Table of contents
Clarification
IGNORING the distemper affecting Mr Gordon Walker's student audience at Manchester last month, they would have done well to allow him to complete his exposition on the function of…
COVENTRY
Coventry's social composition makes the LEA's problems several degrees simpler than those in the older, more complex industrial conurbations. The spectre of Plowden priority areas…
SELECTION: The Secondary schools
The remnants of selection have some strange mutations within the city's education system. The 11‐plus remains ostensibly because of the four grammar schools (two Roman Catholic…
OVERLAP: The Colleges
Excluding the two binary colleges, Lanchester College of Technology and the College of Art, the collegiate facility of the Coventry local authority splits in two ways. In the…
Coventry University?: The Polytechnic
When Mr Gordon Walker pointed out, in his stormy speech recently at Manchester University, that there was confusion as to the role of the polytechnics in higher education — he was…
Conclusion
Coventry, though not perfect, must be considered one of the more competent local education authorities in the country — tactically as well as strategically. An attractive city to…
Industrial tutorials and assignments
E. ParkerThe integrated course of study leading to an honours degree, which generally consists of alternate periods in college and in industry totalling four years, is more than a…
Engineering apprenticeships
A.G. PeaceOn the principle that the proof of the pudding lies in the eating, and with recollections of the much publicised comments a few years ago of the opinions of American…
School science — 5: Demonstrating test tube reactions with a slide projector
Russell EdwardsSchool Science 4, February issue, dealt with a first lesson in crystallography. In this issue Russell Edwards indicates how he can demonstrate test tube reactions using a slide…
Focus
Brian MacArthurUndoubtedly, the major news of the month was the publication of the Dainton Report on the swing away from science in the schools. Although it said that, at present, the swing had…
COMMENT
Gordon BennettIt has for many years been a proud boast of the technical colleges and those responsible for them that they met whatever demand for further education presented itself. There may…
IN PARLIAMENT
The Secretary of State for Education and Science, Mr Patrick Gordon Walker, has now presented to Parliament the Report of the Council for Scientific Policy on ‘The Flow of…
Films
Chris EdmondsThe Central Film Library has recently published new 1968–69 editions of its ‘Main Catalogue,’ price 6s (post free), and its ‘Films for Industry Catalogue,’ price 4s 6d (post…
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