Student administration/Assessment administration, Queen Margaret College, Glasgow

Queen Margaret College, Glasgow

Student administration

Assessment administration

Executive Council

Secretary 1883-1909

Mistress 1909-1935

Professors

Lecturers and tutors

Until 1892, students at Queen Margaret College were not allowed to sit Glasgow University degree examinations. Instead, they could sit Glasgow University local examinations which were held each year in May or June and administered by the University. Students were encouraged to obtain the higher certificate for women, which had been established by the University in 1879 at the instigation of the college's predecessor, the Glasgow Association for the Higher Education of Women, or the certificate in degree subjects. Timetables for the examination for the higher certificate were published in the College calendar. Students prepared for these examinations either by attending classes at the College or, if they were not resident at the College, by taking the College's correspondence classes. The professors and lecturers of the various classes also set and marked regular course work and examinations and presented successful students with certificates showing their results. The Secretary handled the administration of these examinations. Results of the local examinations including the names of those candidates awarded bursaries and prizes were reported to the College Secretary by the University. The Secretary reported the results to the College's Executive Council and they were recorded in the Council’s minutes.

The University local examinations were not compulsory and students could choose to attend classes without taking them. In the session 1887/1888, the college's Executive Council decided to institute a new College certificate or diploma designed for those students not wishing to take the University examinations. It was to be granted to students who had attended three sessions and had taken at least six classes and was intended as a general certificate to prove that students had completed a satisfactory curriculum and had regularly attended the lectures and done the work of the classes.

In 1890, the College opened its own School of Medicine. Medical students could obtain licences to practise medicine from the triple qualification board of the colleges of physicians and surgeons in Scotland and the universities of London and Dublin.

After the union of the College with Glasgow University in 1892, women became eligible to sit the University degree examinations. Accordingly, after 1893, the correspondence courses were intended to prepare students for the University preliminary examinations in arts, science and medicine for degrees rather than the University local examinations. The administration of the degree examinations was mostly handled by the University. The College Secretary, however, remained involved with the administration retaining responsibility for enrolments for the examinations. After 1909, this duty passed to the College Mistress. The professors and lecturers remained responsible for the administration of the various examinations and class work set throughout the course. In 1909, a Tutor in Arts and a Tutor in Medicine and Science were appointed at the College. Their duties included giving information and advice to students on examinations. All fees for examinations were paid in the Mistress' office.

In addition to the various University examinations, students could also take at the College the Society of Arts examinations in music.

In 1935, the College buildings were sold and the whole administration, including assessment administration, passed to the University.

Secretary's letterbooks 1883-1893 ref: GB 0248 DC 233/2/6/1/1-3
The letterbooks contain letters concerning examination arrangements.

Executive Council minutes 1883-1935 ref: GB 0248 DC 233/2/1/1-2
 

Calendars 1884-1892 ref: GB 0248 DC 233/2/8/1/1-9
The calendars contain timetables for Glasgow University local examinations.

List of students of Queen Margaret College desiring admission to university examinations in medicine 1891 ref: GB 0248 DC 233/2/9/3/4
 

Letter from Glasgow University dean of faculty of arts to Miss Galloway concerning dates of arts examinations 1892 ref: GB 0248 DC 233/2/8/3/1
 

Examination results 1895-1896 ref: GB 0248 DC 233/2/8/4/1
 

Programme of classes and list of bursaries and prizes open for competition 1897-1913 ref: GB 0248 DC 233/2/8/2/1-2, 6-15
Includes timetables for classes and information on examinations for bursaries.

Logic class and examination marks 1907 ref: GB 0248 DC 77/3/1/3
 

Title of function/activity taken from Elizabeth Parker's Function Activity Model (report compiled for JISC). Function and activity description compiled according to GASHE's Standard for Creating Function and Activity Descriptions.

Student administration/Assesssment administration, University of Glasgow