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Horse sense
The Government's economy measures to meet the current pressure on the pound, so far as one can elucidate them from the conflicting, vague and incomplete ministerial statements…
Notes and news
Since there are now 4600 students reading for CNAA degrees, the Council has decided to establish its own two‐tiered higher degree system. The degrees of MA and MSc will be awarded…
In parliament
Replying to an Adjournment debate on the training of teachers Mr Goronwy Roberts, recalled that last year the Secretary of State announced his aim to establish some departments of…
Technical education: an alternative route
David LeeIt has usually been considered that technical education provides social and educational opportunities for ‘able’ secondary modern school leavers and others who missed their chance…
Education and training for industry and commerce in the Netherlands
John LeeseThere is a close similarity between the present world positions of Britain and the Netherlands. Both countries have lost the bulk of their colonies and all that went with them in…
The war against inarticulacy
John KirkmanAs long ago as 1948, at the Royal Society Conference on Scientific Information, Professor E. N. da C. Andrade was protesting about scientists who write “matter that is…
Educating immigrant school leavers
J. Gardner, J.J. O'KeefeIn the UK, with 1¼ million clearly recognizable immigrants in five years, many of whom have entered conveniently self‐imposed ghettoes, one of the greatest problems so far is the…
The use of films and television in the education of mechanical engineers
E.C. ThomassonIt was becoming popular, even before the Brynmor‐Jones report. for engineering departments to increase their store of visual‐aid equipment. Now, with the publication of this…
A ball in flight
R. ThomsonA ball is the main instrument in most outdoor games, and be it football, baseball, cricket, tennis or golf, the common aim is controlled flight in the air. Superficial…
Visual aids
Numerical Control of Machine Tools (20 min). Despite a number of American films on plant efficiency, this film, available from The Machine Tool Trades Association, 25 Buckingham…
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