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ABUSE OF ‘APPRENTICESHIP’
THE SURVEY carried out by the Institute of Youth Employment Officers makes dismal reading.
Notes and News
As from 1st April of this year, all the Colleges of Advanced Technology will be administered by independent governing bodies and will receive direct grants from the Ministry of…
THE COMMON MARKET … 1: towards a PLANNED MANPOWER POLICY
John WellensHow does it affect training, employment and vocational guidance in member countries? Incredibly little is known in this country — the document analysed here on General Principles…
Pre‐University Training by Projects
D.L. HowardThe‘Thick Sandwich’ (1–3–1) course is growing in popularity. More and more men are going to university to read engineering with a year of practical training behind them, and this…
RADIOCHEMISTRY IN THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE
Brian L. TongeAs scientific advances mature into established techniques, teaching time and laboratory facilities must be adjusted and developed. For one such area of advance — the use of…
‘MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERS AND PHYSICISTS’
Donald W. HutchingsThis report — the fourth of the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD) ‘New Thinking’ series on school mathematics — deals with a problem of critical importance for the…
SCHOOL TO WORK: The Institute of Youth Employment Officers Report
This important report and memorandum to the Central Advisory Council is reproduced in full (apart from some minor explanatory detail). The report on the girls, and the conclusions…
CAREERS CONVENTION — LEEDS
Some 150 Careers Teachers from all types of secondary school in the North and North Midlands spent a busy weekend talking to 27 employers' representatives at the Leeds NUT…
Centenaries, '62 III. SCIENCE BECOMES RESPECTABLE IN 1662
It can be said that modern science began in the 17th century, and the most convenient date for marking its acceptance as a worthwhile pursuit is the founding of the Royal Society…
AN APPROACH TO ENGINEERING WORKSHOP PRACTICE
T.F. OrmerodWE HAVE stopped making models at Accrington. Making models — scribing blocks, pulley extractors, bell‐punches and so forth — is of limited use to a technician student in…
THE MACHINE TOOL LABORATORY — 6: Other Laboratory Work — and Future Developments
W.F. WalkerTHE SHAPING MACHINE THE mechanically operated shaping machine can be used during the earlier years of the course to demonstrate setting‐up, tool angles, cutting angular faces, and…
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