E/CU3/3/2

File of correspondence, including:

1974 - 1986

From: 1974 To: 1986

- correspondence, notes and report of Bedfordshire County Council (BCC) delegates at meeting called by National Computing Centre to promulgate computer-assisted timetabling in schools; - proposals for expansion of computer education in Bedfordshire; - correspondence etc., regarding discussions with Mander College, Bedford and Luton College of Technology to construct a draft specification for a Schools Computing Service in Bedfordshire; - discussions with Bedford Jaycees (ex-Junior Chamber of Commerce) regarding BJ project designed to assist computer education in schools; - correspondence and drafts of report (with comments) - “Expansion of Computer Education” (changed to “Development of Computer Education”); - transfer to Luton College from Town Hall of schools computer classes; - particulars of computers owned by Bedford and Luton Colleges of Higher Education; - correspondence regarding advisability of Local Education Authority policy of examinations in basic mathematics for 5th year pupils as carried out by a Luton High School; - updated report on computer education in schools; - estimate of future demand for schools computing in North Bedfordshire; - report and reflections by General Adviser for Mathematics following visits to schools - "Mathematics for the Least Able"; - additional comments on computer based education - "The Way Forward II"; - preliminary specification for a proposed multi-user system; - pamphlet outlining BCC Induction Course in Computer Based Education; - sponsorship by local firms of micro-computers for schools and notes regarding funding of project generally; - detailed report and notes of a meeting to discuss the Cockcroft Report; - Luton Sixth Form College Additional Mathematics O-Level class; - detailed Bedford College of Higher Education B.Ed. (Mathematics) Proposals and correspondence; - correspondence regarding Computer Education RSA Scheme at John Bunyan Upper School; - proposal to the Chief Education Officer for Mathematics Month (1988), supplementary diary of events and three newsletters (nos 2, 22 and 23) for the Month

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Bedfordshire County Council,
Bedford Jaycees,
Mander College, Bedford,
Bedford College of Higher Education,
Luton Sixth Form College,
Chief Education Officer

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