On Thursday 8th September, Archives & Special Collections will be taking part in the national initiative ‘Heritage Open Days’. We got involved for the first time in 2015 and had a very successful day with positive feeback from our participants. This year we will be offering one ‘Talk and Tour’ from 13.00-14.00. This will give you […]
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To celebrate National Volunteers Week 2016, we thought we would let you know what some of our dedicated band of volunteers has been up to recently. Both volunteers featured here are alumni of Battersea Polytechnic, the predecessor to University of Surrey as we now know it. The University’s press cuttings collection is benefiting from Graham’s […]
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We have had a lovely volunteer working with us in the University Archives (avid readers may have already spotted her in some of our previous posts) for the last six months, working on a variety of different projects with the aim of gaining more experience in the sector before embarking on a career in […]
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Its time for another guest post from Sarah, one of our volunteers here who has been diligently working in the archive for the past few months. It seems fitting that some of my particular highlights from volunteering in the archives, housed in the George Edwards Library, are literary contributions from Battersea students to their […]
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As this week sees many students from the University of Surrey graduating from the university after several years of hard work, it seems apt that we take the opportunity to reflect on all the thousands of students who have graduated from us over the years. It is always lovely to reflect on the special day […]
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As we say goodbye our students for another summer, it seems apt to delve into the archives to discover the ways in which students throughout the University of Surrey and Battersea Polytechnic lived their lives as students. Here is just a snapshot of the ways in which student life is represented in the archives. […]
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