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A CONFERENCE on "The Education of the Young Worker" will be held at Manchester College, Oxford, during July 12–17, under the auspices of the Oxford University Department of Education, whose director is Mr. M. L. Jacks. The Conference aims at bringing together representatives of all the voluntary and statutory organisations, of central and local government departments, and others concerned in the education, employment and welfare of young people between the ages of fifteen and twenty, who are no longer receiving full-time education. It is hoped to produce a statement of policy applicable to the needs of these young people, setting out as clearly as possible the goals to be achieved in further education, whether in county college, industry or during leisure time. Suggestions will be made for practicable methods by which these goals can be achieved through the right co-ordination and administration of all available resources to form an integrated service, and some form of agreement will also be sought on the recruitment and training of all personnel who will be responsible for these young people. Well-known people, especially experienced in some aspect of this work, have been invited to speak at the Conference. The Conference itself will be divided into eight Commissions, namely : (1) county colleges ; (2) leisure-time activities ; (3) education in and through the job ; (4) education for and in the Services ; (5) recruitment and training of personnel ;
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Conference on the Education of the Young Worker. Nature 161, 801 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161801d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161801d0