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RESPONSIBILITIES OVERSEAS
On tuesday, 21st March, the Prime Minister announced the Government's intention to establish a Department of Technical Co‐operation to co‐ordinate the work of helping overseas…
The Impact on Engineering Departments
Some notes on the White Paper ‘Better Opportunities in Technical Education’ by the Head of an Engineering Department
The Pattern since 1956 … 2
A. MacLennanTraining Week will put the tangibles of technical college work and training in the limelight well enough, but the basic flaw running through the pattern of this work — since well…
The Development of Short Courses: as an Instrument of College Policy
J.L. GwytherWHEN A SHORT COURSE is being planned, two main considerations arise. These relate to the purpose of the course, which will be one determinant of its content, and to the likely…
Some Facts and Figures on Emigration and Immigration
Are we training large numbers of professional and other skilled workers who, when they are fully trained, migrate overseas? And what sort of workers do we get in return? Is the…
Unguided Careers: 1 — ‘consumers’ assess vocational guidance
Keith R. AllenSCHOOL‐LEAVERS have a bewildering choice facing them. A mistaken choice can mean, for the individual, frustration and disillusionment; for the nation, the waste of a valuable…
Developing Retail Education in a Dormitory Town
W.A. Braddick, June PriceSOLIHULL is a large dormitory borough (population 98,000) six miles to the south of Birmingham. There are a number of local industries, the largest of which, a car manufacturer…
Training the Young Worker
John WellensCommonwealth Technical Training Week will soon be upon us; it will provide a much‐needed occasion for a wide variety of organisations and people to come together solely for the…
English for Craft Students — 1
John LynnFEW people would dispute that craft students should do some written work. The trouble is, very often, that the subject matter provided by textbooks is not familiar enough for them…
Gas Turbine at Peterborough
A gas turbine for experimental work has recently been installed at Peterborough Technical College. Mr T. Bevine, A.M.I.Mech.E., A.M.I.Mar.E., Senior Lecturer in Thermodynamics…
Building up a Slide Collection
E. Spencer, M.sc.Tech.In the teaching of scientific and technical subjects a great deal of time can be saved and the scope of the lecturers extended if a collection of slides is available. Complicated…
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
In response to readers' requests we have recently been extending the journal's coverage of new publications, conferences and news items. We regret that in this pre‐Training Week…
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