| Description | Minutes of the committee appointed as a sub-committee of the Finance and General Purposes committee to scrutinize all major capital expenditure projects for post-experience work; to scrutinize budgets and accounts for all post-experience work; and to make recommendations concerning capital expenditure projects and budgets and accounts to the Finance and General Purposes committee. The establishment of this sub-committee was approved by Council November 1975, and the first meeting was held on 26 January 1976. The Board of Post-Experience Studies was to assist the sub-committee by commenting on academic aspects of the estimates
It was initially known as the sub-committee on Post-Experience Training, but its name changed in mid 1978 to the Financial sub-committee for Post-Experience Studies, and again in March 1983 to the Financial sub-committee for Post-Experience Activities. It met roughly twice a year, and membership consisted of the Vice-Chancellor, lay members of Council, and members of academic staff. The Secretary, Registrar, Finance Officer, and other University officers also attended
Minutes of the first meeting, on 26 January 1976, discuss the development of Garth House and Park House for post-experience work and the provision of residential facilities, including ways to finance the project and estimated costs. Minutes of the meeting held on 12 July 1977 include a copy of a memorandum on the operation of Park House/Garth House following refurbishment for residential use
The minutes typically contain information about estimated fee income from courses; income and expenditure accounts and budgets; and reports of the main post-experience units in the University, comprising the Institute of Local Government Studies, Wast Hills House, Lucas Institute for Engineering Production, the Health Services Management Centre, the Social Services Unit, and the Water Industry Management Unit, as well as reports on the operation of Park House/Garth House. They also contain information about the Post-Experience Fund and include some copies of reports to Senate from the Board of Post-Experience Studies which include reports of the Director of Post-Experience Studies and reports of the units. In addition, there are some reports of the Estates and Buildings Officer on Park House/Garth House and other capital projects.
The minutes also record information about proposed new post-experience or vocational courses in different Faculties, and reports of some of these programmes, including the Diploma in Industrial Archaeology, Microprocessor Group, and the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. There are also references to reports to the Board of Continuing Education.
Minutes of the meeting held on 9 May 1979 discuss proposed changes in the administration of post-experience work in the University, and the appointment of senior post-experience officers to take responsibility for specific areas of work in the Faculties
The last meeting for which minutes survive in the University Archives was held on 27 March 1985, though there are also papers for a meeting due to be held on 3 November 1985 which was cancelled. The sub-committee is listed in the printed University Calendars for the 1985-1986 academic session, but does not appear as a sub-committee of the Finance and General Purposes committee in the 1986-1987 Calendar, so it is assumed that it had by then ceased to exist |