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Series
Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Research and Intelligence...
Catalogue reference: ED 181
What's it about?
ED 181
Files of the Research and Intelligence (later Planning) Branch of the Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science relating to the commissioning and support of research projects throughout the country and the identification of...
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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ED 181
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Research and Intelligence Branch and successors: Registered Files (C and P Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1958-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Research and Intelligence (later Planning) Branch of the Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science relating to the commissioning and support of research projects throughout the country and the identification of areas of promise or need.
The series includes papers on the establishment of the National Council for Educational Technology and various policy steering groups whose remits covered the whole of the department. Among other subjects covered are the education of handicapped children, further education, audio-visual aids, educational television and the use of computers to formulate school timetables.
The files in the series were initially registered in the C series but after the establishment of the Planning Branch in 1965 the P series was started. Some C series files were re-registered into it. The series includes files from both series.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other records of the NCET see: EA
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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C file series and P file series
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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)
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- Department of Education and Science, Planning and Programmes Unit, 1972-1974
- Department of Education and Science, Planning Branch, 1965-1972
- Department of Education and Science, Planning Unit, 1974-1977
- Department of Education and Science, Research and Intelligence Branch, 1964-1965
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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532 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1987 Department of Education and Science
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6980/
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Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Research and Intelligence Branch and successors: Registered Files (C and P Series)
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