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Viewpoint: A dying nation calls for enterprising undertakers
Britain was the cradle of the industrial revolution; and in the nineteenth and early parts of the twentieth century, she was the pacemaker in industrial development. This is no…
Use of human resources: a major European problem
George WeddellThe widening gap between the number of people seeking paid employment and the number of jobs for which open‐market wages are available has been a growing worry in all the EEC…
Theory v. Practice: bridging the gap
John M. HughesIt was Kurt Lewin, pre‐war pioneer of applied psychology, and inventor of the term group dynamics, who reputedly said: There is nothing so practical as a good theory. How right he…
ABEnews
Norman PriceWe are going to publish as a regular feature of ABE News a series of Questions & Answers to enable students to see the type of questions set in Parts I, II and III of the…
Student section
QUESTION: Discuss with reasons whether the offers in the following cases have been validly accepted:
Topics
The National Training Index publishes free of charge a training directory listing training courses and packages, films, slides and cassettes offered by training organisations…
Careers:: COURSES
For the first time, it is possible to study for a Business Education Council (BEC) award containing a distribution bias without attending college. The Institute of Grocery…
Careers:: TOPICS
The Government is to consult on the legal basis of further education provision, says Mark Carlisle, Secretary of State for Education & Science. He set up last Autumn, jointly with…
Careers:: TRAINING
Peter Morrison, an Employment Minister, addressing a British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education (BACIE) conference in Manchester, said:
Inside the Tower of Babel
Ian ButcherSince January 1981 the four miles of corridors in the cruciform Berlaymont building, which houses nearly 6,500 officials of the Commission of the European Communities in Brussels…
All aboard the trans‐continental gravy train
John TaylorWith the present gloomy unemployment prospects in Britain seeming likely to persist, it is possible that some readers of Education & Training may be thinking of looking towards a…
Procrastination — catch that timely thief
Lyndon JonesProcrastination is widespread and can be very costly. It impedes efficiency and self‐fulfilment, and can generate immense unhappiness.
Erratum
This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb016402. When citing the article, please…
Vertical integration in group learning
R.D. ParslowThis article is mainly concerned with the teaching of Computer Science to first year students. The method outlined is an attempt to change their generally convergent attitudes…
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