Item HAR/1/8 - Governing Body minutes

Meetings of minutes of the Governing Body of Harrow Technical College held on 29/10/1970, 17/02/1971, 24/02/1971, 22/04/1971, 17/06/1971, 28/10/1971, 02/03/1972, 15/06/1972, 09/11/1972, 01/03/1973, 14/06/1973, 08/11/1973, 21/02/1974

Matters arising on 17 Feb 1971: report of the Academic Board; report of the Engineering Advisory Committee; report of the Refectory Committee; report of the Clerk to the Governing Body; report of the Principal.
Report of the Clerk: Secondary School Development Plan; Furniture and Equipment; Instrument and Articles of Government; technical assistance; teaching staff appointments.
Report of the Principal: opening of School of Art and College extensions; student successes; staff notes; sessional enrolments - student numbers; college projects; Department of Domestic Studies development; new courses; college security; open day and public meeting; staff appointments and resignations.

Matters arising on 24 Feb 1971: report of the Advisory Committee; report of the Engineering Advisory Committee; report of the Refectory Committee; report of the Clerk to the Governing Body - Secondary School Development Plan, furniture and equipment, instrument and articles of government, technical assistance, appointment of teaching staff; report of the Principal - official opening of School of Art and College extensions, student discipline.

Matters arising at the Special Meeting on 22 Apr 1971: draft Secondary School Development Plan

Matters arising on 17 Jun 1971: report of the Clerk to the Governing Body; report of the Principal; report of the Academic Board; report of the Business Administration Advisory Committee; report of the Science Advisory Committee; report of the Engineering Advisory Committee; report of the Art Advisory Committee.
Report of the Clerk: instrument of government;official opening of School of Art and College extensions; teaching staff appointments; Association of Art Institutions - Annual Conference.
Report of the Principal: new courses - University extra-mural courses, on-site supervisory courses; student successes; School of Art exhibitions and fashion shows; constitution of Students' Union; Student Union subscription; sports and athletics; Sheepcote Road/Kenton Road junction; staff honour; staff appointments; staff resignations; courses and conferences; special lectures; economic return on investment in Further Education; acknowledgement.

Matters arising on 28 Oct 1971: report of the Clerk to the Governing Body; report of the Principal; report of the Academic Board; proposed price increases in the college refectory; report of the Domestic Studies Advisory Committee; report of the Business Administration Advisory Committee; report of the Science Advisory Committee; report of the Science Advisory Committee; Photography Advisory Committee.
Report of the Clerk: recommendations to the Education Committee; cleaning of the refectory; lay-out of grounds and recreation of sports hall; teaching staff appointments.
Report of the Principal: new courses; special lectures; student welfare; Student Union; examination results; college prize giving; Association of Colleges of Further and Higher Education Representation; staff appointments and resignations; non-teaching staff establishment; staff notes; collge site - safety; college access.

Matters arising on 2 Mar 1972: report of the Academic Board; report of Clerk to the Governing Body; report of the Principal.
Report of the Clerk: recommendations to the Education Committee - cleaning of the refectory, day release facilities for teaching staff, non-teaching staff establishments; price increases in the college refectory; provision of ramps and gullies; resiting of the footpath, emergency lighting, minor capital works 1972-1973; teaching staff appointments; instruments and articles of government.
Report of the Principal: new courses; French in primary schools; student successes; college welfare service; staff appointments and resignations; death of Mr Radford; staff successes; study leave; sessional enrolments; job evaluation; college open day; day conference; careers meeting; School of Art Access.

Matters arising on 15 Jun 1972: report of the Academic Board; report of the Clerk to the governing body; report of the Principal; heads of departments.
Report of the Clerk: instrument and articles of government; college welfare service; job evaluation; teaching staff appointments; provision of ramps on perimeter road.
Report of the Principal: exhibition at Kodak Ltd; staff attendance at courses and conferences; college welfare service; staff appointments and resignations; college site; college bus.

Matters arising on 9 Nov 1972: revenue estimates; report of the Principal, report of the Clerk to the Governing Body
Report of the Clerk: articles of government; Students' Union; Assessors' Fees College Diplomas in Art and Photography; non-teaching staff; banking facilities in the college; staff appointments and resignations; constitution of Academic Board.
Report of the Principal: Art Diploma course; new courses session 1972-1973; link courses; student successes; School of Photography film project; examination results session 1971-1972; enrolments for current session; sports hall and playing fields; appointments and resignations; staff notes; course on college government; college prize giving; loan exhibition.

Matters arising on 1 Mar 1973: report of the Academic Board; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governing Body.
Report of the Clerk: non-teaching staff establishment - staff numbers (present and proposed); photography laboratory; sports hall; staff appointments and resignations; non-teaching staff appointments and resignations; college vehicle.
Report of the Principal: proposed new courses - Diploma in Art and Design, HND in Business Studies; proposed short courses; one day conference; non-vocational art courses; School of Art successes; library facility for Boys' County School; buildings - sports hall, photography project laboratory; consultancy project; college open day.

Matters arising on 14 Jun 1973: report of the Academic Board; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governing Body; computerisation of college records.
Report of the Clerk: membership; project and consultancy work; fees for art diploma courses; further education statistical record; pedestrian path; caretaker's house; academic appeal; staffing;
Report of the Principal: School of Art Fire; School of Art successes; new courses; student/staff ration - Pooling Committee document; Government White Paper: Education - a framework for expansion; courses and conferences attended by teaching staff; special events 1973-1974 session; proposed sports complex.

Matters arising on 8 Nov 1973: report of the Academic Board; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governing Body; FE staff college 'College Government' report; revenue estimates.
Report of the Director of Education: student/staff ratios; the Pilkington Report 1966; the Delaney Report; Pooling Committee memorandum
Report of the Clerk: Students' Union; non-teaching staff - caretaking, administrative staff, technicians; student discipline; college telephone service; staff appointments and resignations; proposed banking facilities; link courses; college vehicle; students under 18 years of age in Further Education Establishments; Joint Consultative Committee; School of Art shop; Students' Union proposed budget 1973-1974
Report of the Principal: Department of Business Administration; Department of Domestic Studies; Department of Engineering; Department of General Studies; Department of Science; sessional enrolments; accommodation; Social work training conference; staff notes; industrial and other projects; photographic applications laboratory; reparis to pottery section of the School of Art; sport hall/playing fields; equipment; Students' Union; Prize Giving; examination results; Students' Union President's report on capitation fee.

Matters arising on 21 Feb 1974: report of the Academic Board; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governing Body.
Report of the Clerk: education for the 16/19 age group; students' educational visits - payment of expenses; termination of appointment of governors; confidentiality of Governing Body papers; staff appointments and resignations.
Report of the Principal: Department of Business Administration; Department of Domestic Studies; Department of General Studies; Short course; staff participation in external courses; exchange visit with students from Geneva; new equipment; staff sickness; staff successes; student successes; education of the 16-19 age group.