Issue No.6 Price: 6d. Published by the Student's Representative Council.
Includes articles on: theft of Quintin Hogg's bust from the front window; chart success for students [redacted] formerly in the band the Abdabs [who later became Pink Floyd]; results of a poll of voting intentions of Poly students; elections for the Student Representative Council called off; need for more library seats; snoring; contribution of journalism students; perceptions of Africa; letters to the editor; Polytechnic Centenary Parade; Presidents views on college facilities; new course in Photographic technology; overseas students; Students Representative Council preparing a complaints pamphlet; history of the Polytechnic; career as a french lorry driver; horror films; NUS conference; fashion; Woman's Page including interview with Ethel Wood; Miss West London ; student pop group the Blue Wailers; Jaxx Club moving premises; father and son studying at the Poly together; raid on St Martin's School of Fashion for their mascot; allegations of a 'colour bar' [racial discrimination] at hostel used by Poly students; Shell International executives studying at the Poly; students from Goa; Poly seeking University status under the Robbins Report; sports reports [including a photograph of Britain's Olympic crew featuring [redacted]].
The newspaper also includes some advertisements.
Minute book for meetings of the Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Polytechnic between 22 Sep 1947 and 16 June 1958.
Matters arising include: financial statements; Quintin School; Director of Education report; Robert Mitchell medals; salaries; members and students statistics; cinema licence/lease (Rialto Cinemas Ltd); Olympic Games 1948; Clubs and Societies; Compassionate Fund; renovations and improvements; maintenance grants; fire insurance; Kynaston Studd memorial fund; allotments on Chiswick Sports Ground; staff appointments and resignations; scholarships; World War 2 Memorial; tuition fees; Polytechnic Touring Association Shop (19 Dec 1949); Alcohol licence at the Boathouse (19 Feb 1951); Festival of Britain 1951; Coronation decorations; Audit Fees; Students' Union constitution; cinema ventilation system issues (1954-1956); HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit to Poly (Feb 1958).
Recording of interview with Lionel Price, former Poly School boy c1939-1943, played basketball at Poly and for Team GB in the 1948 Olympic Games.
Interviewer: Claire Brunnen, Cataloguing Archivist.
Discusses: growing up in London; attending the Polytechnic Secondary School; being evacuated to Minehead, Sommerset during World War Two; playing basketball at the Poly and for Great Britain in the 1948 Olympic Games; involvement in London 2012 Olympic Games; career.
Recording of interview with Harold Beck, pupil at the Polytechnic Secondary School during World War Two.
Interviewer by Claire Brunnen, Cataloguing Archivist.
Discusses life at the Secondary School at Regent Street and whilst evacuated to Minehead, facilities at Regent Street including the Cinema.
Minute book for meetings of the Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Polytechnic between 24 Nov 1921 and 21 Jan 1929.
Matters arising include: financial statements; appointments, salaries and resignations; clubs and societies; Compassionate Fund; grants; Howard Morley Legacy (1922); membership statistics; Large Hall [cinema] lettings; Chiswick Sports Ground improvements; Robert Mitchell Scholarship; Great Portland Street Extension rebuilding scheme [Little Titchfield Street/Riding House Street building]; leases of buildings.
Magazine for alumni. Cover shows Joost Hunningher seated in a cinema.
Articles include: an introduction from Professor Geoffrey Petts; visit by the Dalai Lama; mentoring scheme; presence in India; supporting students and alumni in China; new 'Learning Platform; at Marylebone Campus; MBA students supporting female entrepreneurship in India; new Deans for SABE and WBS; alumna Hannah Clayton redesigns Butlins uniform; Construction graduate Samantha Hallam received Worshipful Company of Constructors prize; mercury nomination for Michael Kiwanuka; David Bellinger wins the 2011 Voorhees-Large prize for his dissertation 'Bunching behaviour in London Buses'; Alumni reception in Ambika P3; Reunion of engineering students from PCL; London cable car; reunion of first BA-level Graphic Information Design students from Harrow in new Alumni room; Political Cartoon of the Year 2011 prize for Ben Jennings; Best Foreign Film prize at the Student Academy Awards for 'For Elsie'; London Fashion week; FANS - Friends of Arriving New Students; Dr Md Asaduzzaman is finalist in the Operational research (OR) Society PhD Prize 201; research on long-term back pain; new Graduate School; Olympic Broadcast coverage; Corinna Lawrence competes in London 2012 Olympics; publication of 'An Education In Sport'; paralympian Tim Prendergast trains at Westminster; Jason Hawkes image used for cover of National Geographic magazine; Regent Street Cinema campaign; launch of Robert Mitchell Society; legacies; celebrating 10 years of the Scholarship programme; interview with alumni in the Film industry including John Ward, Joost Hunningher, Anand Tucker, Edward Fletcher, Paul Trijbits, Cenay Said; interview with Jon Ronson by archivist Anna McNally; Ann Marie Smith's experience of mentoring Erlinda Tare [photograph]; Charlotte Cross on the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS); news from Alumni and memories of their time at the Regent Street Polytechnic, Polytechnic of Central London or Harrow College and University of Westminster. Also includes images from the Archives.
Album page labelled 'Poly Life' with nine photographs stuck on and dates annotated.
Includes: Group photograph of men and women athletes in front of a gymnastic horse labelled 'Paddington 17 Sept 1904'; A woman with a bicycle outdoors labelled 'Joe 1905'; a woman with a bicycle outdoors labelled 'Winn 1910'; a missing photograph labelled 'Poly IV Hockey Team 1909'; a portrait photograph of a unidentified woman, possibly 'Winn' labelled '1908'; a photograph of two men and two women seated on a cliff labelled 'Seaford 1910'; a photograph of a group of men and women posing outdoors labelled 'Stanmore 1906'; a lady seated on a hill labelled 'Folkestone 1909'; two photographs of a large group of girls in athletic dress labelled 'White City, Olympic Sports, 1908'.