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Publication date: 1 January 1964

The tenth Fawley lecture of the University of Southampton was given by Professor Sir Willis Jackson, F.R.S., on the subject of ‘Scientific, Technological and Technical Manpower’…

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The tenth Fawley lecture of the University of Southampton was given by Professor Sir Willis Jackson, F.R.S., on the subject of ‘Scientific, Technological and Technical Manpower’. As one would expect from Sir Willis, the argument had a directness, cogency, and one might almost say inevitability, about it — inevitability in the sense that one knew one would end up convinced that what he said was both right and important.

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Education + Training, vol. 6 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 1 November 1962

THAT PART of society with which readers are mostly concerned being, industry and commerce, we may perhaps be forgiven for devoting this report on Bacie's Nottingham Conference on…

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THAT PART of society with which readers are mostly concerned being, industry and commerce, we may perhaps be forgiven for devoting this report on Bacie's Nottingham Conference on ‘The Spectrum of Higher Education’ mainly to the sessions on the proposed New Course for Industrial Training Officers and on the Colleges of Advanced Technology. True, this leaves space for but the briefest mention of the outstanding and delightful addresses by Sir Willis Jackson, Dr Marjorie Reeves, Mr Norman Fisher and Dr A. P. Rowe, and the charming postscript from Mr C. E. Escritt, Secretary of the Oxford University Appointments Committee, but a mere recital of the names indicates the extent of the riches Bacie provided.

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Education + Training, vol. 4 no. 11
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 1 September 1967

W.S. Salmon

Our failures to follow up basic discoveries which have been made in this country have been the subject of comment on numerous occasions. In a recent article, Sir Willis Jackson

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Our failures to follow up basic discoveries which have been made in this country have been the subject of comment on numerous occasions. In a recent article, Sir Willis Jackson points out that we have often led the world in scientific discovery and technical innovation, then we have left others to gather the full industrial fruits and scientific benefits. Part of the blame he attributes to the failure of industry to attract a large enough proportion of outstanding recruits. He goes on to suggest that, since we need more good scientists as well as technologists, he would not wish to erode further the number of those studying the pure sciences. There is a need, he says, to recruit both scientists and technologists from among the best of those now studying the arts subjects. This view is supported by the work of the Cambridge University Economics Department. Their computerized forecast of the demand for skilled manpower in 1970 shows that the demand for scientists is growing faster than the demand for technologists.

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Education + Training, vol. 9 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 1 January 1966

From a national standpoint the Willis Jackson Committee on Manpower Resources for Science and Technology is probably the most important Government‐sponsored committee in being…

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From a national standpoint the Willis Jackson Committee on Manpower Resources for Science and Technology is probably the most important Government‐sponsored committee in being today. The future of our country — and, inherently, the spread of democratic practice throughout the world — depends upon our ability to produce scientists and technologists in ever‐increasing numbers and to make more use of them. We are glad, therefore, to note the urgency with which the Committee is pursuing its task and to welcome both its interim report and the enquiry into longer‐term postgraduate courses for engineers and technologists which has been ably carried out by Mr H. Arthur of the Atomic Energy Authority (see December issue, p 540). In the White Paper it is particularly pleasing to read of the many investigations which are already being undertaken which should enable us to make better use of our scientific manpower resources, as well as reading of the investigations which the Committee itself proposes to launch.

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Education + Training, vol. 8 no. 1
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ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 1 April 1961

Staffing needs at ATI Conference. “Why isn't he on the Burnham Committee?” This was the reaction of several people to the outstanding address given to the Annual General Meeting…

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Staffing needs at ATI Conference. “Why isn't he on the Burnham Committee?” This was the reaction of several people to the outstanding address given to the Annual General Meeting of the Association of Technical Institutions by Mr E. L. Russell, Chief Education Officer, Birmingham, on the Demand for Technical Teachers. Committee C of the National Advisory Committee is indeed fortunate in its Chairman, Sir Willis Jackson, and deputy chairman, Mr Russell. They have already done more in a couple of years to focus national interest on the need for technical teachers than was achieved at any previous stage in the development of technical education. Mr Russell's paper added still further to the body of information being accumulated.

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Education + Training, vol. 3 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 1 October 1964

WILLIS JACKSON

‘The determination of priorities in technical education and their relevance to possible forms of Commonwealth co‐operation’. This was the title of Sir Willis's address to the…

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‘The determination of priorities in technical education and their relevance to possible forms of Commonwealth co‐operation’. This was the title of Sir Willis's address to the third Commonwealth Education Conference held in Ottawa, which we reproduce here in full

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Education + Training, vol. 6 no. 10
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ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 19 October 2023

Joanna R. Jackson, Willis Lewis, Jr and Nir Menachemi

This paper aims to present demographic characteristics and postgraduate employment trends of business doctoral graduates, especially the proportion that are underrepresented…

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Purpose

This paper aims to present demographic characteristics and postgraduate employment trends of business doctoral graduates, especially the proportion that are underrepresented minorities (URMs) over time.

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The authors analyze the near census of individuals receiving doctoral degrees in a wide range of business disciplines from US-accredited universities from 1973 to 2018 (n = 50,091) contained with the National Science Foundation Survey of Earned Doctorates. The authors analyze how the proportion of URM graduates, by discipline, has changed over time both in terms of receiving a doctoral degree and entering an academic position.

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The proportion of URM graduates fluctuated between approximately 5% and 15% annually, steadily increasing across decades. Overall, 64.4% of all graduates entered an academic position, with notably higher rates among whites (72.1%) compared to Blacks (51.8%), Hispanics (60.4%) and other URMs (56.4%) (p < 0.001). In adjusted models, the proportion of URMs that entered academic positions significantly increased overtime, beginning in the 1990s and peaked in the 2000s. Although the few institutions that graduated the highest number of URMs do not currently have an Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business-accredited business school, the authors identify several exemplar institutions where URM graduates entered academic jobs at the highest rates.

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The authors provide demographic trends that shed light on ways to influence an increase in URM doctoral graduates from business disciplines into academic careers. This discussion is of interest to university administrators and other stakeholders interested in diversity issues in higher education.

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Journal of International Education in Business, vol. 17 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2046-469X

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Publication date: 1 March 1991

Bob Willis, Glyn Jackson, Colin Lea, C.O Mathuna and Padraig Healy

Electronics exhibitions are the same the world over, very tiring affairs. If your stand is busy, time flies; if not, the strain is more noticeable.

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Electronics exhibitions are the same the world over, very tiring affairs. If your stand is busy, time flies; if not, the strain is more noticeable.

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Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, vol. 3 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0954-0911

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Publication date: 1 January 1959

Willis Jackson

NO INDUSTRIAL FIRM large or small can afford to be without personnel skilled in the properties and uses of materials and in the tools and techniques of manufacture. Such personnel…

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NO INDUSTRIAL FIRM large or small can afford to be without personnel skilled in the properties and uses of materials and in the tools and techniques of manufacture. Such personnel are the lifeblood of industry; yet in a large number of firms the need for broad training in these fundamental matters is scarcely recognised, and reliance is placed on processes, techniques and designs which, though they may have served adequately in the past, are unlikely to suffice in the highly industrialised, and increasingly competitive, world of the future. It is only by increasing the scale and quality of the further education and practical training of the recruits to industry that we shall be able to improve the material basis of life in this country, strengthen our economic position in world markets, and fulfil our many obligations abroad.

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Education + Training, vol. 1 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 1 May 1963

Willis Jackson, C.R. English and W.A.G. Easton

Brief extracts from some of the papers presented at the recent Institution of Mechanical Engineers' Conference on

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Brief extracts from some of the papers presented at the recent Institution of Mechanical Engineers' Conference on

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Education + Training, vol. 5 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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