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Dr. B. H. Knight's letter is welcome as emphasizing the apathy which exists on this subject. What has been done in South Africa and also in Australia for students out of reach of teaching institutions should be possible in England. The aspect of private profit is a bogy that obsesses the professional educationist, but the fact that the practical training of engineers is far more influenced by commercial considerations causes no concern whatever. While it is the case that correspondence colleges in Great Britain have no official recognition, it can be said that at least one, the Technological Institute, has received the encouragement of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Royal Aeronautical Society.
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Training of Engineers. Nature 144, 674 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144674a0
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