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Viewpoint: Left, right, and nerve centre
Learning a language is the easiest thing in the world. We all do it. We all learn our mother tongue. Why then is it so difficult for many to learn a second language? And as we…
The evolution of banking technology and training
Bernard PickerillQuill pens were before my time. Technology had replaced them with steel nibs well ahead of the start of my working life in the Bank in the late 1940s. Only three months later…
Change is for facing up to
Kenneth CorfieldThe difficulty of talking about change is to convince people of its reality, scope, size and thrust. We who have lived through the most accelerated change in the recorded history…
Behaviour modification in banking
Lyndon JonesNew and more effective approaches to human resources management are required. Yet to such apparently simple questions as “why do I work?” and “why do others work?” some very…
The role of the professional institute in banking
Eric GloverIn looking at ‘the changing face of banking’ I am concerned mainly with the effects on education and training, and in particular the implications for The Institute of Bankers. In…
Management training in a clearing bank
Michael TigheManagement development in the Banking industry has to be seen in the context of particular problems of scale and distribution. In industry generally there are not many individual…
On stage
Before final year students of the Mountview Theatre School in North London take the production to one of America's leading middle‐west theatres in Dayton, Ohio in May, they have…
ABEnews
On the recommendation of the Education Committee, Council has appointed B. S. Grewal as Chief Examiner. All matters relating to the Examinations should however continue to be…
Careers:: COURSES
Like Topsy, many things just growed. In the absence of planning this can result in anomalies; witness the situation relating to mandatory awards for students to take full‐time…
Careers:: TOPICS
We must never forget that the compulsory schooling period was the first stage in the transition to working life. After that stage a variety of paths opened up, more or less…
Careers:: TRAINING
Every sports fan knows the importance of coaching to top soccer and rugby teams and athletes, but in business few realise that coaching is an important tool for making the maximum…
Devising a preparation for retirement course
Kenneth LysonsPreparation for retirement is a growth industry. Through the pioneering work of enlightened employers, the national activities of the Pre‐Retirement Association and the 25 local…
Student section
This month's model examination questions with suggested answers are reprinted from How to Pass Examinations in Statistics by D. V. Friend, Principal Lecturer in Statistics…
Thinkercise — jogging for the mind
Gordon WainwrightMost of us have now accepted that physical exercise — of which jogging is currently one of the more popular forms — is good for the body. It fights the flab, tones up the muscles…
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