Table of contents
Binary
The binary concept has been with us for four years, during which time it has altered little from its original exposition in Tony Crosland's Woolwich speech. Indeed it seemed so…
Whatever happened to the CATS?
Roger Beard, Peppy Barlow‘A good trade union’, says Lord Bowden, ‘would revolutionize British education.’ As principal of Manchester University's Institute of Science and Technology (big sister to the…
Development
John PrattThe ten institutions called technological universities are an odd group. Two of them — the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) and Chelsea College …
The Sciences
Harold SilverChelsea Polytechnic, one of the crop of 1890's foundations, was always distinguished from its fellow London Polytechnics by its relative inability to attract ‘the poorer classes’…
Comprehensive tertiary
Eric RobinsonThe development of the colleges of advanced technology and the Diploma in Technology, between 1956 and 1964, coincided with the gestation of the ‘new’ universities of Sussex, East…
BEHIND THE BAKCLASH
Chris PriceIt seems fitting, in this particular issue of Technical Education at the present time, for a former editor of an educational monthly — New Education — whose magazine changed…
Examination Techniques
Frank BaconExaminations have always presented problems, for both candidates and examiners. Examinations, at whatever level, are a nuisance to most people who have to take them. Candidates…
The two cultures
Bruce KembleTen years is a long time to sustain an academic quarrel. If the participants have not — after a decade — conceded some points, modified their overall position, and agreed to…
Unemployment‐the ultimate anachronism
Douglas YoungAt the beginning of the Labour Government's current term of office, our country faced the problem of rising unemployment. Not for the first time — certainly not the last.
Industrial training assessment 1
D.E.R. GodfreyThe preparation of this article was made possible by the assistance of the Arizona State University Grants Committee. The author served at Dacca University, 1960–63, under the…
COMMENT
Gordon BennettThe Secretary of State pledged at Douglas that the government would during the seventies introduce the compulsory training of all school teachers — a reform that would prevent…
FOCUS
Brian MacArthurOut of a month that was packed with news about education, one speech stands out. It was the speech made by Mr Short, Secretary of State for Education and Science, on the Black…
Gallery
James RenderStudent participation … the Lords debated it and the Commons tasted it at the end of last month. Even that most sacred cow — Parliamentary privilege — may have been offended; so…
Films
People + Leisure (col, 30 min), the eighth film in the ‘Our National Heritage’ series, was made in co‐operation with The Countryside in 1970 movement. 1970 has been designated…
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