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AT the discussion on "The Young Worker in Industry" arranged by Section L (Education) of the British Association on September 13, the two main contributions Were from representatives of industry and of the Ministry of Education. In the first paper, which dealt with recent progress in industrial education and training, the authors pointed out that the increasing scale and complexity of British industry since the industrial revolution has been paralleled by a widening appreciation of the need for industrial workers to know something of the principles underlying the industrial arts. The establishment of the mechanics institutes and, later, technical colleges, works' schools and junior technical schools was part of the practical response to this need, as was, more recently, the setting up of the system of national certificates and the part-time day release by industry of young personnel for technical study.
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FLEMING, A. The Young Worker in Industry. Nature 162, 667–669 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162667a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/162667a0