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M and S
The export drive recently launched by the Prime Minister has focussed attention on the inadequacies of our arrangements for training men whose job it is to get the orders.
Examinations for All
A correspondent discusses the findings of the recent report of the committee of the Secondary School Examinations Council set up to study the question of examinations other than…
Technological Education in the United States — 3: Land Grant Colleges and the State Universities
Francis AylwardFEW ACTS OF CONGRESS have had such profound effects as that sponsored by Senator Morrill of Vermont and signed by President Lincoln on 2nd July 1862, in the middle of the Civil…
Group Dynamics — Simon‐Carves Limited
The nature, development and techniques of Group Dynamics are described here by John Wellens. Its significance for training is not yet fully clear, but, properly used, it can throw…
“Good Plain English” — English Courses for Technical Students
F.D. FlowerTEACHERS OF all subjects in technical colleges are largely agreed that there is a place for English in their curricula. Badly written and misspelt lab reports force them to…
The Crowther Report and the Secondary Technical School
Reese EdwardsThe references in the Crowther Report to the Secondary Technical School are not very numerous, but they are, on the whole, unusually complimentary in character. This is…
The CAT's and Full University Status
Peter WalesIn the September issue Sir David Anderson said of the Colleges of Advanced Technology: “… until they are self‐governing and until they give their own award, preferably a degree…
The Technical College Library: 1 — as a teaching instrument
Gordon H. WrightIn an essay on the education of engineers Hardy Cross wrote:
The Teaching of Craft Subjects: First in a new series from a correspondent
The aim in teaching craft subjects, whether in college or works, is to make an apprentice into an effective craftsman who will be efficient and productive in his work. This means…
Designing for Manufacture — a new HND Subject: 2 — Surface Finishes and Tolerances
H. PeckMr Peck's first article (June 1960 issue) introduced the subject and dealt in particular with ‘Dimensioning in Relation to Operation Sequence’. The next will discuss ‘Methods for…
Semi‐Conductors, Conductors and Insulators: Some models for teaching the basic principles 2 — The p‐n junction
A.J. WattsThe basis of most semi‐conductor devices is the p‐n junction. Here p‐type material is brought into contact with n‐type material by a suitable process so that between the two types…
Visual aids
A regular feature giving news and comment on events and productions in the field of visual aids for technical and scientific teaching and training
Notes and News
The theme of the thirty‐fifth Annual Conference of ASLIB, held at Brighton from 28th to 30th September, was ‘Research in Special Library and Information Work’. Because of his…
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