EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PHYSICISTS

Abstract

A DISTINGUISHED gathering, including representatives of the universities, technical colleges and research institutions of Great Britain, and many societies interested in the teaching of science, assembled in the theatre of the Royal Institution on October 12, at the invitation of the Institute of Physics, to discuss a memorandum on “Post-war Education and Training of Physicists”, prepared by Dr. H. Lowery on behalf of the Planning Committee of the Institute. The principal speakers at the morning session, dealing more particularly with educational problems, were Dr. Lowery, Sir Lawrence Bragg and Dr. K. E. Grew (Heriot Watt College). The afternoon session, dealing with the training of physicists for industrial and technical research, was addressed by Dr. A. P. M. Fleming (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), Mr. F. Brundrett (Admiralty Department of Scientific Research and Experiment), Mr. J. Wilson (British Rubber Producers' Research Association), and Mr. D. A. Oliver (William Jessop and Sons, Ltd.). At both sessions many valuable contributions also came from members of the assembly, and the number of communications received by the Institute of Physics since the meeting shows that the interest in the subject would have sustained a much more prolonged discussion if time had permitted.