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The General Council and confusion
In London on 1 November last, the Joint Committee of Teachers' Associations called a conference to outline developments in their abortive attempt to achieve formation of a working…
Notes and news
Donald Hutchings writes: Modern warships need modern methods. And the Royal Navy's weapons and electrical engineering school, HMS Collingwood, has demonstrated that methods of…
In parliament
In the course of the Commons debate on Redeployment, the Minister of Labour, Mr Ray Gunter, said that it was in the field of adult retraining up to skilled crafts level, not in…
Education and the new technology
Norman MacKenzieThe necessary revolution in education. This phrase was coined by Francis Keppel, formerly Dean of Education at Harvard University, then US Commissioner of Education under…
Technology and the secondary school: 2 What the schools are doing
Donald HutchingsRobert Bell, a 17‐year‐old sixthformer at The Park School, Swindon, showed me his hovercraft — or, rather, what was left of it after its first trial. “One expert said it wouldn't…
From examinations to assessment of student performance
John LeeseSir Alec is no doubt referring to experiments in the West Riding and elsewhere which, in the words of the Schools Council, “show that provided that the teachers in a group of…
Through sculpture to design for industry
Bernard OrnaA point made informally during the Scarborough conference on teaching of engineering design, earlier this year (Technical Education, June 1966), may prompt further reflection…
Technical education for developing countries
Roy AdamThe rulers of new nations are acutely aware of shortages of men and women with technical skills. Project after project must be discarded, even when money is available from loans…
The extra‐mural function of technical colleges
Roger CarusWhile the tradition of universities has long been to offer some of the fruits of scholarship to those who are neither staff nor students, this has not been the case until recently…
‘Mister Vice’
Adrian BristowI find the role of the vice‐principal in local colleges a fascinating one. It obsesses me. Why this should be I do not know. My college will probably never have one (unless the…
Comment
A new look at college building. The manual of the planner of technical college buildings is Building Bulletin No 5 which is now under revision by the Department of Education and…
Visual aids
Two Architects (b & w, 18 min). The avantgarde design of Leicester University's Department on Engineering building has attracted international acclaim and comment. Because of…
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