Education + Training: Volume 27 Issue 3

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Viewpoint: The end justifies the means

Good schools, colleges and universities are found in many parts of the world; but no country has an education system to rival that of the United Kingdom. British qualifications…

Diploma Mills — Part 2: How they operate

Lyndon Jones

One of the prime beneficiaries of the diploma mill merchants is the publishing industry. A very high propor‐tion of the degrees sold are the result of press advertising.

Learning to write right

Edgar CBE Baker

It is useful to understand the underlying structure of sentences in English. Words are the building blocks of all languages, and as young children we begin by expressing ourselves…

ABE SUPPLEMENT

Enclosed with this copy of Education & Training is an updated leaflet giving details of ABE. Some people when they get a copy of a magazine just shake out any inserts enclosed…

ABE — preparing the effective manager

This article explains the importance of the professional qualifications in business management conferred by the Association of Business Executives.

Careers:: TRAINING

The correct pronunciation of English can sometimes present difficulties both to those who acquire it as a mother‐tongue and to those who learn it as a second language. A recorded…

Careers:: COURSES

The Retail Consortium has recently signed a £500,000 contract with the Open Tech Unit of the Manpower Services Commission to finance the design and launch of an open learning…

Behaviour modelling — a needs based approach

Harm Swierenga

Demonstration of a concrete model for each discussion situation in which the steps are clearly identifiable.

Technical training is not enough

David Giles

Previous readers will recall that Rolls‐Royce Technical College students come to college for one week in three of their training. The TEC assignments become a total of five…

Whither the EITB?

E. Pennant Jones

The engineering industry is in metamorphosis. It is changing its products, its processes, its business structures, and its methodology of management. Perhaps most importantly of…

Can we change other people's behaviour?

Lyndon Jones, Denys Page

No change programme is ever complete until it has been evaluated: ie, the effectiveness of the change needs to be assessed in relation to its prior intentions or objectives.

Cover of Education + Training

ISSN:

0040-0912

Online date, start – end:

1959

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Dr Martin McCracken