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Staff development in linguistics
Hugh ProbynIt might seem at first glance as though this is to be the story of what might have been. In fact, however, it is to be more an account of what might yet be, barring accidents and…
International exchange in further and higher education
James PlattLet me start with a question. What do you take to be the educational implications of these four projects on which we have been spending some of our time recently at the Central…
Parental choice—antidote to education's mandarin syndrome
Rhodes BoysonThe rising discontent with the falling standards of schools in our large cities may cause a radical rethink of their method of financing and organisation which could be very…
OSAB on the job
David GrantleyThere are two main reasons why overseas students from the developing countries need particular help in obtaining practical training in Britain. First they, and their universities…
Adapting the Nuffield approach
D. Gratton, T.D.N. Morgan, D.J.P. RichardsIn 1969 it was decided to undertake a project at the London College of Printing to establish the feasibility and desirability of adapting to the needs of Printing Craft students…
Directed private study
Lyndon H. Jones, A. WylieThe incidence of drop‐out amongst those studying by correspondence per se is high. Various reasons have been hypothesised for the low completion rate, including:
Training in industry—a new decade begins
The Chairman of the Association of Business Executives (ABE) summarises the new framework for training and placement of workers.
Organisational development
Stephen H. FullerDramatic forces of change are at work in our society today. There are signs of crisis in almost every major institution. Many of these centre around people — the desire of…
A hot‐bed of learning
Norman EigerOn the campus of Douglass College, a division of the larger Rutgers University, stands a long rectangular building of red brick. It is unassuming as university architecture…
Career education
Alex MackertichThe newest star to brighten the American educational firmament has been Career Education. With all the ballyhoo of Hollywood, Sidney Marland, Commissioner of Education in 1972…
Education—prospects for 1976
Franklin ParkerBringing blacks and other minorities into the American mainstream, largely by increasing their access to higher education, seems to be a continuing trend as the bicentennial of…
In‐service training in Polytechnics
A.G. HardingThe broad terms of reference of the James enquiry were not interpreted to include observations on the organisation of professional training programmes for Polytechnic teaching…
Secretaries—a tarnished image
Eleanor MacdonaldOne of the most ill‐defined areas of employment at the present time is that of the secretary. Although there are generally accepted standards of basic skill training, there is…
Innovation in management education
Ray WildThe honeymoon in graduate level management education is over and the marital troubles have begun. It has been argued that such troubles stem from the basic incompatibility of the…
Continuing education
Douglas HamerContinuing Education is a term currently used to describe fields of vocational and non‐vocational adult education, activities of extra‐mural departments, and up‐dating courses…
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