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This file includes papers relating to the West African Examinations Council, including a report on Janet F. Davidson's visit to west Africa in November 1980 as well as correspondence from the Policy Studies Institute relating to an enquiry for the Further Education Curriculum Review and Development Unit. \n

Correspondence, papers, copies of examination regulations, press cutting and opinion of A H Bodkin, Counsel

General administrative correspondence, mainly from Institutes in Union and other examinations centres about arrangements for and conduct of examinations; printed examination papers of Oxford and Cambridge Examination Boards and papers about the 1872 Education Act

The Society's examinations were instituted in 1856 and work burgeoned over the ensuring decades. The RSA Examinations Board was responsible for the Society's role as a major examining body principally in commercial/office skills and languages (particularly English as a foreign language) ranging from elementary to post-graduate. The academic work of the Board was conducted mainly from the London offices whilst the operational work, including printing and data processing, was carried out at premises near Orpington. The Examinations Board became a separate Company in 1987 and was sold in 1997 at which point it merged with the Oxford and Cambridge Examinations Boards to form OCR. Records include administrative files and papers and printed material including some examples of examination papers at various dates. Examination papers for some years have also been bound into volumes of the Journal.\n\nRecords include general administrative correspondence, printed matter including examination question papers, syllabuses, reports and photographs. The collection does not include lists of individual candidates.

Projects

Part 1: Administrative correspondence between the War Organisation of the British Red Cross and Order of St John of Jerusalem and the RSA about the involvement of the Society in organising examination for prisoners of war. Includes a flyer for an Essay Competition in Industrial Design, 1943; a report on Results of Examinations, Prisoner of War Camps, Educational Books Section 1 July -31 December 1943; and a postcard from Lieutenant J.E.B Grayson from Oflag VII B Prisoner of War Camp thanking the RSA for the examinations. 1941-1944\n\nPart 2: Administrative correspondence between the Political Intelligence department of the Foreign Office and the RSA concerning the establishment of examinations in English for German Prisoners of War. This idea was eventually rejected by the Society.\n

Correspondence between the Society's Examinations department, the Society and solicitors, about new premises for the Examination department. The Printing section remained at Lower Quinton. New accommodation was essential because of the difficult of replacing staff in a rural area and the village was not very accessible. The correspondence covers the terms of the tenancy at Westfield, and problems of obtaining materials for refurbishment.\n

Includes correspondence from the Clothworkers Company, the City & Guilds of London Institute and its principal, Philip Magnus; also papers and notes about policy on technical examinations. Also includes ' A Short Notice of the City and Guilds of London Institute for the Advancement of Technical Education with an account of the Opening of the Central Institution by HRH The Prince of Wales, President' - a printed commemorative account published at the opening on 25 June 1884

Correspondence and Minutes of meetings held between the RSA, the Design Council and the British Council. Includes an Executive summary of the scoping project presented to the British Council, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Design Council, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Royal Society of Arts by AEA Management Consultants

This formed out of the Finance and General Purposes Committee, after a recommendation delivered by Michael Fry to Council in September 1991. Its main function was to be the key operational committee through which all plans,projects, key events and their respective budgets passed, before being forwarded on to Council as recommendations. They then saw to the execution of the approved plans, monitored them and kept Council appropriately advised. This was first chaired by the Chairman of the Council and was the link between Council and the Management Group.

1851 Great Exhibition

1851 Great Exhibition