File titled 'Trend Committee Report', 1962-1963
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence and meeting papers relating to Waddington's involvement with the Trend Committee, This material is mostly concerned with the drafting and reception of the Committee's report, and also includes a copy of The New Scientist, (20, 364, 7 November 1963), including the article 'Comments on the Trend report'.
Dates
- Creation: 1962-1963
Creator
- From the Series: Waddington, Conrad Hal, 1905-1975 (embryologist and professor of animal genetics, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open, subject to the researcher completing a Data Protection undertaking form where noted.
Biographical / Historical
The Trend Committee was set up by the government in 1962 to consider the structure and financing of civil scientific research. It reported in 1963 and subsequent government action through the Science and Technology Act 1965 led to a major change in the structure of official support for scientific research. Waddington and Lord Todd were the only two scientists on the Committee, following Waddington's involvement with the Minister for Science's Advisory Council on Scientific Policy.
Full Extent
3 folders
Physical Location
CLX-A-1082
Topical
Repository Details
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