Features interview with Principal Bernard King, highlight on Mechanical Engineering and the Continuous Passive Motion Machine for hand injury therapy, student quiz and weekly News Roundup.

0.00 Start
1.30 Interview with Principal Bernard King giving an overview of the background and work of DIT
5.00 Mechanical Engineering project on the Continuous Passive Motion Machine for hand therapy. Interview with patient Duncan McKenzie, and machine creator, David Caeras (?)
8.40 Interview with Prof John Milne on Research & Development projects at the Mechanical Engineering Department, and the prospects for graduates
11.30 Quiz – Computing Science Students Stewart King, David Graham, Graeme Melville, and Denise Cooper. Questions on their specialist subject and general knowledge.
17.20 News Round-up with Brian Lindsay. Focus on Freshers Fortnight at the Marketgait Students Union – events include Scottish country dancing, 60s &70s Disco, Bouncy Boxing Night, River Detectives gig, and “Blastaway” Night.
19.30 - End

Minutes of meetings of the Testamentary Trustees Committee and its subcommittees, covering 2 August 1888 - 4 January 1933. The last meeting in the volume is of a Joint Committee of Representatives of College Trustees and a Sub-Committee established to consider a draft of the Dundee Institute of Art and Technology Scheme.

Minutes of the main management committee of the institution. Volumes contain minutes of the main committee as well as those for occasional sub-committees, such as the Weaving Committee in 1889 (dealing with the establishment of textiles courses).

These contain records of individual students enrolling at the institution. The information recorded varies, but they usually contain names of students and courses taken. Other information recorded can include dates of birth or age at enrolment, address, last school attended, highest level of educational attainment before enrolment, occupation, results of courses taken, and prizes awarded.

Image showing the exterior of the Young Men's Christian Association Building, housing the reading room and Literary Institution. A young man and three teenagers stand outside the building. Two of the boys are wearing what look like postal uniforms.

Interviews conducted as part of the Abertay 25 Memories Re-Animated Phase. Interview subjects were former staff and students who talked about a range of subjects concerning their connections with the University and its predecessor organisations.

Subjects included their experiences of teaching or being taught by the institution, technological developments there in relation to computers, degree courses (especially Nursing), social life, and student association activities.

Construction and Materials tutorial notes and coursework; Formwork;
Diploma Part II Syllabus;

Construction notes on:-
Introduction to Quantity Surveyors Role in the Building Industry
Function and Uses of Bills of Quantities
The Evolution of the Bill of Quantities
Setting Out of Items and Dimensions
Statement Notes on measurement of different trades

Worked Examples (format is Drawing No; Drawing Title; Model (all references in brackets are to the Standard Method of Measurement of Building Works Edition 5 (SMM) Sections)
1 Dormer Slater Work (M)
2 Tilerwork Roof Tiler Work (M)
3 Roof Measurement Asphalt roofing (L)
4 Pitched Slate Roof Slater Work, Tile Work (alt) (M)
5 Asphalt Roofing Asphalt Roofing (L) Bituminous Felt (M)
6 Example A Roofing Measurement Asphalt Roofing (L), Bituminous Roofing (M)
7 Example B Roofing Measurement Asphalt Roofing (L)
8 The Bungalow – RICS intermediate Exam 1970 Roof Carpentry, Joinery Works (M,N,P)

Photocopy of a handwritten Draft Bill of Quantities for various trades, including Preliminaries and Measurements for each trade involved in a construction project to build a structure that includes brick, concrete, cement, and steel reinforcement materials.

Financial record relating to the purchase of land and construction of a new Technical Institute building on Bell Street.