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The drift from the schools
Of recent years a great deal of publicity has been given to certain large movements of teaching staff in Britain. The departure of university teachers to the United States: the…
Notes and news
The role of the Youth Service in integrating immigrant teenagers into the community is to be examined by a committee of the Youth Service Development Council, set up by Mr Denis…
In Parliament
In the course of the Commons debate on the Albemarle Report on the Youth Employment Service, the Minister of Labour, Mr Ray Gunter, said that the Youth Employment Service Training…
The computer in technical education
S.N. ROBERTSONIn this country at the present time about 1 800 computers have been installed and it is estimated that a total of 5 200 will be in operation by 1974. By this latter year it will…
Experimentation in applied science courses … 3
S.D. PROBERT, J.P. MARSDENPeriods spent in various industries are essential in all applied science courses, and enable the student to keep his academic studies, especially experimentation, in perspective…
Drawing Q
R. THOMSONWhen an Engineering Drawing course assembles, it is not unusual for a whole term to pass before one can pick out those students who require special help in the subject. One…
Export marketing — can the universities help?
JAMES LIVINGSTONEIt is only comparatively recently that management education at postgraduate level has received wide acceptance by British industry. There have been some dramatic developments in…
An industrial appreciation course
D.H. RAYFor several years boys and girls in the lower sixth forms of grammar, secondary modern, and technical schools in the Chelmsford area have been selected for a week's industrial…
DESIGNED FOR TEACHING: Apparatus for the study of convection and radiation
M.A. FlintWhile it is fairly easy to design apparatus that will demonstrate heat transfer phenomena in a general way it is much more difficult to verify quantitively the fundamental laws…
New MATEX Portable Classroom Laboratory
The MATEX 2000 scientific kit, of Swiss origin, is now available in the UK. Over 5 000 kits of this type are already being used by schools in some forty different countries. All…
A demonstration heat pump
P.A. HiltonThermometers were put in the refrigerant line at the four obvious points and two pressure gauges were added in the high and low pressure parts of the system.
Visual aids
When the subject of Work Study is mentioned, one's thoughts are inclined to turn to repetitive semi‐skilled jobs, as those most likely to benefit from such an examination. It is…
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