Student administration/Student admission, Glasgow School of Art

Glasgow School of Art formerly Glasgow Government School of Design

Student administration

Student admission

Committee of Management 1845-1892

Board of Governors 1892 to date

Headmaster 1845-1909

Director 1909 to date

Teachers

Academic Council 1973 to date

Secretary and Treasurer 1873-1943

Registrar 1943 to date

Responsibility for fixing the terms of admission of students originally rested with the Committee of Management. This responsibility was transferred to the Board of Governors when they replaced the Committee of Management in 1892. The headmaster and teachers originally handled admission applications. In 1873, administrative support for admission applications was provided by the newly created post of Secretary and Treasurer. In 1943, responsibility for organising admissions passed to the newly created post of Registrar. In 1973, the Academic Council was created whose remit included admissions policy. The Academic Council approved an admissions policy, and responsibility for its implementation and monitoring fell to the Academic Council Admissions Committee. In line with the policy, each course programme had a designated Admissions Officer with specific responsibility for admissions processes and procedures. Responsibility for establishing, monitoring and reviewing entry requirements and selection criteria for individual programmes rested with the relevant programme leaders and the School Boards of Studies.

From 1993, the formal offer and acceptance process for undergraduate programmes was administered by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), followed by a letter from the School Registry offering a place.

Correspondence and working papers of Headmaster and Director 1846 to date Ref: GB 1694 GSAA DIR
 

Secretary and Treasurer's copy out letters 1853-1944 Ref: GB 1694 GSAA SEC 2
 

Minutes of Committee of Management and Board of Governors 1854 to date Ref: GB 1694 GSAA GOV 2
 

Prospectuses 1893 to date (incomplete) Ref: GB 1694 GSAA REG 1
The prospectuses contain information for prospective students on the admissions and selection processes and criteria.

Secretary and Treasurer's in letters 1904-1944 Ref: GB 1694 GSAA SEC 1
 

Secretary and Treasurer's subject files 1904-1944 Ref: GB 1694 GSAA SEC 7
 

Minutes of Staff Council 1909-1927 Ref: GB 1694 GSAA STA 1
 

Secretary and Treasurer's subject files 1933-1994 Ref: GB 1694 GSAA SEC 6
 

Minutes of Academic Council 1973 to date Ref: GB 1694 GSAA AC 1
 

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/Student recruitment, Glasgow School of Art