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New status for CATs
In the House of Commons on 22nd June the Minister of Education announced that responsibility for the CATs is to be transferred from the LEAs to newly‐constituted and independent…
A Change in the CATs
John WellensIT WAS at the end of last year that the Robbins Committee was charged with the task of reviewing the pattern of full‐time higher education and advising whether there should be any…
The First Two Years
A. BeveridgeON THE 1st June 1959, I was appointed to be the Training Officer to the Engineering Employers' Association in the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stafford district. The policy of my…
National Certificates in Chemistry: 1 — the need for improvement
M.J. CotterA Studnet may enter the second (S.2) year of the NC course in Chemistry provided he obtains passes at GCE ‘O’ level in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and English Language. He…
THE NEW APPROACH TO TEACHING APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS — A COMMENT
R.M. HelsdonIN RECENT YEARS a number of textbooks on applied thermodynamics (of American origin or American‐inspired) have given considerable emphasis to a new and restricted definition of…
Craft Apprentice Courses at Fords
C. AttwoodThis article is largely based on Mr Attwood's report in the current issue of ‘The Vocational Aspect of Secondary and Further Education’, to which has been added some information…
A Combined Training in Engineering and Commerce
John WellensIN GREAT BRITAIN we have been slow enough to start training juveniles in commercial and administrative subjects, but we have been even more tardy in combining a training in…
HURRAH FOR THE INTERVIEW!
T.H. HawkinsSO MANY swipes have been taken at the interview as an aid in the selection process that it is encouraging to find that there are some not inexperienced people who still have time…
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE: The Final Brief
V.T. CromptonMr Crompton concludes his series with the ‘parting shots’ his pupils will have received at the time of leaving school, The headings under ‘Bridging the Gap’ (between school and…
English for Craft Students — 4
John LynnENTERTAINMENT THROUGH words is relished by all students. They will write, talk — anything that is desired of them, provided they can see that the teacher is at home with their own…
Visual aids
A regular feature giving news and comments on events and productions in the field of visual aids for technical and scientific teaching and training
Notes and News: MINISTER IN CONFERENCE
“When all Her Majesty's present servants in central and local government are dead and gone, and historians survey the domestic progress of the 1950s and 1960s, I hope and believe…
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