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… and the brightest shall be made dim
Rhodes BoysonExaminations fulfil a variety of functions in the educational system. Presuming that most boys and girls do not naturally always try their hardest, they encourage industry and…
A decade of NEBSS
Peter SummersWhen this article was first under consideration, my immediate reaction was that a cautious, objective, and historical approach was probably the style which would flow most…
Filling the void
William Walsh ACIS MISMDecimalisation, value added tax, metrication, the Industrial Relations Act—perhaps the four most outstanding individual training subjects in the last decade. Do we now, with the…
Unaccustomed as I am
Terry FarnsworthEvery year hundreds of organisations hold their annual conferences, which are regarded as the highlight of the company's year. Vast sums are lavished upon five‐star hotels and no…
Industrial training — who pays?
Barrie PettmanIt is now ten years since the Industrial Training Act was placed on the statute book. Progress in this decade on the training front has been vast. However, continuous assessment…
Problems into projects
Phyllis Stoller“Why is it that companies willingly run five‐year apprenticeships for tradesmen but begrudge five‐day training for first‐line management?”. “And how can companies expect even…
New look for the HNC in engineering
E.R. Johnson, F. TattersallIn 1967 the existing schemes for ONCs and HNCs in Engineering were replaced by a new scheme.
Food, drink and tobacco
The Food Drink and Tobacco Industry Training Board was set up in 1968 under the terms of the Industrial Training Act, 1964. Its brief, along with that of the other training…
Use of audio‐visual aids
P.A. WarehamThis article describes the results of a survey which has been conducted by a Market Research agency, working on behalf of Kodak Limited, into the use of av aids in industrial…
Further education for life
A.K. WhiteheadEducation, as a description and process, has come to be associated with an extremely narrow range of activity: namely that of formal classroom teaching. This has implications not…
How not to run a business
Bruce CooperUntil recently nobody was foolish enough to challenge the manager's right to manage, which essentially means to make executive decisions. Because this right was never questioned…
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