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Education + Training
The binary system should continue with only slight modifications, but most of the expansion of higher education over the next 10 years should be concentrated in the public sector…
News
Greater co‐operation between schools and colleges in the provision of educational opportunities for the 16–19 age group is urged in the recently published report of the London and…
Topics
A further contribution to the debate about ways of cutting costs in higher education was made last month by the Rev George Tolley, principal of Sheffield Polytechnic and…
Grass from Amsterdam
Alison Dunn reports from the international conference on alcoholism and drug dependence
Interview
Ian Hindmarch, Charles Reeves, Mrs. M. MantekWith all the current discussion about the drug ‘problem’ in schools and colleges, aren't we in danger of creating an artificial problem, or of confusing different sorts of…
Open University
There has been much discussion about the role the University might play in the training of teachers. Already a post‐experience course in reading development is running as a kind…
Talking to each other
Ian Finlay, who is Chairman of the Institute of Linguists, outlines a plan for defeating British linguistic insularity.
Stretched on the RAC
Lyndon Jones on the worsening relations between the colleges and the regional advisory centres.
Treading the tightrope: Can the polytechnics live with the idea of political and academic freedom
Colin AdamsonThe very use of the phrase ‘Academic Freedom’ is invidious. Freedom is a concept which most of us can understand; our interpretation does however differ from place to place, and…
Projecting the same image
Tony Crocker on the effect of the new metric measurements on visual aid equipment.
The In‐service Training Show
Maureen O'ConnorThis month the BBC's mammoth in‐service training series for teachers on the raising of the school leaving age enters its last phase. All over the country groups of teachers will…
The more we are together
G M Kitson Deputy Principal of Furzedown College of Education, makes the case for joint training courses for teachers and social workers
The right man for the job
Spotting managerial talents can be a risky business. Robert Busvine describes some techniques for matching the right people with particular responsibilities.
Computer education Executive retraining Tourist travel
Computer education continues its boom with the launching this month of several new courses throughout the country. The National Computing Centre have for some years been running…
The money men
Gerry Fowler finds that the local authorities are not putting enough energy into financing the colleges.
Extended family
The education and employment sectors could get together to create a unified careers advisory service. Geoffrey Ford explains why and how this should be done.
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