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THE PAY‐ROLL SURCHARGE
WHAT EFFECT is Mr Selwyn Lloyd's suspended pay‐roll tax likely to have on apprentices and other young workers? According to a remarkable statement put out by the Industrial…
The General Course in Engineering
Last month, the Head of a College Engineering Department discussed the impact of the new White Paper on departments such as his own. He now describes the recently‐published…
Guernsey's Apprenticeship Scheme
L.K. RedfordThe author outlines the history and organisation of the States' Apprenticeship Scheme in Guernsey where, although the situation is very different, there are a number of points of…
Some Thoughts on the School Teaching of Mathematics
A.S.R. DaviesThe author, who teaches mathematics in a private school in Yorkshire, gives his view of the importance of school maths, the stages in learning it, and the main factors which lead…
Unguided Careers: 2—Towards an integrated guidance system
Keith R. AllenTo meet the economic and political challenge of our time involves constant critical examination of our institutions. Following last month's article, which described a study of the…
LETTERS AND DISCUSSION: Industry — College Liaison on Selection and Enrolment
J. HansburyIN John Wellens' review of the new White Paper (Technical Education, February 1961) under the sub‐heading ‘Selection and the Liaison Officer’ there is much to be commended. 1; was…
‘O’‐level Chemistry Books …: A reviewer's duties
O.J. SimpsonI read with interest ‘A Field Review of ‘O’‐level Chemistry Textbooks’ by Dr Michael Bassey. A short time before, I had read the enclosed review of Dr Pollock's book, ‘A Practical…
Technical Teacher Training
G O'SheaThe article on Technical Teacher Training by A. MacLennan in the last issue makes one or two statements which do not stand up to examination. He says that we can no longer depend…
‘O’‐level Chemistry Books …: An author's views
A. HoldernessTHE VALUE of Dr Michael Bassey's ‘Field Review of ‘O’‐level Chemistry Textbooks’ must depend largely on his qualifications as a reviewer. The first two sections of the review…
A Liberal Studies Scheme takes Shape
A. DowmanThe mere mention of liberal studies means one thing for certain — controversy and perhaps acrimony as well. The individual will have his own ideas on the subject, and the many…
National Certificates in Chemistry — a Radical Approach
M.J. CotterApproach is a fashionable word at present, particularly when applied to chemistry. New ‘approaches’ to the subject are frequently being devised, so it is time to take a closer…
A New Electrical Engineering Laboratory
Some attention‐worthy features of the labs at the new Mid‐Herts College. In the traditional arrangement of electrical engineering laboratories the student himseif has to collect…
The Design of Experiments for Electrical Courses
R.J. Harries, B.sc.(Eng. )This article deals briefly with some aspects of the design of experimental and practical work, and also refers to the teaching of calculations in electrical courses.
English for Craft Students — 2
John LynnAPPRENTICES FLOUNDER in a sea of misplaced apostrophes. They use them as a sort of reflex action consequent on writing the letter “s”. The following treatment can be a cure for…
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
The Institute of Youth Employment Officers. Some eight hundred people throughout the United Kingdom are members of the new Institute of Youth Employment Officers formed by the…
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