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It has been argued that in his role as principal, Drever "did much to establish the
University of Dundee as a success". The early years of the university's existence were difficult ones. Changes in government policy on higher education meant that the university was operating in an uncertain financial
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In 1931 his father had been promoted at
Edinburgh to become the first Professor of Psychology in Scotland. In 1944 the elder Drever retired, and it was his son who was chosen as his successor, but could not take the post until the end of the war. In addition to his responsibilities as a professor and
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Under James Drever's leadership from 1944 to 1966 the
Psychology Department at Edinburgh increased in both size and stature and an "Honours School" in Psychology was fully established. In 1963 the department left the premises it had been in since it was set up in 1906 and moved to new accommodation
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in 1968, student occupations of the
University Tower Building in 1971 and 1974, a student rent strike in 1973 (which Drever initially seemed to not only support, but to encourage) and various smaller protests. Drever gave support to some of these protests and in 1969 actually encouraged students to
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Drever retired as
Principal in 1978 after 11 years in office, a period of service unmatched by any of his successors. His papers are now held by the university's Archive Services and the university's fine art collections include a portrait of Drever in his principal's robes painted by Alberto
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Along with his father, and others, he was heavily involved in organising the 12th
International Congress of Psychology, which met in Edinburgh in 1948. His father was elected president of the congress, but was unable to attend it due to ill health. Consequently, it was the younger Drever who
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Pleasance. As had been the case under his father's stewardship, the department's teaching included 'a strong philosophical element'. During this period Drever established himself as a well known and highly respected Psychologist and served as president of the
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from 1889, from which he graduated with an MA before proceeding to study medicine. The elder Drever then worked at the university as assistant to the
Professor of Education, before his appointment as Combe Lecturer and head of the
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should become a university in its own right. Drever was an obvious candidate to lead this new institution and in 1966 was appointed as Master of Queen's
College to oversee its transition in the
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recommended the immediate expansion of university education in the United
Kingdom. One result of this was the decision that Queen's College, Dundee, a part of the
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Drever had a strong interest in theories and practice of higher education and this led to his appointment to the Committee on Higher Education chaired by
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environment and cuts had to be made. At the same time there were episodes of student discontent and protest. These included a student 24 work-in led by
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head of department, the younger Drever also served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Edinburgh from 1958 until 1960 and was a visiting professor at
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and threats to sue some of the strikers, caused some students to express a degree of ill-feeling towards Drever, others thought highly of him.
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comparing his actions to that of a 'gamekeeper-turned-poacher'. While the aftermath of the 1973 rent strike, which saw the suspension of the
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where the committee was impressed with the detailed level of planning relating to education that was carried out. The resulting
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were the only Scottish members of the committee. Drever would later recall his work with the Committee included visiting the
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delivered the presidential address his father had written on the theme of "Scottish psychology since Hume".
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Morocco. The university holds, as an occasional event, a Drever Lecture in Psychology to commemorate him.
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as a lecturer four years later. By this time he had an interest in
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