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Viewpoint: Higher education for the sake of — can we afford it?
By any quantitative measure, the expansion of higher education in Britain during the past twelve years has been a remarkable achievement; although the cost of producing a…
Employers' guide to the Dip HE
Gerry FowlerThis year, for the first time, a few employers will receive job applications from candidates offering a Diploma of Higher Education as evidence of their academic attainment. They…
ABE Diary
The Institute of Purchasing and Supply has agreed that members of The Association of Business Executives will be granted subject‐for‐subject exemptions from the Institute's…
Putting the catalyst among the pigeons
Colin SuterMost educators and trainers use films in the course of their work. They also rely upon handouts to stress various factors. Few, so far, have taken the next logical step, which…
Help! Student Services Officers at work
Derek Adam‐SmithIn May 1973 an article in this journal highlighted some of the problems faced by college welfare officers. In spite of being on call seven days a week and working, typically, a…
The bumph syndrome
George JaffaExperts are wont to assure us that there is no simple solution to our current national problems. Because there has seldom been an easy answer in any national crisis, they're…
The prediction is the performance
Lyndon JonesThe causes of poor employee performance are often explored and solutions offered in the form of improved techniques for selecting better employees, training programmes to teach…
Topics
The 1976–77 edition of the Directory of Day Courses in Further Education in Scotland is now available from Room 410, Scottish Education Department, 8 George Street, Edinburgh EH2…
Careers:: TRAINING
R. HedleyIt is some years since the proposals for a new pattern of training for the specialist administrator were first considered, during which time local government has undergone…
English as she is written — 2. Verbs
Edgar BakerThe verb is generally the most important word of an English sentence and should be chosen with care. It is the hinge upon which the whole sentence hangs. A well chosen verb can…
Books
Catherine AventReturning to their labours after the summer holidays, lecturers in FHE colleges may well view students with a somewhat jaundiced eye. We all have our own opinions about the…
TEC takes off
Roy HelmoreThere has been a surprising amount of criticism lately in a number of quarters concerning the activities of TEC. Some of this criticism has been less than well‐informed, and much…
Let school‐leavers earn their keep
Anthony SteenThe Government's economic policy has branded nearly a quarter of a million school‐leavers as unemployed and herded them into a dead‐end. The Government's social philosophy will…
Training for clerical work restructuring
William WalshAs more firms become interested in the idea of work restructuring to provide satisfying (or maybe just more satisfying) jobs, so the seminar construction industry is faced with a…
Towards a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies degree
Peter BrunsdonThe Nuffield Foundation has recently produced a report on the provision of interdisciplinary courses throughout higher education. This report identifies the main forms which…
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