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THE USE OF VACATIONS BY STUDENTS
IT IS VERY rarely that we come across a publication which deserves to be listed as compulsory reading for all our readers, but the interim report of the UGC Committee on…
Notes and News
In the first five months of 1963, 33,700 boys entered apprenticeships directly from school — 29 per cent of the total. This represents a decline in relation to the corresponding…
PARLIAMENTARY REPORT: Training Centres, Apprenticeships & CAT Salaries
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING At question time in the Commons, Mr R. E. Prentice (Lab, East Ham N) asked the Minister of Labour if he would make a statement on the progress of his…
The Management Training Situation — and the Impending Training Bill
John WellensManagement training is in the melting pot in Britain at the moment. This is welcome as it shows the will to improve and helps to clear the ground for advance. This article traces…
DEVELOPING COMMERCIAL STUDIES IN JAMAICA
Robert FoxIN 1958 the College of Arts, Science and Technology was founded north of Kingston, Jamaica, on a campus of about 35 acres adjacent to the world‐famous Botanical Gardens at Hope…
SEARCHING FOR THE HIDDEN AGENDA
J. KellyGroup Dynamics is afield of inquiry concerned with learning about the nature of groups, how they develop, and their effect on individuals, other groups, and society. Many of the…
Mechanical Engineering Laboratories—their design, equipment and use: 13 A STRENGTH OF MATERIALS TEACHING LABORATORY
Instructor Lieutenant‐Commander D.Many Strength of Materials teaching laboratories seem to be out of touch with the requirements of the modern mechanical engineering student. Interest in new materials, often for…
14 INSTRUMENTATION IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORIES
W.A. PullmanDuring a recent meeting on Teaching Design at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, there was considerable discussion as to whether the universities trained embryo engineers or…
15 THE IMPROVEMENT OF LABORATORY WORK
W.A.G. EastonFrom the very beginning of a course, students must be made aware of the necessity for practical experiment and observation as part and parcel of the scientific method. The first…
16 EXPERIMENTS IN FLUID MECHANICS
A. PillidgeAn Experiment in Non‐Uniform Channel Flow. Engineering students often find difficulty in comprehending the rather complex relations between specific energy, flow, depth, etc…
CENTRELESS GRINDING — a model for teaching the principles
J. SchofieldThe teaching of the principles of centreless grinding poses problems typical of those that beset lecturers in Production Engineering subjects. The machine tool in question costs…
18 HIGH PRECISION TURNING ON A STANDARD TOOLROOM CENTRE LATHE
A.J. ScarrThis experiment is designed for investigating the possibilities of producing external and internal diameters to high orders of accuracy on a conventional toolroom centre lathe…
Change in General Studies
P.W. KingsfordAS LONG AGO as 1951, and almost certainly much earlier, voices were raised that humane or liberal studies should be included in technical education. In an article that year, the…
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