Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)

Scope and Content

This collection includes: governing council minutes, papers and correspondence, 1966-1984; records of the publications committee, 1978-1987, activities committee, 1965-1988, publicity and membership/recruitment committee, 1985-1992, research committee, 1980-1988, and international committee, 1975-1986; conference and seminar records, 1976-1997; monographs and other publications, 1965-1995; 'Register of research into higher education', 1966-1977; 'Studies in Higher Education', 1976-1992; 'Higher education quarterly', 1987-1996.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Society for Research into Higher Education was established in 1965 to stimulate and co-ordinate research into all aspects of higher education. It seeks to improve the quality of higher education through the encouragement of debate and publication on all aspects of policy, organisation, management, curriculum, teaching and learning relating to higher education and its institutions.

Reference: SRHE website.

Access Information

This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

Acquisition Information

These records were deposited in the Centre by the Society in 1993, 1999 and 2001.

Other Finding Aids

Appraisal Information

This collection has been weeded for duplicates.

Accruals

Further deposits are expected.

Related Material

The Centre also holds the papers of SRHE members Professor Donald Bligh, Professor Graeme Moodie, Professor W. Roy Niblett and Dr. Ernest Rudd.