Conference code: 86004; Export Date: 23 February 2015; Correspondence Address: Heywood, J.; Trinity College DublinIreland; References: The description given here is simplified. for a detailed account see Payne, G. L (1960) Britain's Scientific and Technological Manpower, , Stanford University Press; 1964 an Engineering Institution's Joint Council (EIJC) was to establish common standards for professional engineers 1965 It Became the Council of Engineering Institutions (CEI and the First Common Examination Was Set under That Aegis, , This metamorphosed into the Engineering Council UK; Announced in Parliament by the Minister for Education When Accepting A Recommendation in A Report of the National Advisory Council for Industry and Commerce; Technical Education, , White Paper. Cmnd 9703. HMSO, London. Applied in Scotland; (1957) Hostels at Technical Colleges, , Circular 320 (March). Ministry of Education, London; (1957) Libraries in Technical Colleges, , Circular 322 (April). Ministry of Education, London; (1957) Liberal Education in Technical Colleges, , Circular 323 (May). Ministry of Education, London; (1961) Better Opportunities in Technical Education, , White Paper. HMSO. Cmnd 1254. London; Davies, L., (1965) Liberal Studies and Higher Technology, , University of Wales Press; Bridger, P., Liberal education and the teenage world (1962) Journal of the Association for Liberal Education, 1 (2), pp. 4-6. , Davies also describes unpublished work by Bridger; Brubacher, J.S., (1941) A History of the Problems of Education, , New York; Arendt, H., (1961) Between Past and Future, , London; McGrath, F., (1962) The Consecration of Learning. Lectures on Newman's Idea of A University, , Gill, Dublin; Sparrow, J., (1967) Mark Pattison and the Idea of A University, , Cambridge University Press; Newman, J.H., (1852) The Idea of A University, , (1947 Edited with Preface by C. F. Harrold). Longmans, Green, London; Heywood, J., Ann Abel, R., (1965) Technical Education and Training in the United Kingdom. Research in Progress 1962 - 1964, , Occasional publication No 8. National Foundation for Educational Research, Slough; Heywood, J., Pollit, J., Mash, V., The schools and technology (1966) Lancaster Studies in Higher Education, (1), pp. 154-305; Heywood, J., (1969) An Evaluation of Certain Post-War Developments in Higher Technological Education, 1. , Thesis. Two Volumes. University of Lancaster. The project remit is given on p 44 ff; An Evaluation of Certain Post-War Developments in Higher Technological Education, 1, p. 209. , Vol 2 p 763; Jahoda, M., (1963) The Education of Technologists, , Tavistock, London. A study of the experience of students of dip.tech courses at Brunel College of Advanced Technology; Marris, P., (1964) The Experience of Higher Education, , Routledge, London. A comparative study of the experience of students in three universities and Northampton CAT in London; Higher Education, p. 112. , (The Robbins Committee Report) Cmnd 2154, HMSO, London - II; Heywood, J., Mash, V., Secondary education and occupational choice of students and graduates on sandwich courses (dip.tech). Pre-entry factors (1968) International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 6, pp. 109-134; See also note 17 Vol. 2 pp 768 ff andHeward, C., Mash, V., Heywood, J., Student reaction to sandwich courses for the Diploma in Technology (dip.tech) (1968) Bulletin of Mechanical Engineering Education, 7, p. 283; Every other 4th year student was interviewed N = 129 At Brunel 23% of the students, and at Northampton 33% of the students had National Certificate qualifications See ref 17 Vol. 1 p 215 and Vol. 2 pp 767 & 768Richmond, K., (1963) Culture and General Education, pp. 98-102. , Methuen, London. Discussed by Davies [8]; Hirsch, B., (1987) Cultural Literacy, , Macmillan, New York; Hutton, S.P., Gerstl, J.E., Engineering education and careers (1964) Proc. I. Mech. e, 173 (PART 3F). , published in a special edition) thought that the ideal course for mechanical engineers should be increased by a year. University courses in engineering were then of three years duration; Peers, R., Madgwick, P.J., Problems and attitudes in higher technological education (1963) The Vocational Aspect of Secondary and Further Education, 15, pp. 69-91. , Study of the problems and attitudes of students in two CATs; Andrews, H., Mares, C., Liberal studies in advanced scientific and technological courses (1963) National Foundation for Educational Research, , Occasional Publication No 8, Slough. (See reference 7 pp 79 - 83). A study of the interests and attitudes of students in CATs, Regional and other colleges. 250 students and 80 firms participated. Opinions were also obtained from heads of technological and liberal studies departments; Heywood, J., (1966) The Attitudes of Sandwich Courses Students to Liberal Studies in the Authors First Report to the Leverhulme Foundation on His Activities, pp. 1964-1966. , University of Lancaster library; Heywood, J., The future of higher technological education (1963) BACIE Conference Cyclostyled. Reviewed in Engineering, , Oct. 1963 (B); Grinter, L., Final report on the evaluation of engineering education (1955) Journal of Engineering Education, 46 (1), p. 25; Hutchings, D.G., (1963) The Sixth Former and Technology, , Oxford University, Institute of Education; Taylor, W., Student culture and residence (1965) Universities Quarterly, 19, p. 325; (1967) Full Summary and Associated Papers Is to Be Found in Student Residence Monograph, , Society for Research into Higher Education London; Giddens, A Some aspects of the social structure of a men's hall of residence (1962) Sociological Review, 9; Warr, P.B., Attitudes and behaviour in a hall of residence (1964) Universities Quarterly, 19, p. 1; Thody, D., Halls of residence (1957) Universities Quarterly, 12, p. 1; Williams, R., Education for the profession formerly known as engineering (2003) The Chronicle of Higher Education, 49 (20), pp. B12. , quotation is from the last paragraph; Heywood, J., Engineering Literacy: A component of liberal education. Paper 1505 (2010) Proceedings Annual Conference, American Society of Engineering Education; Pascarella, E.T., Terenzini, P.T., (2005) How College Affects Students. 2. A Third Decade of Research, , Jossey Bass, San Fransisco