Research material of Martin C Davis and Harold Silver concerning the Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA)

This material is held atModern Records Centre, University of Warwick

  • Reference
    • GB 152 CNA
  • Former Reference
    • GB 152 CNA
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1970s-1989
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 2 boxes

Scope and Content

Recorded interviews and related records arising from research into the history of the CNAA.

Administrative / Biographical History

In the 1970s, Martin C Davis, then a senior lecturer at Coventry Polytechnic, undertook research into the history of the Council for National Academic Awards. In 1979 he was awarded a PhD by the University of Loughborough for his thesis 'The Council for National Academic Awards, 1964-1974: A Study of a Validating Agency' (MSS.372/CNAA/76). He was later appointed an HM Inspector of Schools.

Harold Silver was a member of the CNAA from 1982 to 1986 and continued Davis's research into that body, publishing 'A higher education: the Council for National Academic Awards and British higher education 1964-1989' in 1990.

Access Information

Subject to certain conditions (described in the full catalogue), this collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

Other Finding Aids

Link to full catalogue: https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/CNA

Custodial History

The material was deposited in the Modern Records Centre in June 1999 via the ESRC Qualidata Resource Centre, University of Essex as part of an ongoing agreement with the Qualidata Resource Centre (MSS.371).

Related Material

The Centre also holds records deposited by the Council for National Academic Awards itself.