Box Acc.2013/020, Box 51

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Copy of the Economic and Social Research Council's Evaluation Panel Report on the Centre for Educational Sociology 1987-1996, correspondence about implementing the Report's recommendations, and correspondence about the implications of the Moray House merger on the Institute for the Study of Education and Society.

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Copy of a paper entitled "Schools' Effects on Attainment in University" produced by a former academic at the University, and correspondence in which the University gave the author permission to publish the paper provided that he made the two universities used in the study anonymous.

Scope and Contents Correspondence about the opening of the Scottish Microelectronic Centre at King's Buildings in 2000, copy of the Electronics Planning Unit's November 2000 Planning Summary and correspondence about the Summary, copy of a signed Memorandum of Understanding for Educational Co-operation between Dalian University of Technology and the University of Edinburgh, correspondence about the naming of a building at the Technopole, and copy of a February 2004 proposal for an Edinburgh Research Partnership...

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Correspondence about whether to seek further funding from Lothian Regional Council for an extension to the Lothian Chair of Microelectronics, following the resignation of the Chair holder. Includes a copy of a prospectus for a Centre for Microelectronic Product Studies to be set up in the Department of Electrical Engineering as a possible replacement for the Chair.

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Correspondence about the management of departmental staff redundancies, copy of the August 2000 Stage 2 Interim Report produced by the Hawley Review of the Role of the Engineering Council, and a photocopy of a signed letter of agreement between the University of Edinburgh, Napier University and Heriot-Watt University about increased collaboration on their engineering courses.

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Copy of a June 1999 paper to the CMG proposing the establishment of a Research Centre for Visual Culture at the University, copy of the Visual Arts Research Institute Edinburgh's Interim Report 1999-2000, and correspondence about a conference organised by VARIE.

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Correspondence about underfunding in the Geography Department, about refurbishment of the Department's main laboratory, and about the renewal of a Planning Data Management Services contract.

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Correspondence with Lord Selkirk of Douglas (who had asked if anyone in the History Department might be interested in writing a thesis in relation to the 10th Earl of Selkirk or his wife), copy of a preliminary report on the University's archaeological excavations at Vagnari in July 2002, and correspondence about the dates for a visit by a Leverhulme Visiting Professor.

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Copy of a news release concerning a grant of £5.1m by the British Heart Foundation to build a new cardiovascular research facility in Edinburgh.

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Minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees of the American Friends of the University of Edinburgh, correspondence about students from the USA who were interested in studying in Edinburgh, correspondence about a visit of a representative of AFUE to Edinburgh in September 1988, and correspondence about the terms of scholarships offered by AFUE. Includes names and addresses of University of Edinburgh graduates residing in the USA and Canada.