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Viewpoint: The price of training — can we afford it?
A stock‐in‐trade beef by trainers is that their budget is the first to be cut whenever the organisation faces a squeeze. Despite this, in many countries expenditure by firms on…
Books
Ruth HoldsworthAnnual Report of the Careers Advisory Board of the University of Nottingham; and Careers, Employment, Further Study and Educational Liaison, the annual report of Sheffield City…
Effective listening
Lyndon JonesFor managers there are many courses available dealing with effective reading, effective report writing, effective speaking. Yet comparatively few managers receive training in…
Public relations
Michael MorleyPublic relations is a growth industry. The past ten years have shown a significant increase in the amount spent on the business, as well as a definite broadening both in its…
Woman in a man's world
Hilary CharlesFrom a 1978 survey The British Personnel Director it would appear that I am atypical as, out of 88 companies, they found only one woman, while Mr. Average Personnel Director was a…
The school‐industry interface
D.L. MaierIt is just 146 years ago that Lord Althorp's Factory Act set legal limits to the working hours of children and young people. Its provisions were enforced by the appointment of…
Careers:: COURSES
The Glynwed Steel Stockholding Group, one of Britain's leading suppliers of basic materials for the engineering industries, in a caring big‐business “first”, provided £4,500 to…
Careers:: TOPICS
A third edition of the leaflet first published jointly by the Committee of Vice‐Chancellors and Principals and the Trades Union Congress in Spring 1978 has been published. It was…
Careers:: TRAINING
Nine young people in the hotel and catering industry have been awarded travelling scholarships worth up to £1,500 each by the Hotel and Catering Industry Training Board. This is…
DES News Releases
Dr. Rhodes Boyson, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Education & Science, assured the Standing Conference of Principals and Directors of Colleges and Institutions of Higher…
ABEnews
After a storm, hurricane, cyclone or typhoon (you can choose the name which applies to your part of the world) you will find plenty of up‐rooted trees around and, generally…
Language management training
Hank Kune, Lee KnappIt is obvious that some people use language better and more effectively than others. Different personal and intellectual capabilities are highly relevant to the performance of…
The economic fee fallacy
Gerry FowlerI hope I may be forgiven if I return to an old and favourite theme: the fees charged and about to be charged to overseas students in Britain for higher education. My excuse for…
A new approach to training computer staff
George PennyThe NCC Threshold Scheme, a unique experiment in communal apprenticeship, with entry standards which fly in the face of the conventional wisdom, has now, towards the end of its…
ENGINEERING THE FUTURE
The Committee chaired by Sir Monty Finniston has now completed its report and presented it to the Secretary of State for Industry. Its most significant recommendations include:
Assessment policies in higher education
Charles MossThe problem of assessment is the subject of an enormous amount of work in higher education institutions. However, because of the current development and revision of courses under…
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