Departments N to Z/Physics, 1972-02-01 - 1993-10-01
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about increases to class grants for departmental expenses and the funding of additional staff posts, about faults in a recently purchased cryogenics unit in 1980, about the Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer Project including minutes of Users' meetings and Newsletters dated May 1987 and August 1987, about the possible transfer of atomic physics research staff from the University of Stirling to Edinburgh in 1990, about the job description for the Executive Director of the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, about the loan of computing equipment to the Department, and about staffing issues. Includes a copy of the Department of Physics' 1980 'Research In Progress' report.
Dates
- Creation: 1972-02-01 - 1993-10-01
Creator
- From the Sub-subfonds: University of Edinburgh. Secretary (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
A number of files are subject to closure periods and these are clearly identified. Files not subject to closure are still subject to normal Data Protection procedures and a form will be require to be signed before access is granted.
Full Extent
From the Series: 1 volume
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Part of accession Acc.2013/020
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk
