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The Staff College
The idea of the Staff College is to select from technical colleges the most promising members of staff working at the higher levels who are likely to be concerned with the…
Thirty Years of Thick‐Sandwich Training
R.F. Marshall, J.G. McCrackenTHE POST‐WAR PERIOD has produced some major changes in methods of training of professional engineers, one of the most significant being the widespread adoption of various forms of…
The Development of Work Study in Building and Civil Engineering … 1
T.E.A.K. JacksonOF ALL the management techniques which have been introduced or developed in British industry in the present century none has met with more universal opposition than the technique…
Vocational Guidance in France — and Great Britain
K.F. SmartThe importance of vocational guidance, and its problems, are not discussed very much, and the general attitude towards it is one of complacency. The Crowther Report, for instance…
Fresh Thinking in Mathematics — 2
J.V. TrivettIn the first part of this article the author discussed four themes which he posed as fundamental if any big change for the good is to be made in mathematics teaching. Briefly…
The Day Course Approach to Liberal Studies
J.T. WestTHE SPECIALIST tends to forget that he has a community task to perform and that what he does impinges on the life of the community. The purpose of those in technical education who…
Prize Schemes — for an Industry — and for a Group
Gauge and toolmaking competition. To give incentive and encouragement to young men in the gauge and tool industry who wish to become really skilled craftsmen rather than…
PROGRESS REPORT NUMBER 4: A Marriage has been Arranged
John WellensMore than half of those who work in manufacturing industry work in firms with less than 500 employees; one in five of the total actually work in firms employing less than 100…
The Measurement of Pitch in a Lead Screw
A. A.M.I.MECH.E. Glaisher, R. A.M.I.MECH.E. Coulbourne, A.M.I.P.E.In this part of Yorkshire important machine tool and textile industries thrive. A large proportion of the writers' students are from firms — many of them quite small — engaged in…
Teaching Engineering Drawing and Geometry
T.R. HarrisThose who teach engineering drawing and geometry are not agreed on the importance of the latter to the student. Some believe that the time spent by ONC students on geometry…
A First Experiment with the Hounsfield Tensometer
G. PallettTHE HOUNSFIELD TENSOMETER is a very popular machine amongst technical college staff and students alike. The latter soon appreciate the ingenuity and brilliant simplicity of its…
Visual aids
A regular feature giving news and comments on events and productions in the field of visual aids for technical and scientific teaching and training
Notes and News: OVER TO YOU!
John WellensThe Industrial Training Council has published its first report at the end of the first seventeen months of its existence. To describe it adequately one needs the language of the…
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