On relinquishing the chairmanship of the Central Advisory Council Sir Geoffrey Crowther received the following letter from the Minister of Education:
Having discussed in our February issue those sections of the Crowther Report which deal directly with the technical colleges and their work, the author turns now to the Report's…
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Having discussed in our February issue those sections of the Crowther Report which deal directly with the technical colleges and their work, the author turns now to the Report's two greatest discussion points: the school‐leaving age and the county colleges. His comments will be of greatest interest to those — particularly in industry — who oppose the raising of the school‐leaving age and who in any case have little faith in day release for general education.
Let me begin by reassuring you that this paper is not a survey of the literature of the film. The library of the British Film Institute contains just over 10,000 books and…
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Let me begin by reassuring you that this paper is not a survey of the literature of the film. The library of the British Film Institute contains just over 10,000 books and pamphlets relating to the film, and even a hasty survey of a body of literature of that size and complexity would occupy us all night. Most of this literature, moreover, falls outside the scope of the bibliography I am compiling on which this paper is based: a bibliography of film librarianship. My subject this evening, therefore, is limited to the literature that deals in some measure with the art, the science, or, if you prefer, the discipline of film librarianship; the collection, organization, and treatment of films in libraries. That there is such a discipline is, I think, warranted by the existence of this group, and if there are still some unbelievers in that great grey sea of librarianship beyond Aslib, I trust the Cataloguing Code that has been so methodically (I almost said painfully) formulated at the fortnightly sessions of your Cataloguing Committee will be fully recognized as the birth certificate of a new and vital branch of the ‘penurious science’.
This is a summary and some of the conclusions reached after completing the first innovatory analysis of the general trends in commercial education in England and Wales for the…
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This is a summary and some of the conclusions reached after completing the first innovatory analysis of the general trends in commercial education in England and Wales for the period 1943–1975. The completed dissertation was accepted for the degree of MEd., at University College, Cardiff, in 1985.
Educationists responded to the threat of financial cuts in a characteristic manner that did them little credit. Kites were flown, rumours circulated, cliches dusted and flags…
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Educationists responded to the threat of financial cuts in a characteristic manner that did them little credit. Kites were flown, rumours circulated, cliches dusted and flags saluted but little was done to clarify the issues at stake and reach some consensus about priorities. The occasion was used by the pressure groups to reaffirm their favourite policies — some educationists even seemed to welcome the cuts provided they were made in the right places.
Central Advisory Council. In answer to a question about the future work of the Central Advisory Council for England, Sir David Eccles said: “I am glad to tell the House that…
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Central Advisory Council. In answer to a question about the future work of the Central Advisory Council for England, Sir David Eccles said: “I am glad to tell the House that Viscount Amory has accepted my invitation to be Chairman of the Central Advisory Council for Education (England), and that Mr John Newsom has agreed to be Vice‐Chairman. The terms of reference of the Council will be: to consider, the education between the ages of 13 and 16 of pupils of average or less than average ability who are or will be following full‐time courses cither at schools or in establishments of further education. The term ‘education’ shall be understood to include extra‐curricular activities.”
THIS month is that in which librarians of public libraries are concerned with budgets. In spite of occasional croakings, it is fair to say that the worst of the crisis is over…
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THIS month is that in which librarians of public libraries are concerned with budgets. In spite of occasional croakings, it is fair to say that the worst of the crisis is over, and, if prosperity is not here, it is at least on the way. It will be interesting to learn if the cuts which some libraries had to make in their appropriations will be continued this year. Libraries have demonstrated beyond disproof that they have played a part in the depression in raising some of the gloom from the minds of the people, and can make reasonable claim to have financial consideration of the fact. Fortunately, in our worst times, the grotesque cutting which public libraries in the United States were called to endure was not suffered here.
“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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“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 that they will say that these decades were distinguished by the greatest reforms in universal education ever recorded in so short a time.”
E. Skerry and L.W. Hicks
THE purpose of this article is to describe two methods, which may be employed independently of chemical analysis and within their limitations, to classify steels.
WHAT EFFECT is Mr Selwyn Lloyd's suspended pay‐roll tax likely to have on apprentices and other young workers? According to a remarkable statement put out by the Industrial…
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WHAT EFFECT is Mr Selwyn Lloyd's suspended pay‐roll tax likely to have on apprentices and other young workers? According to a remarkable statement put out by the Industrial Training Council, it could well “affect the willingness of employers to expand training arrangements for young people and do much to undermine the council's work”. While the Council's work might be undermined, we doubt whether the pay‐roll tax would make any real difference to the expansion of facilities for training young people in industry. In the short run it might make a marginal difference. In the long term it could do nothing but good. If the Chancellor has real convictions about the way an employee surcharge could lead to more effective use of the country's manpower — by more rapid introduction of automatic and labour saving devices and, concomitantly, by provision of adequate arrangements to train and retrain the skilled workers to man them — we hope he will follow those European countries which have had a pay‐roll tax for years and where the arrangements for training apprentices are much more advanced than those in Great Britain. Why should we be afraid to follow the Continental example?