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SINCE 1902, the University of London has conferred the degree of B.Sc.(Eng.) on 1,890 external students who have gained this degree by examination only. Many of these students passed the necessary examinations without having received any instruction in the laboratory, drawing office, or field, although such teaching is generally recognised as essential if the student is to understand the scientific principles underlying the subjects studied and is not being merely crammed to pass an examination. The external examiners for the degree were well aware of the common deficiency in this instruction as shown continually in the answers of the students, and the usual examination methods, special papers and orals, were practised to try, if possible, to ensure that the candidates knowledge was not derived merely from textbooks.
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External Degrees in Engineering. Nature 132, 222–223 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132222a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/132222a0