Notes and News: DOUBLE THE NUMBER IN TEN YEARS

Staffing needs at ATI Conference. “Why isn't he on the Burnham Committee?” This was the reaction of several people to the outstanding address given to the Annual General Meeting of the Association of Technical Institutions by Mr E. L. Russell, Chief Education Officer, Birmingham, on the Demand for Technical Teachers. Committee C of the National Advisory Committee is indeed fortunate in its Chairman, Sir Willis Jackson, and deputy chairman, Mr Russell. They have already done more in a couple of years to focus national interest on the need for technical teachers than was achieved at any previous stage in the development of technical education. Mr Russell's paper added still further to the body of information being accumulated.