| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/F/73/55 |
| Title | London Unit Committee - minutes and agendas of meetings |
| Date | 1951 - 1954 |
| Description | Subject areas covered in the minutes include:
Married women teachers and sick pay
Class sizes
Staffing
Nominations for Central Council
Degree results required for NUWT giving grants to teachers for study
Attendance of educational committees and meetings out with the NUWT
Death notices - Rose Lamartine Yates *
Mrs Ferrari
School buildings and equipments - standards and need for improvements
Headships in secondary schools
Notice of invitations to meetings and conferences
Open days in schools for parents and problems associated with these
Status of those who opted-out of National Insurance when it was introduced
Details of Hydrogen Bomb protest meeting
Opening times of schools
School Holidays
Appointments to London County Council Education Committee
Litter in Royal Parks
Matter of a pupil working in a production of 'The King & I' and the resulting effect on their studies
Details of X-rays for Tuberculosis for pupils aged 13
Better planning for primary school leavers entering Technical Schools
Proposed lectures on 'Out of School Influences on the Children' - home, radio, television, employer, press and care committee.
NUWT Conference resolution on 'increase of begging by children of school age'.
NUWT Conference resolution on the creation of 'a First Degree in the Theory and Practice of Education'
Status of Heads of Comprehensive Schools.
Details of Education Conference. Morning subject was "The Purpose, Curriculum and Achievements of the Primary School" and the afternoon subject was "The Purpose, Curriculum and Achievements of the Secondary Modern School"
Shortage of women teachers
Protest that more men than women were being appointed to headships of mixed schools
Note urging support from members for House of Commons motion on Equal Pay
'Action for Equal Pay' - NUWT urges sending of postcards and telegrams to Chancellor and MPs to mention that women teachers work for nothing on a Friday
Education Committee resolution on sex education
Preparations for attendance at Coronation route
Cost of travel fares for over 14's.
Cost of living for women teachers in London
Proposal for survey of the state of Religious Education after 1944 Education Act
Comment made on the disparity between places for boys and girls in grammar schools in 1952.
Formation of sub-Committees
Letter sent to press regarding education cuts (January 1952).
Service for school leavers
Proposed course for 'backward' children
Corporal Punishment
Closure of London Unit office of NUWT on day of King George VI's funeral
School attendance
Housing issues concerning school population
Visit of 'Travel Club' to Lambeth Palace
Circular notice on Lectures and Classes for Teachers - Picture and Pattern Making for Secondary Schools, in which it was stated that 'generally speaking standard of art in secondary schools leaves much to be desired'.
Details of London Peace Conference forum - 'Education for Peace or War'.
Age of transfer between secondary schools
Quota system for transfer at 11
Mobility of pupils between grammar, central and technical schools
Provision for girls of more technical schools and wider scope
Set-up of comprehensive schools
Visits of primary school teachers to secondary schools
Disproportion of men and women on mixed staffs
Claims of 'political discrimination against the Labour Party' by the NUWT
Details of International Women's Day pageant 'Women's struggle through the Ages'
Details of NUWT report on Commission on Civil Liberties for Conference.
London Unit finances
Details of Equal Pay film show & '50/50' Sale
NUWT members present at the meetings (not all members were present at each meeting):
Miss E. Odlum
Miss Sicely
Miss Wilkins
Rita Goodlatte (Honorary Secretary)
Miss Kenwright
Miss Mutimer
Miss Osmond
Mrs Benton (Chief Clerk)
Miss Eveline Maud Begbie
Miss Carter
Miss Stratton
Miss Bristow
Miss Turner (Honorary Secretary)
Miss Boga
Miss Hill
Miss Brady
Miss Currie
Miss Holton
Miss Dawe
Miss Gill
Miss Clark
Miss Lally
Miss Swinson
Miss Flin
Miss Priestner
Miss Head
Miss Wood
Miss Isaac
Mrs McMillan
Mrs Harvey
Mrs Hatwell
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| Extent | 1 volume |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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