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Viewpoint: After ten years education, they need training
The level of juvenile unemployment remains disturbingly high. In part only is this due to the depressed state of the economy, as is confirmed by a number of surveys recently…
How to study statistics
Derek FriendWhy do people study Statistics? As a statistician I would like to think that all are fired with enthusiasm to become one — to be able to devise an opinion poll that would…
ABE Diary
The Council of the Association has pleasure in informing all its members that for the purposes of taxation, members' subscriptions are now treated on a par with those of all other…
The educational scene: a ministerial viewpoint
Fred MulleyA small group is proposed to be set up shortly under the chairmanship of the Minister of State, Gerry Fowler MP, to consider two questions:
English as she is written — 1. Punctuation
Edgar BakerThe Editor has asked me to contribute a few articles on various pitfalls in English into which overseas students, in particular, tend to fall. I am not sure how useful articles on…
Books
Catherine AventWay back in the early 1960s when I had been talking and writing about American counsellors and their work, the then editor of The Times Educational Supplement took me to task by…
GM asks the man on the job
Lyndon JonesTime and again experience demonstrates that in a majority of cases the person most knowledgeable about a particular job is the individual actually performing the operation. Yet…
Technical publications
Technical publications are the communications links for technical information in industry at all stages of research, development and manufacture and between designer and user in…
Careers: TRAINING
The engineering industry has never been ready to take full advantage of post‐war upturns in the economy because of local skill shortages. Recognising this fact, the industry has…
Careers:: TOPICS
With the present grave unemployment figures the transition from school to work has become a critical talking point. Young people leaving school are more than ever at a crucial…
Danger — chemicals at work
The Health & Safety Commission is seeking a statutory labelling scheme for dangerous chemicals.
Lifelines to learning
Michael Stephens‘Lifelines’ for short: the title that, since October 1975, has demarcated BBC Radio's adult education programmes (weekdays 6.30 — 7.30 pm medium wave) from the surrounding, and…
Post‐course action planner
Denys PageAny managerial training course which adds only to the knowledge of the participants without enabling them to translate what they have learnt into effective action on their return…
How to succeed in the public service without really trying anybody
Clive LoveluckPeter Drucker has pointed out that public service institutions — government agencies, hospitals and social services, education, and armed forces — have been growing faster than…
Manpower Services Commission
Roy HelmoreThe services now provided through the MSC have a long history. Employment exchanges started in 1909, and Government Training Centres (now called Skill‐centres) in 1925. For much…
Topics
The Work Research Unit of the Department of the Employment has recently published the result of its sponsored survey of Scottish companies. It reveals a growing interest in the…
The games that business men play
Mrs P.A. SykesThe selection and development of promising executives for the top echelons of business has always presented a dilemma. How can such a candidate have the necessary judgement…
The Telos leadership model
Alan WeissOur research on leadership is based on the work of Dr. Victor H. Vroom of Yale University and his associate Dr. Philip W. Yetton of the Manchester Business School — work discussed…
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