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Milton Keynes — A World of Its Own
When we first paid a visit to the Open University in its early days with a party of journalists, we alighted from the train at Bletchley and embarked on safari in a courtesy coach.
Books
Edgar CBE BakerIn 1920 Sir Percy Nunn published his book Education: Its Data and First Principles. It became the prescribed book for those who were training to be teachers in the 1920s, and ran…
Open University Update
The very considerable impact of the Open University on the lives and jobs of its students is highlighted by a new survey of more than 5,000 of its graduates. A large majority say…
Schools Television
Thomson of MonifiethThe ITV Schools Service has sometimes been called the secret service because it is transmitted during hours when a large part of the adult television audience is away from home…
1990s — A Decade of Decadence
Eric WillisThe accelerating pace of technological and social change has resulted in a large number of jobs, skills and professions becoming either obsolete or dramatically reduced in numbers…
Skills Shortages in Information Technology
Philip VirgoThis is not a summary of the day's proceedings. It is merely a list of salient points which I had not heard made with such clarity of force on other occasions. Some are…
Theories of Motivation
Lyndon Jones, Denys PageHuman resource management is becoming more and more complex as society develops. Seldom is it possible nowadays for a boss to behave like the old‐fashioned sergeant‐major whose…
Management at Ashridge
Ashridge Management College is one of the world's leading centres for management development. Every year more than 300 short programmes are provided for more than 5,000 managers…
The Current Educational Literary Scene
Edgar BakerThe Coombe Lodge studies had their origin in seminars between the Staff College and the British Council some eight or nine years ago. The DES requested these two bodies to…
Information Technology Takes Off at Cranfield
This report from The Cranfield Review explains how the College has reorganised its IT activities to meet the growing demand for trained manpower and research.
Come the Revolution
Amin Rajan, Austin BideAs the nation's manufacturing base continues to shed jobs, the role of services as an alternative source of employment has increasingly come into focus. There are those who see…
Management Training: A New Approach
Michael HoranThe relationship between training and business success is now so well documented, even allowing for a margin of propaganda, that further comment is hardly necessary. Increase the…
Pacemakers in Management Training
PACE (Performance and Communication Enterprises Ltd), a new company specialising in the development of people in business, was launched in March. James Elles, Euro MP for…
Now is the Time for Training
Alison ParkerIndustry and commerce in the UK are at a critical point. In the last 25 years our share of the world market in manufactured goods has more than halved. At the same time new…
Time for the Book‐worm to Turn
This summary has been gathered into a report prepared from an extensive survey commissioned by the Further Education Committee of the Publishers Association
Magna Carta 1987
The Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise have published a Taxpayer's charter. Welcoming this initiative by the two departments, Norman Lamont, Financial Secretary to the Treasury…
The Open College Prepares to Get Airborne
The Government has announced an initial funding of £15 million for The Open College. This coincided with the publication of its initial prospectus: one of the most important…
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