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Viewpoint: ROSLA—a year of wasted opportunity
Juvenile unemployment is running at disturbingly high figures. In part, this is due to the depressed state of the economy. But, even when the upswing occurs, the basic problem…
The OND in Technology‐has it a future?
J.R. RudlingNow that the Technician Education Council has published its Circular TEC 1/751, complete with impressive black bands, giving the projected timetable for the introduction of TEC…
Freedom to teach
P.A. OngleyFirst a comment on terms seems necessary. Some educationalists speak of the aims or purposes of a course, and of the objectives or course content and the methods by which the…
English as she should be taught
Edgar BakerRecently the BBC launched a campaign to help the two million adults in this country who are unable to read. Everyone of good will wishes the BBC great success, but one must wonder…
Bridging the gap — with link courses
William SkinnerI expect most of us recall from our school days lessons which we enjoyed and lessons which bored us. I expect, too, that we have attempted to rationalise the reasons for our…
Discrimination is an expensive luxury
Catherine AventLong before this year is over, we will probably be tired of hearing about International Women's Year! There is no doubt, however, that knowledgeable women can produce a good deal…
The corporate animal in society
William WalshDespite being involved in the roughest economic climate since 1945 and despite the growing recession in trade, one of the growth points of business in Europe is the study of the…
Learning the law
L.B. CurzonDismay and disappointment! These emotions characterised the reactions of a large group of young students questioned recently on their feelings at the end of the first lesson in a…
Unto us a (corporate) child is born
James HutchinsonAs the number of redundancies and closures grows, one notices that many are in subsidiaries of multi‐national companies. One of the possible reasons for this is of particular…
Why shouldn't merit be paid for?
M.H. SturtThese two statements summarise the debate about merit pay, insofar as there is one; unfortunately, to my mind the debate is so muted that the case for merit pay is going by…
The automobile repair industry
David LeemingMost colleges of further education nowadays offer a one‐year full‐time course in automobile engineering to young people who leave secondary school at the age of 16. Recruitment of…
Careers:: TRAINING
John MercerOccupational therapy is an important branch of the remedial profession. Members of the British Association of Occupational Therapy in the green overall, and wearing the…
Careers:: TRENDS
A new Foundation Course in Overseas Trade is now being offered at 41 polytechnics and colleges, details of which were first announced by the British Overseas Trade Board last…
Hairdressing
Michele CollinTo become a successful hairdresser you must primarily like people, and get on well with them. In addition, you must have a quick adaptable mind, a reasonable level of education…
Keyboard skill—a useful business accompaniment
B.W. CanningThe number of people who, one way or another, continue to learn how to operate a typewriter is undoubtedly rising every year. For one person who will learn it as a…
Management education in health care — U. S. style
Lyndon JonesThe American Medical Association Council has been considering the role of the physician in the management of medical care. Arising from collaboration with its Advisory Committee…
Yours to command
Adrian BristowAt breakfast the other day, browsing through The Times, I came across a letter from a correspondent in Piddlehinton in darkest Dorset. I cannot remember what he was rabbiting on…
books
Rhodes BoysonFrom time to time a book is published which is not only important in itself but represents a turn in a political, economic, or social climate. The Rape of Reason is such a book
Where have all the rebels gone?
Herr E. GittWhat has happened to all the rebels who played havoc with our universities and colleges a few years ago?
The Sun Life sets in the west
Lynda King‐TaylorSun Life Assurance Society Ltd is one of the UK's leading assurance companies, with funds exceeding £500 million. It has a national network of offices and a Head Office in London…
Watch with brother
Joe KingEducation & Training (October), contained a review of basic training and educational needs felt by shop stewards in industry and the public service. The severe shortfall between…
Topics
This is the first year in which mature students (men and women) accepted by Ruskin College (and the other adult long term residential colleges) receive full Adult State Bursary…
WHAT MANAGEMENT NEEDS TO KNOW
The essential functions of management are to plan and control the company's activities and to do this management requires the right information, in the right place, at the right…
Facing up to the harsh facts of life
This article tells the story of a new body OPUS; we trust that as at present composed, they will be successful in producing some important work.
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