/Herts, B Dale 2/Grenadier Guards; J Middleton RHA; G Smith 1/N Staffordshire

              Also included are photographs of the exterior and interiors of the Queen Mary's workshops at Brighton Pavilion Hospital, as well as general view of the RH Davis & Co Fancy Leather factory with many women workers as well as the disabled men.
              [51 photographs in total].

              Focus: The Polytechnics
              PCL/5/6/2 · Item · 1988
              Part of Polytechnic of Central London

              Focus on Polytechnics is published twice a year for students, careers teachers and advisers by the Committee of Directors of Polytechnics.

              Includes feature on the use of videos by Polytechnics, praise from HRH Charles, Prince of Wales, Focus on students (including PCL students), Education for the European Community (including PCL Language Dean Maud Tyler and the Computer centre for the Disabled) and Polytechnic news In brief (including the PCL archives and BBC adaption of a novel by lecturer Mike Phillips)

              UOW/5/5/1992/27 · Item · 1995
              Part of University of Westminster
              Booklet with information for staff and students on disability awareness within the university including University policies, accommodation, recruitment, academic support, staff training, the Computer Centre for People with Disabilities (CCPD), Adult Dyslexia Unit, facilities and access.
              UOW/5/5/1992/26 · Item · nd [1992-1994]
              Part of University of Westminster

              Booklet produced by University of Westminster.

              Includes disability liaison contacts, facts and figures, research findings, summary of university policy for admission of students with disabilities, student residential accommodation, academic support services, staff recruitment practices, further information, staff training and awareness, the Computer Centre for People with Disabilities, Adult Dyslexia Unit, facilities, access to buildings

              FENTON, Mark
              FEN · Collection · 1941-2004
              Mark Fenton studied engineering at the Regent Street Polytechnic during the 1940s. These items were donated to the archive on the occasion of an oral history interview with Mark Fenton. They comprise two copy photographs of student activities and a letter from him to the Daily Mail regarding his disability. Fenton, Mark (fl.1941-2002)

              The poster is the illustration of the Law of the PRC on the Protection of Disabled Persons, which includes nine sections, namely, general principles, recovery, education, labour employment, cultural life, welfare, environment, legal liability, and supplementary provisions. This specific poster includes the first three sections (general principles, recovery, and education), and their 26 items. Next to each item, there are photographs of the everyday lives of different people in different contexts. This law was adopted at the 17th Session of the Standing Committee of the 7th National People's Congress on December 28, 1990.

              本海报是有关残疾人保障法的图文解析,其包括九章内容,即总则、康复、教育、劳动就业、文化生活、福利、环境、法律责任以及附则。本幅海报包含了前三章(总则、康复、教育)以及其中的二十六条法则。在每条法则的文字内容旁,附有日常老百姓相关的照片集。本保障法是1990年12月28日第七届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第十七次会议通过的。