Witness Seminar and Open Forum Series (WS&OF)

Since May 2002 Research Collections have developed this programme of Witness Seminar and Open Forum (WS&OF) events to provide oral history to supplement surviving documentation housed in our archives and various special collections.

Each event includes a panel of ideally 8 people (key players in the given subject area) who give their statement relating to the topic and may participate in a brief panel discussion.  This is followed by the open forum part of the event which opens the discussion up to the wider audience allowing participants to record their memories, thoughts and opinions.  The event ends with a summing up session from the panel.

Through collaboration with the University's we are delighted to make this testament available online.  Research Collections share with Spoken Word Services one of their core aims of enhancing and transforming educational experience through the integration of digitised spoken word.

To date the series consists of –

The Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS): 30th Anniversary
18 May 2002 (No 1)

What Part did the Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW) Play in Scottish Social Work Policy and Implementation, 1968 to 1996
29 March 2003 (No 2)

Chile and Scotland: 30 Years On
29 November 2003 (No 3)

The Medical Social Worker in Scotland; the Development of a Profession
13 March 2004 (No 4)

The Asbestos Epidemic: a Scottish Dimension
19 June 2004 (No 5)
Not yet available

Heatherbank (Museum of Social Work) at 30
22 April 2005 (No 6)

The Role of the Royal Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the Development of Child Protection
5 November 2005 (No 7)

The Anti Apartheid Struggle in Scotland
23 June 2007 (No 9)

Carole McCallum
University Archivist
T: 00 44 (0)141 273 1188

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