Education + Training: Volume 29 Issue 2

West German Educational Scene

Education in the Federal Republic of Germany

There are features and characteristics of education in the Federal Republic of Germany which cannot directly be reproduced in England, but which strike informed English observers…

The Place of the Polytechnic

John Stoddart

You will have been aware of change during your time with us — change in the social and economic life of the City, change in the Polytechnic itself. You will have seen the serious…

Video In‐house

Val Palmer

For many thousands of years, since man first discovered fire, the focal point of family life has been the hearth. In recent years, as millions around the world have acquired the…

Time for the Educational Hard‐sell

M.E. Adams‐Chapman

The educational press carries an increasing number of vacancies for posts requiring marketing skills. Does this mean that, at last, colleges and local education authorities are…

Computer Based Training

Dennis James

Computer Based Training (CBT) (or Computer Aided Learning (CAL) — see below for some useful definitions) has been slow to develop both in education and in commerce and industry…

Meeting the Needs of UK Industry

Eric Willis

In recent years the attitude to training in Britain has been transformed. Due to the considerable efforts of politicians like Lord Young and organisations like the Confederation…

Adult Education and the Unemployed

Keith Wymer

Adult education, the poor relation of the education service, always suffers first from expenditure cuts. In some areas it survives only through voluntary efforts, self‐supporting…

Storming to Business Success

David Bishop FCCA, Tony Grundy MA ACA, Peat Marwick McLintock

No company can afford to ignore opportunities for growth. Innovations in production, new developments in information technology and the identification of new markets can all…

CAREERS: TRAINING

Britain will be starved of highly qualified manpower unless more adults go back to college now. So warn two reports which have been sent to the Government, MPs, employers, trade…

CAREERS: TOPICS

Girl students scooped four out of the five major prizes in an industrial essay competition organised by GKN Group Services Ltd of Redditch, Worcs. Local students were asked to…

CAREERS: COURSES

Established six years ago as a pioneer of short courses for young people wishing to develop their acting skills, the Oxford School of Drama offers unique introductory two‐week…