| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/28/38 |
| Title | 'Technical Education' |
| Date | 1917 - 1958 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), the Association of Head Mistresses, the British Productivity Council, British Federation of University Women, Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions, the Open Door Council, and NUWT members regarding various issues around the provision of technical education. The correspondence covers:
Request from Armstrong Siddeley (Aero Engine and Car company) for information on opportunities for girls in industry
NUWT representation at a conference on 'Britains need for women technologists', 1957
Expanding technical education
Employer's role in technical education
Education and libraries in technical colleges
Accommodation for students at technical colleges
Technical State Scholarships (includes blank application form)
NUWT protests against new courses being set up which exclude either boys of girls, for example courses in engineering for boys only and courses in commerce for girls only
Provision of technical education in various regions
Enquiries and reports from NUWT members into the provision of secondary technical education for girls
Report of 'Britain's need for women technologists' conference. 1957
Training of technical teachers
Equal opportunities in technical education
Information about courses in technical drawing and other technical subjects
Information about National Coal Board Technical scholarships
Notice of resolutions passed by other societies and organisation relating to provision of, and equal opportunities in, technical education
Domestic science teaching
Arrangements for a speaker from the Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions to go to NUWT Headquarters to discuss technical education
Information from NUWT members through England and Wales of the provision for technical education for girls and women in their region
Ministry of Education circulars, memorandums and reports relating to the provision and teaching of technical subjects including:
'The Organisation of Technical Colleges', 1956
'Technical Education - Aid to Students', 1956
'Technical State Scholarships', 1955
'Advanced Technology', 1952
'Better Opportunities in Technical Education', Ministry of Education, 1961
'Report of the Committee of Enquiry into the Imperial Institute', 1952
'Training of Technical Teachers', 1945
'Higher Technological Education - Report of a Special Committee appointed in April 1944'
'Courses for teachers in Technical schools', 1929
Other reports and publications:
'Training Technicians in the Soviet Union', D. N. Troitsky, Soviet News Booklet, 1957
'technical and Vocational Education and Apprenticeship', statement prepared by the British Federation of Business and Professional Women for the International Labour Conference, 1939
NUWT Memorandum on Technical Education, 1946
Press cuttings:
Examples of discrimination against girls in opportunities for technical training and knowledge
Continuation schools |
| Extent | 2 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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