Training Civil Servants: Some Reflections after 17 Years

Abstract

This article outlines the development of training in the Civil Service; describes the work of the Civil Service College in familiarising its course members (particularly specialists) with rapid changes in political, social, economic, and technological aspects of British Government, and offers some thoughts on current training at a time when the Civil Service is itself undergoing fundamental changes. The author recently retired after serving at the Civil Service College for most of the years 1973 to 1991.