File: Correspondence with Government Departments

Scope and Content

Correspondence and papers relating to visits to UMIST by representatives of government departments including Department of Industry and Department of Education and Science. The file contains a letter from the Principal to a group of MPs about the effect of Government policy on the future of UMIST, and correspondence concerning a proposed award for Higher Education Industrial Collaboration. Other papers include an invitation to the Principal to submit evidence to a Select Committee for a review relating to hazardous waste disposal.