With a view to showing how Independent Television Authority and Independent Television have met the parliamentary injunction to educate, inform, and entertain, this document attempts to present the varying methods used, and the weaknesses and strengths as well as the originality and traditionalism of the programs offered to the adults of Britain.…

This booklet sets out the recommendations for the training of clerks in firms within the scope of the Engineering Industry Training Board and is written for the use of managers, training officers and clerical supervisors. Recommendations are primarily for new entrants to clerical jobs. They cover the areas of: induction; basic training--including…

Short-term adult residential education in Great Britain began as several experimental programs in the 1910s and began to be extensively developed in the mid-1940s. Great hopes were expressed that residential adult programs would become a key component in the adult education system and much was written about developing a unique mission and…

THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BOARDS' MAIN TASKS UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT ARE TO (1) ASSESS THE MANPOWER AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OF EACH INDUSTRY (BASED ON FORECASTS OF GROWTH OR CONTRACTION OF INDUSTRY, TECHNICAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND EDUCATIONAL CHANGE, AND CHANGES IN THE LEVEL AND DIRECTION OF DEMAND FOR GOODS AND SERVICES), (2) DRAW UP…