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Viewpoint: Half a wage is better than no bread
A surprisingly large number of jobs are designed to be staffed for a specified number of hours per day — usually eight — and for five days a week. But this arrangement is now…
on stage
Reflections — a play set in la grande salle of the Chateau de Louveciennes, home of the Comtessa Du Barry four miles north of Versailles in 1793. The curtain rises on what could…
Design engineering
Vilnis VesmaThis article is about what has been described as the aristocracy of the engineering profession: design engineers. I hope, before I continue, that I have no readers for whom the…
Extinction — how to get results by doing nothing
Lyndon JonesIgnore him and he will stop it. When a person does something irritating, he will generally stop it if ignored; although initially he may repeat the action more often, or in a…
Principles and practice of skills acquisition
Roger JamesAn article in Education & Training (March 1979) by H. Gershoni discussed the well known phenomenon of industrial workers obtaining, by trial and error, efficient — or more…
ABEnews
Tom CoffinABE offers the mature and well‐experienced manager the option of submitting a thesis when applying for membership. This option is not applicable as an easy way for students and…
Careers:: COURSES
There is now a widely‐held belief that education in England is prohibitively expensive for foreign students. As a result, two of Britain's leading educationists are spending eight…
Careers:: TRAINING
CCETSW Paper 9:4 — The Certificate in Social Service — A Progress Report to the Council from the Staff is the first detailed report on the development of CSS training from its…
Careers:: TOPICS
Jack WildNo one leaving school in 1980 need be without work or training because there will be a place for all jobless school leavers on this year's bigger Youth Opportunities Programme…
Topics
The International Word Processing Exhibition, organised by the Business Equipment Trade Association, will be held at Wembley Conference Center from 20 – 23 May. The Text…
Audio‐visual as an educational medium
Intermark Public RelationDespite current financial setbacks, there seems to be no shortage of good audio‐visual equipment in educational establishments throughout Britain. According to latest figures…
Curriculum planning and technological change
Denis LawtonI believe that it is not too far‐fetched to link our industrial and economic decline with deficiencies in the educational system. Schools today are failing to produce an adequate…
Indefinite articles — Benson hedges
Bill Allen OBEThere are few professional men, lawyers or not, who do not know of the Benson Report with its widespread inquiry into most aspects of the legal profession. Less well known, beyond…
A conflict of policies
Gerry FowlerIt seems certain that there will be no expansion of educational provision in Britain in the next several years. In particular the teaching force will not expand, and in some areas…
The concept of risk management
James TyeRelatively few British companies have had to withstand earthquakes, floods, building collapse or the kidnapping of top executives; but all are fighting against risks whose effects…
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