Table of contents
Opening moves
In this issue two important policy statements are considered. On page 244 is the Minister of Labour's statement dealing with the financial help he will be giving to Industrial…
Financial assistance to the Boards: the Minister's statement
Under Section 5 of the Industrial Training Act the Minister may make grants to a Board. Fifty million pound is available for this purpose, a figure which may not be exceeded…
Engineering ITB's Chief Training and Education Officer
Arnold LindsayThe sorry, cynical, but relentless liquidation of the professional training officer continues unabated at the Engineering ITB. Denied a place on the Board because of the form of…
Notes and news
In its second policy Statement the Council for National Academic Awards has announced the titles of its degrees. These are Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.…
In Parliament
Ray GunterThe Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour, Mr Richard Marsh, made a statement in the Commons about the industries next to be covered by Industrial Training Boards. He…
‘Training methods for older workers’
Here is one of those rare publications which ought to be read by everybody in the business, beginners and old hands alike. It is so good, in fact, that it is even worth buying out…
Personnel management for technical colleges
BERNARD ARMSTRONGTechnical colleges are expected to be in the van of technological knowledge and methods and to have the most up‐to‐date equipment their finances will allow. This is how they would…
The 1964 Bede College AMP
C.N. LISTERTowards the end of June of last year I was one of sixty men who arrived at Bede College, Durham, on a Saturday evening with a feeling of great anticipation and curiosity. What…
The latest from the Engineering ITB
JOHN WELLENSMr T. A. Swinden will take up his duties as Director of the Engineering Industry Training Board on 1st July.
Carry on, Chef!
ADRIAN BRISTOWInside every principal there is a refectory manageress yearning to get out. Why this should be I do not know unless, deep down, we fancy ourselves as potential restaurateurs who…
DESIGNED FOR TEACHING: 100ml glass syringes for school chemistry
Martin RogersThe use of the glass syringe as an instrument in school chemistry for the measuring of gases was first developed by Dr Schmit in Hamburg as long ago as 1931. Its use has spread…
A wind tunnel for teaching purposes
G. JacksonThe more fundamental approach to the teaching of Mechanics of Fluids that has become current in recent years has brought an important change in the content of the associated…
Lan‐Alog: a portable analogue computer
J.R. AbrahamsThe Lan‐Alog Four computer is one of a family of small computers being designed by the staff at Enfield College of Technology, in consultation with other colleges and schools. The…
ITM group teaching machine
Although teaching machines are mainly used by students working alone at their own speed, they can be used effectively for some subjects in classroom conditions and the ITM Group…
Visual aids
In 1959 a converted ship brought the world's first commercial cargo of liquefied natural gas across the Atlantic to Britain. Against the prophecies of the many critics, the trip…
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