Correspondence regarding university and academic policy
MS. Eng. misc. b. 199/B.15
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Title
Correspondence regarding university and academic policy
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. misc. b. 199/B.15
Summary
Correspondence:
with J.C. Gunn regarding a proposal to form a Chair of Applied Mathematics at Glasgow, 1954.
with R.A. Rankin regarding Scottish secondary school education, 1959.
with Th. V. Kanellopoulos regarding the establishment of a School for Physics, Athens, 1961. (See also MS. Eng. misc. b. 209/C.164.)
lengthy letters to Whitehall (and correspondence with Sir Robert Aitken) regarding the government's financial policy towards universities, 1962. (See also MS. Eng. misc. b. 224/F.20.)
Date
1954-1962
Language
English
Physical extent
1 file
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Collection contents
Correspondence and papers of Sir Rudolf (Ernst) Peierls
University and academic (Birmingham and Oxford)
General educational policy and ideas
Correspondence regarding university and academic policy
