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ROYAL COLLEGES
THE STATEMENT of evidence submitted to the Robbins Committee by the Committee of Principals of Colleges of Advanced Technology is a reasoned and reasonable case: it represents…
Undergraduate Project Work —in full‐time and sandwich courses in Mechanical Engineering
R.W. SteedA SHORT DEFINITION of undergraduate project work might be ‘work of a special nature outside the normal curriculum of an undergraduate course’. This sort of definition covers all…
Industrial Sponsorship of Teaching Posts
The article ‘A Change in the CATs’, published in the August issue, mentioned the possibility of raising salaries for important posts in the CATs through industrial sponsorship…
Industrial Fellowships at Birmingham — a note on progress to date
The Wilmot Breedon Fellowship at Birmingham College of Advanced Technology was established as a result of a generous offer by Wilmot Breedon Ltd. In 1958, the first year of its…
Leyland Motors Work Day Continuation School
High scholastic achievements, goodwill throughout the firm, and effective co‐ordination of theory and practice are among the advantages of this type of school
Centenaries, '61
The Duke's canal on 17th July 1761 the first coal barges passed over the Duke's Canal from his collieries at Worsley into the town of Manchester, thereby halving the price of…
Course Planning and Training Methods…1
F.J. LuceThe first of two articles on the effective planning and organisation of courses in industry. Next month Mr Luce discusses the merits and demerits of the lecture and the discussion
The Scottish Woollen Technical College
T.A. StillieOn the early days of this century the manufacture of woollen cloths for clothing was a rapidly developing industry in Scotland. As a direct response to this, a technical college…
OCCUPATIONAL VERSATILITY AND PLANNED PROCRASTINATION
Alec RodgerThe Inaugural Lecture by Alec Rodger, Professor of Occupational Psychology in the University of London, at Birkbeck College, contained much of interest to those concerned with…
The Universal Milling Machine
W.F. WalkerThe second in a series giving suggestions for laboratory work on the various types of machine tool
Visual aids
A regular feature giving news and comments on events and productions in the field of visual aids for technical and scientific teaching and training
Notes and News: ATTI EVIDENCE TO THE ROBBINS COMMITTEE — a summary
The Evidence is mainly, but not entirely, restricted to the Association's particular interest which is technical, technological, commercial and art education, both full and…
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