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Minutes, agendas working papers and correspondence relating to the Design Forum.\n\nThe Design Forum was an initiative of RSA Director Christopher Lucus. Its aim was to get other Design organisations working together.

Administrative correspondence, including a Memorandum and Articles of Association relating to the Association of Societies of Art and Design Limited was established to promote the education of the community by encouraging the understanding, appreciation and development of the arts and design in whatever media expressed. The Association was formed by the five societies representing the related professions of artist and designer namely the Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers, the Design and Industries Association, the Institute of Landscape Architects, and the Design and Art Directors Association in 1966. The Association was liquidated in 1970.

The Design section's governing body, the Design Advisory Group (previously the Design Committee, the Design Board and initially the Design Bursaries Board) acts as an advisor to the RSA's Programme Committee, is a source of ideas for RSA future programme, reviews current design projects and evaluates the quality of the RSA Programme work in design.\nRecords comprise administrative correspondence and files

Administrative correspondence relating to the Prime Minister's Design Seminar and RSA's response. The file also includes subsequent correspondence between the RSA, government, and the Design Council.

Helen Auty and winner at the awards ceremony.

In 1992 the RSA North West Region established The Howorth Medal for Enterprise and Innovation in recognition of Dr High Worth's outstanding contributions to life and industry.
Initially, the medal was awarded for a distinguished contribution to industrial or technological achievement. More recently the score of the award was broadened to cover many fields of human endeavour by those whose professional career has been general concentrated in the area.

Previous winners included:
1993 - Professor Robert J Stone
1994 - Dr Tony Bastock
1995 - Professor David J Sandoz
1996 - Professor Tom Kilburn
1997 - John R Newton
1999 - Professor Robert J Stone

The Society were the pioneers in instituting Technological Examinations in 1873. In 1879, on the foundation of the City and Guilds of London Institute, the Technological Examinations were handed over to that body. Since that date, the examinations were established largely for purely commercial subjects and modern languages.

Correspondence about attendance and responses to circulars about information on technical education, including from Australia and Canada; correspondence with organisers of the Congres International de l'Enseignement Technique

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

Administrative correspondence between the Examinations department, including the Printing department, relating to staffing issues (particularly the filling of posts, wages, and deferment of war-time call-up), and to new premises at 67 Abbeville Road, Clapham.\n\nSome personal information (regarding sickness) so these may have to be closed for a while.

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

This file contains correspondence, reports and newspaper cuttings relating to the proposed merger between the London Institution and the Society. It includes the Report of Joint Committee of the London Institution and the Society of Arts, 22 March 1905; a newspaper cutting, 5 April 1905; and the report of Special Meeting of the proprietors of the London Institution dated 12 April 1905.

The idea behind the proposed merger was improvement of service by\nestablishing a clearer, more comprehensive and integrated relationship between the qualifications offered separately by the two bodies. Discussions took place between 1985 and 1987, then 1991-1992. LCCI decided not to proceed and the merger never took place.\n \nThe file consists of correspondence and working papers between the RSA, the RSA Examinations Board and the LCCI about the terms of the proposed merger.