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The requirements to be met by a polytechnic are reviewed and the probable pattern of mechanical engineering courses in the polytechnics is considered. The general structure of mechanical engineering sandwich courses is mentioned, and reference is made to the inclusion of design and project work and to the importance of the associated industrial training. The recruitment of students is examined and the feasibility of the transfer of students between courses is discussed. Mention is also made of the attitude towards research. The relationships of the polytechnics with the C.N.A.A., industry, the universities, and other colleges are considered, and the desirability of links between the polytechnics is examined.

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Department of Education and Science ‘A plan for polytechnics and other colleges—higher education in the further education system’, Cmnd 3006, 1966 (H.M.S.O.).

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Bock

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James

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Tagg

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Paper 13: Mechanical Engineering Courses in the Polytechnics

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