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IN its recently published report for 1936–37 the Battersea Polytechnic directs attention to the increased volume and high standard of its research work. In the past, this has been pursued mainly in chemistry, physics and mathematics, but new facilities have made possible extended programmes in the Mechanical and Civil Engineering Department. In the Electrical Engineering Department, the demand for accommodation for research work could not be fully met. For researches in chemistry two Ph.D. and one M.Sc. were awarded by the University of London. Fifty-four other degrees of the University of London and thirty-four National Certificates in Engineering were obtained in addition to many other examination successes. An enumeration of positions obtained by Polytechnic students during the past thirteen years includes 1,218 domestic science inspectors, teachers, organizers and practitioners, 413 engineers, 413 health visitors, sanitary inspectors, nurses, etc., 233 chemists and 97 art practitioners. The general recognition of the enormous national importance of sound teaching in domestic science may be expected to lead to increased activity in this department of the Polytechnic.
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Battersea Polytechnic. Nature 141, 508 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141508d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141508d0