Association of University Teachers.

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Biographical notes:

The Association of University of Teachers was formed in 1919 with the aim of improving salaries and addressing issues affecting the profession. It is a trade union and professional association for lecturing staff, researchers, and other professional staff in higher education, including researchers, administrators, computer staff, and librarians. The Association works for its members nationally, through campaigns and central services. The donor John Chartres was National President of the AUT, 1986-1987.

From the guide to the Papers of the Association of University Teachers, 1984-1989, (Leeds University Library)

The Association of University Teachers was founded in 1919 following a series of conferences, beginning in December 1917, of the Association of University Lecturers, which derived from the initiative of the Liverpool University Junior Staff Association founded in 1909.

Reference: Harold Perkin, Key Profession (London, 1969).

From the guide to the Papers of the Association of University Teachers, 1919-1975, (Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Library)

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Subjects:

  • College teachers
  • College teachers Great Britain
  • College teachers' unions
  • College teachers' unions Great Britain
  • Education, Higher
  • Education, Higher Great Britain
  • Education Wales
  • Elections Wales
  • Labor unions and education Great Britain
  • Trade and professional associations
  • Trade and professional associations Great Britain

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  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • Swansea (Wales) (as recorded)
  • Monmouthshire (Wales) (as recorded)
  • Cardiff (Wales) (as recorded)