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Viewpoint: Not a degree of intelligence
The massive expansion in graduate training following the publication of the Robbins report was an error of Himalayan proportions. Prior to the huge capital investment made in…
Trade Union studies
Joe KingSome of the first‐year programmes of Trade Union Studies, shown last year, left many tutors — and trade unionists — unconvinced of the value of the series. But many tutors revised…
The case for directed private study
Lyndon Jones, A.W. WylieDirected Private Study (DPS) is the term used to describe courses which link oral and postal tuition and provide continuous tutorial advice. To date, very few centres offer this…
Preparing the accountancy student
Bill OBE AllenThe accountancy profession has a long history of reliance on the private tutor. Until recent times, “education” for the prospective accountant has been substantially in the hands…
Spin‐off for the distaff side
Catherine AventAt a time when a great deal of attention is being given to the operation of equal opportunity and equal pay, it is proper for those engaged in further education to consider the…
Advertising
Martyn P. DavisA career in advertising presents opportunities for all types and backgrounds. Age is no barrier to progress; promotion seldom depends on filling dead men's shoes, and it is not…
Careers: TRAINING
Up to 4,000 unemployed young people in England, Wales, and Scotland are to be trained for a range of clerical jobs in industry and commerce under a scheme financed by the Training…
DES News Releases
A new Further Education Curriculum Review and Development Unit has been set up by the Secretary of State for Education and Science, following wide consultations with 26 outside…
The changing pattern of retirement provision
Edward Craig‐SmithFor many years now superannuation contributions have been a form of deferred salary; but this has only recently been generally recognised and become a bargaining counter by an…
The comprehensive principle
A.K. WhiteheadIt is unfortunate that the term comprehensive education has become a synonym in Britain for a particular type of secondary system. Depending on one's evaluation of conflicting…
The accountancy workshop in education
Les AustinMost accountancy tutors would agree that Sophocles' aphorism One must learn by doing the thing is particularly apposite to the study of book‐keeping and its related subjects…
English as she is learnt
Edgar BakerHow we come to learn to speak a language remains a mystery. Yet every normally‐constituted human being does acquire the skill instinctively as a bird learns to build a nest. It is…
Capital punishment from County Hall
Gerry FowlerThe actions of the Inner London Education Authority may seem of no interest to those who do not live or teach within its area. Some of its recent decisions should however concern…
On the ball with a second career
R.N. KerryThere are three basic groups of people involved in career change situations. First, those who seek greater job enrichment, etc; secondly, those faced by sudden redundancy, due…
Books
Eleanor MacDonaldWith many people being made redundant, many women wanting to come back to work after bringing up their families, many who have made a super‐human effort to change direction after…
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