StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelItem
Reference Number UCLCA/6/20/1/5
TitleStudents' personal files occupation (1970)
Date11-13 March 1970
DescriptionFolder containing fliers, newsletters and correspondence regarding the student occupation of the Council Room in protest of the perceived mishandling of confidential information in students' personal files. Includes the following;

1. Leaflet titled 'Occupation?', advertising an open meeting in the Council Room. Includes background information to reasons for occupation.
2. Flier titled 'Paper Power' advertising sit-in.
3. Flier titled 'Power Failure'.
4. Flier titled 'File Paper'.
5. Flier titled 'Why we are occupying the Council Room at UC'.
6. Ts transcription of extracts from an Evening Standard article, 11 March 1970.
7. Flier titled 'Spies on Campus', including a copy of a letter addressed to 'a senior staff member at Glasgow' regarding potential student informants.
8. Copy of a notice from the Provost to all Heads of Departments providing for Departmental Tutors to provide supervised access to students to view their personal files. 11 March 1970.
9. Copy of a notice titled 'The "Sit-In", sent to Heads of Department with the instruction for it to be displayed on Departmental Notice Boards. 13 March 1970.
10. University College London Union notice for an 'extraordinary Union General Meeting on confidential files', to be held on 13 March [1970].
Extent1 folder (10 items)
AccessStatusOpen
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