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Liberal Studies:: The past and The Way Ahead
Fred Flower“There also remain a number of problems which really constitute the unfinished business of Circular 523. We still have not begun to tackle the translation into practice of the…
Liberal Studies: The State of Play
Eric BourneEric Bourne, Inspector for Further Education, ILEA, looks at the way general studies are taught in colleges of further education. He suggests that there are two chief streams of…
The General and the Particular: Liberal Studies in Art Colleges
Michael DennyMichael Denny is a part‐time lecturer in General Studies at Hornsey College of Art.
Complementary and Contrasting:: The CNAA
Maureen O'ConnorA major policy statement on General Studies is expected soon from the CNAA. There 7nay no longer be any compulsion to include complementary and contrasting studies in CNAA degree…
Liberal Studies: An industrial viewpoint
Harry WainwrightMr Wainwright, Manager, Training and Education Services, Imperial Metal Industries, points out that the chief role of a training officer in industry is to seek to improve the…
The ‘Tyranny of Subjects’
Frances VerrinderOscar Wilde's apothegm that ‘Education is an admirable thing but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught’, sums up the philosophy…
What use is English in Further Education?
Gordon WainwrightStandards of oracy and literacy among further education students are generally low. In many cases they are so low that they prevent students from following their technical or…
SHOP STEWARDS AND FURTHER EDUCATION
Colin NormanFew would deny that the shop steward is one of the most important cogs in the whole industrial relations machinery. But his functions, of course, go much deeper than the headlines…
The Changing Face of Agriculture: The problems and issues of agricultural training
Martin WhitbyA committee under the chairmanship of Professor J. P. Hudson has been taking evidence on courses leading to qualifications in agriculture below OND. In this article, the first of…
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