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THE report "Science in the Universities" submitted by the Association of Scientific Workers to the University Grants Committee, March 1944, which has now been published, covers very little ground that has not already been dealt with by the reports from the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, the Association of University Teachers, or the Nuffield College statements. It is limited to consideration of the physical and biological sciences and the applied sciences immediately related to them such as are normally taught in universities, with some attention to the social sciences; within these limits, it is one of the best guides that has appeared to the ways in which the rapid expansion of scientific knowledge and its application are affecting the universities, and to the measures required to deal with the immediate problems. Among the recommendations may be mentioned those stressing practical work in the vacations as part of the training of all scientific workers, not merely those training for industry; the emphasis on the education and training of laboratory technicians, and also on the technique of teaching.
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Science in the Universities. Nature 154, 298 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154298a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154298a0