Fonds SWC - Sidney Webb College

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SWC

Title

Sidney Webb College

Date(s)

  • 1960-1986 (Creation)

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Fonds

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c10 boxes

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(1961-1980)

Administrative history

Sidney Webb College, a day training college which provided courses for men and women on primary school teaching and for women teaching domestic subjects in secondary schools, was established by London County Council in 1961 as a constituent college of the University of London Institute of Education. It was accommodated initially in premises in Horseferry Road, Westminster, and, serving mature students, was non-residential. In 1965 responsibility passed from the London County Council to the Inner London Education Authority, and the college also moved, to premises in Barrett Street, near Baker Street. Courses to teach English, speech and drama in secondary schools were offered in conjunction with the Central School of Speech and Drama, Embassy Theatre, Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, from c1973. The college became part of the Polytechnic of Central London as the Sidney Webb School of Education in 1975 and closed in 1980.

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Records, 1960-1986, of Sidney Webb College and its successor.

The collection includes:
Minutes and related papers, comprising Advisory Committee and Governing Body minutes, 1960-1970; Governing Body agendas, minutes and papers, 1971-1975, including published HMSO and ILEA reports on education and teacher training, 1972-1973; Staff and Academic Board minutes, 1961-1967; Staff Meeting agendas, minutes and papers, 1967-1968; Academic Board agendas, minutes and papers, 1968-1975;
Library Committee minutes and other papers, 1961-1977; Staff Appointments and Promotions Committee agendas, minutes and papers, 1969-1975; Appeals Committee papers, 1973.

Other administrative papers comprise papers relating to the early years of the College, including premises, 1961-1970; Letters from students, 1964; Papers on non-academic staffing matters, including issues relating to the merger with the Polytechnic of Central London, 1969-1977; Papers on staffing and re-structuring with relation to amalgamation with the Polytechnic of Central London, 1971-1975; Papers of the Joint Working Party on the Future Role of the College, 1972-1973; Papers, including minutes of meetings, on the future of the College, including proposed transfer of departments to Battersea College, 1973-1974; Principal's papers, including correspondence, reports and minutes, on the merger with the Polytechnic of Central London, 1973-1976; Financial estimates, 1974-1975; Bachelor of Education degree submission to the CNAA, 1975-1976; Papers relating to valedictory meeting at final closure, 1980, exam results, 1963-1981 (incomplete).

Publications comprising prospectuses, 1961-1975, College magazines, 1965-1968 and undated; Students' Union constitution and standing orders, undated; LCC publications on training colleges, 1964; ILEA publication on colleges of education, 1973; article on the College, 1978.

Papers of the Central School comprise memorandum and new articles of association, 1947; papers, including correspondence and notes of meetings, 1970-1976; notes of an ILEA meeting on a link between Sidney Webb College and the Central School, 1971; exam results, 1974-1980; and other papers, 1983-1986.

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Status: Partially closed due to DPA restrictions. Access is subject to signing the Regulations for Access form, unless the records are restricted under the Data Protection Act 2018 or under exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000

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      Typescript handlist for some items. More recently accessioned material is uncatalogued.

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      GB-1753-20180713125729-0675

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