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Glasgow School of Art | Students' Representative Council

Corporate Biography

Dates
1941 to date

Location of main offices
Glasgow, Scotland

Main function
Student government

History

In the late 1930s a constitution was drawn up for the establishment of a Students' Representative Council. The constitution was accepted and the Council established in 1941. A new constitution was adopted in 2001.

Mandate

The function of the Council was to act as a means of communication between the student body and the school authorities and to promote social and cultural intercourse among the students. The Council managed the Student Association.

Administrative structure

Reference codes of collections created by the corporate body

GB 1694 DC 9

Rules or Conventions

Authority record created according to the National Council on ArchivesRules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names (NCA Rules)1997 and International Council on Archives: Ad Hoc Committee on Descriptive StandardsInternational Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families (ISAAR) CPF1995.

Date of Creation

Corporate name authority record compiled by Victoria Peters, research archivist, 23 March 2004.