OHP
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2004-
71 results with digital objects
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OHP/1
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19-Jul-04
Part of Oral history programme
Tape of interview with Henry Felix Levy, who studied for a BSc at Regent Street Polytechnic from 1943-1947. He now lives near Zurich, in Switzerland, where he founded the BINZ39 Foundation which provides studio space for artists in 1982.
Interviewer: Brenda Weeden, University Archivist. Also present Francis Gotto, graduate trainee.
OHP/10
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07-Apr-11
Part of Oral history programme
Recording of interview with William Cadell, architecture student at Regent Street Polytechnic 1950s.
Interviewer: Anna McNally, History Project Archivist.
Discusses: architecture course - teaching staff, architectural ideas of students, content.
OHP/11
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08-Apr-11
Part of Oral history programme
Recording of interview with Andrew Baxter, engineering student at Regent Street Polytechnic 1960s.
Interviewer: Anna McNally, History Project Archivist.
Discusses: childhood; reasons for joining the Polytechnic; engineering course - content and structure, students, field trips; Student life - other students, Polytechnic Review, jazz band, events, women at the Poly; sports clubs (briefly), RAG; Student politics; Facilities - cinema; career.
OHP/12
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18-Apr-11
Part of Oral history programme
Recording of interview with Martin Frishman, architecture student at Regent Street Polytechnic 1950s.
Interviewer: Anna McNally, History Project Archivist.
Discusses: childhood; reasons for joining the Polytechnic; architecture course - structure and content, students; Student life - inc. RAG; Student Union - vice presidency, recognition by Poly management; Student politics - RSP compared to other institutions; Student views of the Poly; career.
OHP/13
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05-May-11
Part of Oral history programme
Recording of interview with Alan Walker, chaplain at PCL and UOW, 1987-1995, part-time law student c.1986.
Interviewer: Anna McNally, History Project Archivist.
Discusses: childhood; reasons for joining the Polytechnic; law course - staff; Role of chaplain - as he saw it, as others saw it, roles as International Student Officer, Dyslexia Advisor, student inductions; Religion at the Poly - religious services, carol concert; Treatment of members of the Polytechnic Institute - it's role/place, staff ideas of the Institute; Change to university status - rebranding the Institute, Institute's reaction, ethos; Women's Institute (brief mention); Events - carol service, children's party, socials.
OHP/14
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19-May-11
Part of Oral history programme
Recording of interview with Peter Brooks, Electrical Engineering student at RSP, early 1960s.
Interviewer: Anna McNally, History Project Archivist.
Discusses: childhood; reasons for joining the Polytechnic; engineering course - content, structure, students, staff; Student life - RAG rivalry with LSE, politics; Facilities - cinema, canteens; career.
OHP/15
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20-May-11
Part of Oral history programme
Recording of interview with Jeremy Till, architecture student at PCL, 1980s.
Interviewer: Anna McNally, History Project Archivist.
Discusses: reasons for joining the Polytechnic; architecture course - staff, content and structure, how it has changed 1980s-2000s; Student and social life - accommodation, clubs and societies; Student politics - flash marches
OHP/16
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26 May 2011
Part of Oral history programme
Recording of interview with Geoffrey Copland, Deputy Rector from 1987 and Vice Chancellor from 1996.
Interviewer: Elaine Penn, University Archivist
Discusses: role as Deputy Rector; Impressions of PCL; Role of ILEA and organisation post-ILEA - funding, building management; Mergers with Harrow and Paddington; Student Union - relationship with, level of power; Overseas ventures by PCL - Africa, Middle East, Sri Lanka; University status - benefits, disadvantages, opinions, differences between PCL and UoW; Polytechnic Institute - its role, opinions of it.
OHP/17
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01-Jun-11
Part of Oral history programme
Recording of interview with Chris Wilkinson, architecture student at Regent Street Polytechnic 1964.
Interviewer: Anna McNally, History Project Archivist
Discusses: childhood; reasons for joining the Polytechnic; architecture course - content, students, staff, how shaped career; Student and social life in '60s; Advice for graduates; career.