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There have been three incongruous events of the past few weeks that all seem connected by their implicit denial of explicit statement. The first was the Life Magazine profile of…
Notes and news
How successful is the technological approach? Donald Hutchings, of Oxford University Institute of Education, writes: How far is the slowness of schools to develop technical…
In parliament
The White Paper A Plan for Polytechnics and Other Colleges was dealt with by Mr Goronwy Roberts, the Minister of State, DES, during a debate on the universities. The proposals…
Engineering thermodynamics work at undergraduate level
R.A. Jackson, E. ParkerThe aims of laboratory work in engineering thermodynamics have been stated previously1 and a general order of priority appropriate to undergraduate students was suggested…
Factory training progress in the North East
Mick StaceyWhatever the speed, or lack of speed of individual training boards in industry, the effect of the Industrial Training Act has been to stimulate an enormous interest in training in…
Training engineers for the chemical industry
M.S. BeckA picture is drawn showing the position of the chemical industry in the UK. This leads to a consideration of the relationship between the economic situation and the requirements…
Trend‐setters at Bromsgrove
P. HaxbyThe publication of the first findings of the Pilkington Committee, dealing with the size of classes and the rationalization of courses will be followed by the second part of the…
Recent developments in programmed instruction
Bernard DoddProgrammed instruction has been in use in the UK now for about seven years, although similar teaching methods have been in use much longer. The beginnings of what we might call…
Programming costs and cost reductions
Joseph P. YaneyIt has become fashionable to say that ‘training is an investment in human capital’. Unfortunately, many people who like to use this phrase dislike justifying the investment in…
A personal view of City and Guilds
Ian FinchThe City and Guilds of London Institute was founded after a hearty gathering at the Mansion House on 3 July, 1876. Three years later it held its first examinations, and the…
How we taught communication
Malcolm Deere, Adrian C. HarrisFor some time, whilst at A.E.R.E. Harwell, we ran a one‐week course on the communication of technical information. To attempt to teach communication at all is to make oneself…
On your marks!
Adrian Bristow“Frankly,” said the Doctor, “I can think of no occasion that fills me with greater detestation than a display of competitive athletics.”
Visual aids
‘Cinema verity’, for educational films, is IN! leading the way is a film commissioned by the Nuffield Foundation and completed recently by the ICI Film Unit.
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