Table of contents
Adult learning
Haphazard investment in educational media is a serious waste of resources, said Professor George Wedell of Manchester University in his opening lecture to the National Institute…
A man and a woman
Two assistant directors of North East London Polytechnic were appointed recently. One is only 33, and the other is a woman who started her working life as a post office counter…
Interview
Education and Training talks to Lord Robens, former Chairman of the National Coal Board, whose book Ten Years' Stint was published recently.
Before and after
Five post‐experience courses for people who want to brush up their knowledge without taking a full degree course have just been announced by the Open University. Dr Walter Perry…
Work Study
Gerry FowlerA choice of school or college, and the right to opt for employment for half the year. Gerry Fowler argues that this is the only way to introduce compulsory education to the age of…
Broadening the base (2)
Donald HutchingsThe single‐honours degree aims at producing specialists, yet most industrial companies need more broadly educated graduates. Donald Hutchings claims that the polytechnics could…
Still life
Tony Crocker in the first of a two‐part article discusses some of the problems of using projected still pictures
Power to the people
Television must escape from the superficial and the newsworthy, and become the means of real mass communication. Maureen O'Connor looks at Brian Groombridge's case for democratic…
Who needs it?
Catherine AventCatherine Aventlooks at the findings of an American research project into careers guidance.
Questions unanswered
The period of consultation for the Government's document Training for the Future is almost over. V. Ahier pinpoints some of the shortcomings of the recommendations and outlines…
Sheffield's show place
Education and Training continues its series on community colleges with a visit to the Rowlinson Campus.
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