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Magazine of the University of Strathclyde Business School Alumni Association.

Publications by the Federation of Small Businesses and the Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce; ephemera for debates on the referendum.

Recording and transcript of Julie Shaw in conversation with Anni Donaldson, 10 February 2014. Anni Donaldson worked as a woman visitor for the Royal Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (RSSPCC) in Glasgow from 1970. Ann discusses her working role, areas and facilities she worked in, and the conditions in Glasgow at the time.

Recording and transcript of Julie Shaw in conversation with Sister Consolata Smyth, 13 January 2014. Sister Consolata worked as a teacher and house mother in Edinburgh in the 1960s and 1970s. She discusses her roles, the condition of the homes, colleagues, education and experiences with troubled girls.

Recording and transcript of Julie Shaw in conversation with Ken and Anne Whitty, 19 February 2014. Ken and Anne Whitty worked as house parents at Quarrier's Village from 1973 until 1987 before becoming foster carers. Ken and Anne discuss their roles, the regime in the house in Quarrier's, the staffing structure, staff training, how they handled the young people who came into their care, the children's activities and education, holidays, and the changes that came in after the Social Work (Scotland) Act.

Recording and transcript of Julie Shaw in conversation with a teacher and house mother, 13 January 2014. The interviewee worked at an approved school for girls in Glasgow followed by a residential school in Edinburgh. She discusses her roles, the structure and routine at the schools, improvements that were being made in residential care, and the backgrounds of the children coming into care.

Oral history project conducted on 1st and 8th October 2014 by Rebekah Russell for her history honours dissertation entitled 'Deindustrialisation in Springburn and the impacts on women's lives in 1960-1990' at the University of Strathclyde. The project aimed to gather information as to the nature of working life and the impact of local factory closures on women who lived or worked in the Springburn area of Glasgow during the period 1960-1990. 8 retired women were interviewed at the Alive & Kicking Project, Springburn: Betty Long, Catherine Rogers, Isabella Martin, Joan Pollock, May McAleese, Molly Roy, Margaret Cullen and Susan McFarlane. Topics covered in interview included descriptions of daily life during the period, details of job losses, redundancies, health issues, gender stereotypes encountered in the workplace, struggles for equal rights and equal pay with male work colleagues, and the effect upon the women, their families and their community of local factory closures in Springburn during the Thatcher Government of the 1980s. Some transcripts are incomplete.

Recording and transcript of Rebekah Russell in conversation with Mary McAleese on 8 October 2014. Mary (May) McAleese was born 7/08/33 in Townhead, Castle Street. She grew up in Provanmill. she attended primary school in Provanmill and the St Enoch Secondary School. She worked in a tailors after leaving school; a pub and in 2 hospitals as an Auxiliary nurse. her husband was an electric welder and lost his job. At time of interview May lived in Riddrie in sheltered housing.

Time-coded summary

[00:00:00] Introductions.
[00:00:25] Talks about place of birth and where she grew up.
[00:01:01] Tells where she went to primary and secondary school and that she enjoyed school.
[00:01:22] Informs that first job was in a tailoring works for children’s wear.
[00:01:42] Tells that during the period 1960 - 1990 worked first in Robroyston Hospital and then in Stobhill hospital as Auxiliary nurse and had 2 children, working part-time as a working mother.
[00:02:36] Remarks on taking time off to have children and thereafter working part-time.
[00:02:58] Mentions also having worked for a time in a bar at Townhead.
[00:03:18] Briefly mentions balancing home life with part-time working hours, not starting work till 4pm.
[00:03:38] Comments that managed to move job to another public house when the one they were working in closed down during this period. Tells that income from 2nd job in family allowed for holidays.
[00:04:15] Tells that husband lost job as welder in shipyards as younger employees entered workforce with additional skills and training such as undersea welding.
[00:04:48] Anecdote about husband’s relationship to employer upon redundancy.
[00:05:18] Remarks that after redundancy husband took unwell with heart trouble and retired.
[00:05:27] Describes average day in family home. Would go out to work when son came home from school, then later husband would return from work.
[00:06:07] Remarks that there were no health problems in family during period in question.
[00:06:19] Describes that area seems more depressed now than when husband lost his job. That she both enjoyed working and the financial benefit it brought family.
[00:07:12] Agrees that there is an idea that women are mothers first and workers second.
[00:07:23] Explains had always worked before getting married and having children so going out to work as a mother was not new.
[00:07:49] Describes convenience of living in parent’s home when first married.
[00:08:11] Tells that she does not live in Springburn but in Riddrie in sheltered housing not far from Alive & Kicking project.
[00:08:48] Tells of being taken into hospital early towards end of 2nd pregnancy.
[00:09:22] Remarks that worked part-time as mother to also be at home with children.
[00:09:44] Tells that was still working when husband retired.
[00:09:55] Comments that had to adapted to retirement when she and husband no longer able to work.
[00:10:03] Remarks that feels situation for people in Springburn seems more depressing now than in period when factories closed down.
[00:10:56] Mentions she feels for the impact of factory closures on others in Springburn and families.
[00:11:31] Tells of how she sees a deterioration in Springburn as a community.
[00:11:51] Comments that she considered her family better off than some as husband had good job and she contributed an additional income.
[00:12:28] Tells that husband was well paid as an electric welder before losing job. Comments that 17 years old grandson cannot find employment as electrician.
[00:13:35] Tells that children were fortunate in finding employment in area and considers it harder now even for people with degrees.
[00:14:25] Tells of enjoying the personal and social benefits her additional income provided. Praises Alive & Kicking project for providing social life after feeling depressed following being widowed in 2007. Considers it harder for younger generation to bring up families now.

Includes sections about Malcolm Baird's father, John Logie Baird. Also includes references to University of Strathclyde and its predecessor, the Royal Technical College, Glasgow.

Recording and transcript of Julie Shaw in conversation with Anne Black, 9 December 2013. Anne Black worked as a child care officer in children's residential nurseries in Edinburgh from 1965. Anne discusses her working roles, standards of care, child abuse, and various residential facilities.

Recording and transcript of Julie Shaw in conversation with Richard (Dick) Poor, 10 December 2013. Dick Poor worked as a children's officer in Stirling from 1965 and later as Director of Social Work in Argyll. Dick discusses his roles, the environments he worked in, different types of residential care, improvements in the review process and the Social Work (Scotland) Act.

Recording and transcript of an interview with Margaret Graham on 27th September 2013. Margaret Graham worked as a residential care worker in a number of children's homes in Edinburgh in the 1970's. Margaret discusses the environments she worked in, homes involved in the Edinburgh Children's Enquiry, lack of training, abuse, daily routines, difficulties with colleagues and thoughts on developments in residential care.

Recording and transcript of an interview with Susan Strang on 24th September 2013. Susan Strang worked as a volunteer in children's homes in 1969 before training as a social worker in 1970 and entering the field of social work in 1973. Susan discusses her placements, differences in work culture between new social work graduates and those with other backgrounds, the environments she worked in, colleagues, dealing with challenging behaviour and developments in residential care.

Material relating to a Gala Dinner held to welcome Lord Smith to the University on 2 October 2013, and to the Installation Ceremony and ensuing Celebration Dinner, both held on 3 October 2013. Material includes: 'Save the date' letter template; invitation pack (2 copies); invitation covering letter; running order; speeches; guest lists; table plans; menus; media release; briefing notes; Procession Marshall rota; Order of Precedence for Academic Procession; seating layouts; seating plans; Installation Ceremony brochure (2 copies); printouts of email correspondence regarding outline programme and the cost of a replacement robe and hat for the Chancellor.

Newsletter for University of Strathclyde staff. Up until November 2011, it was published monthly. After a year's hiatus, Prism was then relaunched as a thrice-yearly publication, with the first of the new issues appearing in Winter 2012-13.