NRS-10619 | Administrative files [Higher Education Unit, Ministry of Education]

Most of these files were originally created by the Advanced Education Board (1969-75) and the Higher Education Board (1976-88) which were the bodies preceding the Higher Education Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Women's Affairs. The function of these agencies was to make reports and recommendations to the Minister for Education on the general planning of higher education in New South Wales, including academic development, financial arrangements and the provision of research facilities and legal services. The files relate to: acquisition of sites for tertiary education; minutes of meetings with the Teachers' Federation; funding formulae for tertiary institutions; amendments to legislation relating to tertiary institutions; assessment and development of tertiary courses; statistics relating to student numbers and courses; enquiries and complaints regarding tertiary institutions; requests for information from the Ministry; and policy regarding tertiary institutions both in general and in particular instances. A full list of these files with file numbers and titles is located in the first box of this series (18/520). (18/520-745). 226 boxes. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

本批档案绝大多数最初由高级教育委员会（Advanced Education Board，1969-1975年）与高等教育委员会（Higher Education Board，1976-1988年）编制，二者均为教育、青年与妇女事务部高等教育组的前身机构。上述机构的职能为就新南威尔士州高等教育的整体规划向教育部长提交报告与建议，规划范畴涵盖学术发展、财务安排、研究设施及法律服务的供给等方面。本批档案涉及事项包括：高等教育用地收购、与教师联合会的会议纪要、高等教育机构拨款公式、高等教育机构相关立法修订、高等教育课程的评估与开发、学生人数与课程相关统计数据、针对高等教育机构的咨询与投诉、向教育部提出的信息查询请求，以及针对高等教育机构的通用与特定场景政策。本系列档案的完整清单（含档案编号与题名）收录于本系列首盒档案（18/520）中，覆盖区间为18/520至18/520-745，共计226盒。备注：本档案描述摘自2000年第三版《新南威尔士州州立档案馆简明指南》（Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales）。