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NUFFIELD FOUNDATION SCIENCE TEACHING PROJECT: Biology A-level

Records, 1963-1972, on the Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching Project Biology A-level course, comprising administrative files, 1965-1970, including minutes of meetings, notes on topics and project work, discussion papers and copies of letters; correspondence files, 1965-1972, the subjects including topics, trials schools, acceptance of pupils with BAL at universities, colleges of advanced technology and medical schools, and requests for information; papers relating to meetings and conferences, 1963-1971, including minutes of the consultative committee, 1964-1968, and papers of the working party, area meetings, and various committees; papers on course contents and Topics Reviews, 1965-1970; papers on publications, 1966-1972, including publishers' introductory pamphlets, correspondence with publishers, and reviews of publications; Teachers' Guide and related papers, 1964-1971; papers relating to examinations, students, and students' texts, 1964-1971, including comments on examinations and results; papers on apparatus and materials, 1964-1971, including correspondence with suppliers; papers relating to questionnaires, 1966-1967, including returns from pupils and teachers' comments on course topics, known as Chapter Feedback.

Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching Project, A-level Biology

NUFFIELD FOUNDATION SCIENCE TEACHING PROJECT: Biology O-level

Records, 1962-c1973, on the Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching Project (NFSTP) Biology O-level course, comprising general papers and correspondence, 1962-1971, including course contents and Five Year Trial Course; papers relating to meetings and conferences, 1962-1971, including the consultative committee; correspondence with schools, 1964-1966; papers relating to publications and visual aids, 1964-1967; Nuffield Foundation Biology O-level Texts, published by Longmans/Penguin Books, and related papers, 1963-1973, including NFSTP progress reports, 1964-1966, NFSTP Biology Newsletter , 1963-1964, and students' textbooks, 1966-1969; papers relating to examinations and projects, 1963-c1973, including question papers and reports on examinations, marking schemes, analyses of results and data on pupils' ability; Teachers' Guides to courses and information/teaching papers, 1963-1972; questionnaires and comments on Biology O-level including papers relating to revision of the course, 1963-1971; papers relating to apparatus and equipment, 1964-1968.

Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching Project, O-level Biology

NUFFIELD FOUNDATION SCIENCE TEACHING PROJECT: Chemistry O-level

Records, 1962-1974, of the Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching Project Chemistry O-level course, comprising general papers and correspondence, 1962-1974, including staff appointments, training, interested schools, teaching materials, and revision of the course; papers relating to committee meetings and conferences, 1963-1972, including the revision committee; papers relating to examinations, c1964-c1974, including examination entrants; papers relating to revision of the course, including questionnaire, 1971-1974; publications and films, 1964-1968; drafts for the teachers' guides, 1960s-1972; drafts for pupils' handbook, c1970-1972, on various topics; revision of topics, 1971-1974 and undated, including drafts and final papers on various topics.

Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching Project, O-level Chemistry

NUFFIELD FOUNDATION SCIENCE TEACHING PROJECT: Secondary Science Education Programme

Records, 1965-1974, of the Secondary Science Education Programme of the Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching Project, comprising general papers, 1965-1973, including correspondence, papers on meetings of the Secondary Science consultative committee, papers on the launch of the project, lists of schools participating, and enquiries; correspondence files of Hilda Misselbrook with individuals concerned with compilation of course materials, 1965-1974; papers on conferences, training courses and meetings for teachers, lecturers, school inspectors and others, 1965-1973; examination answer papers from two schools, 1969-1971; papers relating to apparatus, film loops and publishers, 1965-1974; correspondence with schools, including teachers' comments on the course, 1966-1973; papers relating to course themes, trials and evaluation, including questionnares, comments and reports, 1965-1972; final rewrite files on various subject fields and themes, including comments and additions, 1969; feedback and information from teachers on themes and fields, with comments including ability of pupils, apparatus, and level of difficulty of subjects, 1967-1968.

Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching Project, Secondary Science Education

NUTRITION AND DIETETICS: King's College London Nutritional Survey project records

  • KDNS/NUT
  • Collection
  • 1956-1999

King's College London Nutritional Survey papers comprise completed questionnaires, survey participants' assessment reports, audio interviews, data tables, log books and printed pamphlets, 1956-1999. These notably consist of papers relating to:

the National Nutritional Survey of primary school children, expectant mothers and pre-school children, including personal files for participants in Croydon, Newcastle upon Tyne, Bristol, Sheffield and Birmingham, with computer-generated tables and histograms, 1970-1971;

Medical Research Council Dunn Nutrition Unit Family Food survey of families' nutritional history, including food logbooks and diaries, 1977-1980;

questionnaires, coding books and user guides associated with the National Food Survey, the continuous survey of United Kingdom households measuring food consumption and expenditure, 1982-1991;

user guides, instructions to interviewers and data forms connected with the Family Expenditure Survey established by the Department of Employment and later run by the Office for National Statistics to collect statistics required to calculate the Retail Price Index, 1990-1996;

Department of Social Security Family Resources Survey used in setting national expenditure targets, including annual reports and related documentation, 1993-1995;

papers relating to a Department of Nutrition and Dietetics survey of pupils' diets at three London schools: Hornsey School for Girls, Acland Burghley School and Ravenscroft School, including Iron Knowledge Questionnaires on the perceived contribution of iron to the diet, food diaries and consent forms, 1994-1998;

Department of Nutrition study conducted at King's College Hospital of the relationship between calcium intake, physical activity and bone density in post-menopausal women, including participants' files containing biochemistry reports, diagnostic bone assessments, food consumption charts, exercise trial results and medical history screening questionnaires, 1991-1993;

Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Low Income Projects Database, assessing the diets of low income families, practical cooking trials and proposals for improvements to diet, with questionnaires, interview audiocassettes, statistical printouts and related literature, 1998;

completed questionnaires relating to the training of nutrition professionals, mainly drawing upon the responses of State Registered Dieticians, [1988];

completed food intake diaries for a dietary survey of residents of Norfolk, [1993-1994];

completed questionnaires determining socio-economics, anthropometrics, dentition and nutrition for recruits to a Department of Nutrition research project on childhood, [1986-1990];

completed questionnaires for an Imperial Cancer Research Fund survey into the effects of physical activity, 1989;

Department of Health and Social Security food composition tables comprising statistics showing the calorific value of various foods, 1969-1973;

printed information pamphlets on baby food, 1956-1973;

various printed reports on the role in the diet of saccharin and mineral supplements, and of sodium in hypertension, 1967-1985.

King's College London Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, 1985-

PHYSIOTHERAPY: King's College London departmental records

  • KCPR
  • Collection
  • 1978-1990

The records of physiotherapy research at King's College consist of correspondence, minutes and research survey material, 1978-1990. These notably include correspondence with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy regarding grants, conferences and comparisons between the international provision of physiotherapy services, 1985; relating to the tenth anniversary celebrations of the Society for Research in Rehabilitation, hosted by the King's College Centre for Physiotherapy Research, and also comprising invitations, abstracts of conference papers and copies of the booklet entitled The first decade, 1978-1988 (London, 1988), 1988; correspondence concerning the content of the journal, Physiotherapy practice and its publisher, Churchill Livingstone, 1985-1988; minutes of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Electrotherapy sub-committee, 1988-1989; completed survey material relating to the National Survey of Equipment in Physiotherapy Departments, set up by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and co-ordinated by the Centre for Physiotherapy Research, with correspondence, tables of statistical data and questionnaires completed by health authorities and equipment manufacturers, 1986-1988; completed questionnaires for the related survey of electrotherapy equipment among private practitioners, 1986; completed patient questionnaires concerning mobility and disability for the Care of Elderly project; completed survey questionnaires and statistics for the project entitled 'The Role of Physiotherapy in the Care of Adults with Learning Difficulties (Mental Handicap)'; bibliographies of physiotherapy publications, 1982-1986.

King's College London Department of Physiotherapy