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MINISTRY IN LABOUR …: Birthpangs of the New Act
THE LADS in St. James's Square are at it again. The saucy fellows! It is only a few months since they appointed as their Technical Adviser on Industrial Training Andrew Leslie…
Notes and News
Technical Education in the Schools New Association formed During a Study‐Conference held last month in Sheffield, the Association of Heads of Secondary Technical Schools decided…
IN PARLIAMENT: Industrial Training, Management Teachers, CAT Salaries
Industrial Training Boards. Shortly after the Training Act became law, Mr Godber announced that he had circulated to the interested industrial organisations draft schedules…
SOCIOLOGY and the Technical Colleges
STEPHEN COTGROVESOCIOLOGY IS coming of age. Most universities now teach it although some — notably Oxford and Cambridge — still do not offer degrees in it.
ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION WORKSHOP
J.O. Paddock, R.A.W. GalvinThe ever‐increasing number of students entering craft courses makes the adequacy of workshop facilities a matter of vital importance. All too often the space available for the…
Electronic and Control Laboratories their design, equipment and use
B.F. GRAYThe average engineering student spends a third of his time in laboratories and workshops. Practical work has always formed an important part of an engineer's training, and the…
IS LABORATORY WORK REALLY NECESSARY?
David T. ReesLABORATORY WORK has always been considered to be an essential and integral part of an electrical engineering course, and has in recent years received more and more attention…
LABORATORY TECHNIQUES IN THE EARLY STAGES
J.R. GreenerPOSSIBLY the most controversial and unsatisfactory aspect of any engineering course is laboratory work. The section loosely defined as ‘Electronics’ is no exception.
SOME NOTES ON EXPERIMENTAL WORK IN PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS
G. MayoTHE GROWING importance of semi‐conductor and thermionic devices has led to the introduction of these topics at an increasingly early stage in electrical engineering courses…
SOME NOTES ON MICROWAVE LABORATORY WORK
G. MayoMICROWAVE VALVES and microwave measurements feature in many electrical engineering and physics courses at HNC and HND level. Since the level of theoretical treatment here is…
A LABORATORY ON A SHOESTRING
D.H. Ray, W.A.D. RandallIN April 1962 there was an urgent need at Chelmsford for an additional laboratory if work in City and Guilds Electrical and Telecommunications Technicians second and third year…
EXPERIMENTS IN CONTROL ENGINEERING
J.T. KybettCONTROL ENGINEERING has become, in essence, the application of feedback theory to engineering problems. The subject is not restricted by the usual boundaries between the applied…
FEEDBACK FOR TEACHERS OF ENGINEERING DRAWING
S.J. Cook, D.L. ThurlowThe remainder of the questions from the Slough College survey of industrial drawing office practice
Visual aids
Following the success of the American Physical Science Study Committee Physics Teaching Films, (see page 40, Jan 1963 issue), a new series—the CHEM Study Chemistry Films—is now…
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