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Series
Colonial Office: Colonial Higher Education Commission (Asquith Commission, 1943-1944)
Catalogue reference: CO 958
What's it about?
CO 958
This series contains papers of the Colonial Higher Education Commission consisting of papers circulated to the Commission's members; these contain the written evidence submitted to the Commission.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 958
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Colonial Higher Education Commission (Asquith Commission, 1943-1944)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1943-1944
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains papers of the Colonial Higher Education Commission consisting of papers circulated to the Commission's members; these contain the written evidence submitted to the Commission.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Colonial Higher Education Commission, 1943-1944
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Colonial Higher Education Commission was appointed in Aug., 1943, under the chairmanship of The Honourable Mr. Justice Asquith, "to consider the principles which should guide the promotion of higher education, learning and research and the development of universities in the Colonies; and to explore means whereby universities and other appropriate bodies in the United Kingdom may be able to co-operate with institutions of higher education in the Colonies in order to give effect to these principles."
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The report of the Commission was published in June 1945 as Cmd. 6647.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5147/
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