Ruskin College and Oxford City Council collaborated on a course to develop council employees' skills and confidence in 12 2-hour sessions in workplaces and a residential weekend at the college. The brevity and dual locations prompted a change to five full days entirely at the college. (SK)

Four background papers prepared for an assembly on industry/education cooperation and a summary of discussions and recommendations which came out of the assembly are contained in this report. After Henry Halsted's introduction to the report and to the theme of the relationship of industry and education, Herbert E. Striner's paper, "The Joint…

Linking employers with educational institutions in order to improve education and educate students who can do jobs is important in the Philippines. Program linkages include the following: (1) industry involvement in policy formation through employer groups on education boards; (2) regional and provincial education boards having private industry…