Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1985-1995 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
25 archive boxes
Scope and content
King's College London Junior Year Abroad student files, 1985-1989, 1992-1995 (Ref: KA/JYA). Information typically contained includes student correspondence and signed declarations to abide by the rules of the College.
Junior Year Abroad refers to the programme for undergraduate exchange students, mainly from Beaver College, Pennsylvania State University, USA, who study for a year at King's. The majority of students study English or Music.
Accruals
Periodic deposits
System of arrangement
The series is mainly organised chronologically into sessions, then listed alphabetically. Later additions to the series contain mixed years and are listed separately according to the year in which they were deposited in the Archives.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Registry is responsible for the organisation and audit of academic and educational provision throughout the College, most notably in overseeing examinations and academic assessment exercises, and by way of organising ceremonies and graduations. Recently, the Registry has become a sub-section of the Office of the College Secretary and Registrar that has responsibility for servicing the Council, its main standing and special committees, and the Academic Board.
Repository
Custodial history
King's College London Registry
Conditions governing access
Files containing personal data are closed for 80 years and sensitive personal data for 100 years from the date of the most recent document in the file.
Administrative records are generally closed for 20 years except for published material and some committee and other minutes.
Where open, access is subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archives.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Finding aids
Lists are available for consultation in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.
Existence and location of originals
Please note: We require 7 days notice to retrieve this collection as part, or all of it, is held off-campus. Read more ›
Related materials
Alternative identifier(s)
Place access points
People and Organisations
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.
Script(s)
Archivist's note
Sources: King's College London catalogues. Compiled by Beverley Ager as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.