BTEC is about education and training for employment. It has been said that education is merely training done well; so I am particularly pleased that Sir Keith Joseph, Secretary of…
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BTEC is about education and training for employment. It has been said that education is merely training done well; so I am particularly pleased that Sir Keith Joseph, Secretary of State for Education & Science, is here with Tom King, the Employment Secretary. The accepted national approach that I, and many other employers, fail to understand is the division of responsibility for education and training across different Departments of State. As employers we believe this division is nonsense, as education and training must be two parts of a whole. Therefore I was very glad to sign an agreement last week between BTEC and the Engineering Industry Training Board for Joint Certification of both education and training for engineering technicians and technician engineers. Sir Richard O'Brien, EITB Chairman, who is abroad at the moment, shares my satisfaction that we have been able to come together. BTEC will be pursuing arrangements like this one in other fields.
Optimism is running high over the long‐awaited resurgence of the machine‐tool industry. But one leading manufacturer has warned that the ‘boom’ is merely a return to semi‐normal…
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Optimism is running high over the long‐awaited resurgence of the machine‐tool industry. But one leading manufacturer has warned that the ‘boom’ is merely a return to semi‐normal conditions after the worst depression for 40 years. And in its present shrunken state is the industry capable of riding another recession? Roger Eglin reports.
The Business and the Technician Education Councils (BEC and TEC) decided in principle last June that they should become one body. Encouraged by widespread support for a merger…
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The Business and the Technician Education Councils (BEC and TEC) decided in principle last June that they should become one body. Encouraged by widespread support for a merger, the two Councils have now agreed an accelerated timetable for their replacement by a new single body, at this stage called The Business and Technician Education Council (BTEC). The Secretary of State has been recommended by the two Councils:
IMF/Printed Circuit Group—Annual Conference: Organiser: Institute of Metal Finishing Venue: Queens Hotel, Eastbourne Date: 13–15thMarch, 1979 The Printed Circuit Group of the…
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IMF/Printed Circuit Group—Annual Conference: Organiser: Institute of Metal Finishing Venue: Queens Hotel, Eastbourne Date: 13–15thMarch, 1979 The Printed Circuit Group of the Institute of Metal Finishing held their Annual Conference at the Queen's Hotel, Eastbourne, on the 13th to 15th March. Twenty technical papers of the usual high standard were presented, and in addition there was one period devoted to a debate and a further period at which a panel of experienced personnel dealt with technical queries. In addition there was a well organised table‐top exhibition.
Jo Neale, Marcia Worrell and Gurch Randhawa
Recent research has suggested that there is limited information about mental health help‐seeking among young African—Caribbean and South Asian communities. This study explores the…
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Recent research has suggested that there is limited information about mental health help‐seeking among young African—Caribbean and South Asian communities. This study explores the mental health support needs and perceptions of the Samaritans among young African—Caribbean and South Asian people living in Luton. Five single‐sex focus groups were conducted among the three main South Asian groups and African—Caribbeans in Luton. This paper describes the challenges faced by service providers and potential users from minority ethnic groups in respectively providing and accessing mental health services. Finally, the paper makes some recommendations for developing culturally competent and more visible service provision.
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The underlying principle of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is that there is a linear relationship between systematic risk, as measured by beta, and expected share returns…
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The underlying principle of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is that there is a linear relationship between systematic risk, as measured by beta, and expected share returns. The CAPM attempts to describe this relationship by using beta to explain the differences between the expected returns on various shares and share portfolios. The CAPM has been the subject of considerable theoretical investigation and empirical research. The aim of this article is to establish the current knowledge of the usefulness of the CAPM, i.e. whether it provides a reasonable description of reality and whether it is a useful tool for investment decision‐making. The main conclusion drawn from the study is that the CAPM is useful and that it does describe and explain the risk/return relationship. However, other risk factors (i.e. other than beta) may also be useful for explaining share returns. Investors should therefore be cautious when using the model to evaluate investment performance.
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The original legislation which introduced the redundancy payments scheme was the Redundancy Payments Act 1965. This was the first of the substantive statutory individual…
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The original legislation which introduced the redundancy payments scheme was the Redundancy Payments Act 1965. This was the first of the substantive statutory individual employment rights given to an employee; other individual employment rights, as for example, the right not to be unfairly dismissed, followed some years later. The Redundancy Payments Act 1965 has been repealed and the provisions on redundancy are now to be found in the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978.