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The Totting ham frolic
After the picketing and disturbance aroused by circular 10/65‐and the appearance of a focus of resistance at the St Andrews Headmasters' Conference‐the Secretary of State rests on…
Correspondence
FE council? Sir, The present position regarding the provision of external syllabuses and more particularly examinations in further education is far from satisfactory. Recent…
Notes and news
With a view to introducing seminars, week‐end courses, and summer schools, the Cleaver‐Hume Group of Correspondence Colleges has opened a new centre at Aldermaston Court, a fine…
Changes in the training of merchant navy engineer officers
J.C. ThomasonContemporary design philosophy is concerned with the aim of achieving and maintaining optimum efficiency of a ship as a whole unit through the use of automatically and remotely…
General studies and the technologist
John HuddiestonThere are two chief sources of opposition to General Studies courses, one is the students themselves who feel that they are an unnecessary appendage on to their already…
East German education: Mixing mental and manual labour
David ChildsPartly owing to the non‐recognition of East Germany by Britain, few people in this country know about the important economic potential across the river Elbe and behind the Berlin…
The teaching of industrial relations in further education
A.R. DaviesYoung workers today are entering industry during a critical period in the history of the nation. The impetus towards economic growth and the increasing awareness of the importance…
Technology and the secondary school : 1 Psychological considerations
Donald HutchingsMore schools are going for technology‐but does this approach to science lead to better teaching or greater understanding? This article, the first of a series, examines the…
Comment
At last there are signs of progress in the developments of students‘ unions in technical colleges on a national scale. The National Union of Students for many years has included…
Designed for teaching: Small two pump set to demonstrate series and parallel system
R.K. TurtonA range of small self‐contained hydraulic machine test sets are now available which permit small groups of students to obtain the usual performance characteristics of pumps and…
Visual aids
Preserving the Wasa (col, 15 min, free). The Swedish warship Wasa sailed on her maiden voyage from Stockholm on 10 August, 1628. But she did not get far; she almost immediately…
Recently introduced
A high quality oscilloscope combined with a pantograph, known as the Pantoscope Type 004 is designed specifically as a teaching aid. A Supplementary Unit is now also available to…
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