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ONE corollary of the recognized shortage of scientific and technical man-power is the necessity of ensuring that the most effective use is made of the present limited resources. That problem has engaged the attention of the Barlow Committee, and nom another angle has been considered by the Hankey Committee on Higher Appointments and by the University Appointments Boards themselves, as an article by Dr. C. P. Snow in the Political Quarterly and a recent report from the Cambridge University Appointments Board indicate. There are in fact two distinct aspects of the problem, quite apart from the question of the content of the training given in university and technical colleges : first, the question of ensuring that while the expansion of the universities and technical colleges is proceeding to a point commensurate with the demand, all that is possible is done to ensure that no potential students of outstanding ability are lost to the nation because economic or other reasons prevent their proceeding to the university ; and secondly, that of placing them in industry and elsewhere and seeing that the most effective use is made of their services when trained.
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VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE AND THE SHORTAGE OF MAN-POWER. Nature 158, 179–181 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158179a0
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