Collection KA/JYA - JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD: King's College London student records

Key Information

Reference code

KA/JYA

Title

JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD: King's College London student records

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

(1914)

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.

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

Off-campus collection

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

The records of the Department of Music and Department of English contain separate series of JYA students, see King's College London English Student Records (Ref: KCLCA KDEN(JYA), KDEN(PENN), King's College London Music Student Records (Ref: KCLCA KFM/FP(JYA)).

Related descriptions

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.

Accession area