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GB 249 OF/101/15 · Item · 2006

Brochure setting out the composition and aims of the Glasgow Research Partnership in Engineering, a major programme of investment in collaborative research involving the Scottish Funding Council and the Universities of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Paisley, and Glasgow Caledonian University. The Director of the Partnership is Professor Sir Jim McDonald, Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde, and the Engineering Faculty Officer is the general enquiries contact.

Glasgow Research Partnership in Engineering
James Auld papers
GB 249 JCE/22/2/1 · Collection · 1899 - 2006

Certificates from George Heriot's School Edinburgh, 1899-1901; certificate in shorthand from Phonetic Institute, Bath, 1901; papers relating to appointments as pupil teacher, 1902, 1907; pupil teacher's certificate, 1907; teacher's certificate and related papers, 1909; photographs of staff and pupils at Whifflet Primary School, Coatbridge, c 1910; biographical information, 2006.

Auld, James William, b. 1885, student at Glasgow Provincial Training College
Planning to 2010
GB 249 OF/104/1 · Item · January 2006

Booklet published by the Faculty of Education at the University of Strathclyde outlining the Faculty's strategic plan to 2010.

University of Strathclyde | Faculty of Education
GMB (trade union)

Correspondence (mainly with the GMB health & environment section and regional health workers of the union), enquiries, press releases, research articles. Includes

  • copy of report of Tom Cox, UK Socialist Group (1998) ‘Dangers of asbestos for workers and the environment’, accepted by the Parliamentary Assembly in the Council of Europe; also set of amendments to the report
  • papers re cases of asbestos-related lung cancer in Northern Ireland
  • correspondence re John McClean (GMB Regional Health and Safety Officer) joining the OEDA Management Committee in 1995
Nicholas Wikeley, 1984-2006

Correspondence with legal scholar Nicholas Wikeley (University of Birmingham) and papers including research papers and press reports. Covers both specific medical appeal cases and legal/regulatory provisions more generally, including Wikeley’s ongoing research.

Further includes a copy of Benefits Agency / Department of Social Security (1994) 'The medical assessment for incapacity benefit'.

Originally contained copies of Wikeley's publications (draft and/or final version). For ease of access, these have been extracted and added to the Wikeley publications elsewhere in the collection; see links below.

Conference papers, originally comb-bound, and invitation for Nancy Tait to attend. It remains open whether she did so.

Speakers included

  • Francis McCarthy (Pattison & Brewer): asbestos - an introduction
  • Dr Robin Rudd (St Batholomew's Hospital): asbestos-related diseases
  • Chris Bishop (Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA)): asbestos in the workplace
  • Paul Meehan (Pattison & Brewer): control of asbestos regulations 2006