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THE Secretary of State for the Colonies has, in accordance with a recommendation of the Commission on Higher Education in the Colonies, appointed a Colonial University Grants Advisory Committee to advise him on the expenditure of United Kingdom funds for the development of higher education in the Colonies. On the academic aspects the Committee will be guided by the opinion of the Inter-University Council for Higher Education in the Colonies. The secretary of the Inter-University Council, Mr. Walter Adams, has been appointed secretary of the new Committee also, and the following have been appointed members: Sir Hector Hetherington, vice-chancellor of the University of Glasgow (chairman); Miss Myra Curtis, principal of Newnham College, Cambridge; Lord Hailey ; Sir James Irvine, vice-chancellor of the University of St. Andrews ; Sir Walter Moberly, chairman of the University Grants Committee ; Dr. Keith Murray, rector of Lincoln College, Oxford ; Prof. D. Hughes Parry, vice-chancellor of the University of London ; Dr. R. E. Priestly, vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham ; Mr. D. J. Sloss, vice-chancellor of the University of Hongkong ; Mr. C. W. M. Cox, educational adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies ; Mr. J. B. Williams, Finance Department, Colonial Office.
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Colonial University Grants Advisory Committee. Nature 159, 329 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159329b0
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