Description | Present at the meeting: Lord Fleck in the chair; Sir John Baker; Professor D GAbor; Professor A A Miles; Sir Alfred Pugsley; Dr Robert Spence; Professor F C Williams
Matters discussed; 1. Minutes of meeting held on 6 June 1963 [TC/4 (63)]
2. Matters arising from the minutes 2.1 Papers prepared by committee members 14 papers presented 2.2 Remuneration of technologists - three papers presented
3. Attitude of Industry to Technologists
4. The Definition of a technologist - considered not useful for committee to pronounce a definition - a change of spirit was needed rather than a new definition or a new name
5. Methods of Training - present methods discussed in light of future developments in technology
6. Helping young people to have a better appreciation of the importance of Technology - need to improve the schoolboy's image of the inventor and engineer - to suggest to Sir Lawrence Bragg that the Royal :Institution's lectures to school childrent might be selected with the purpose of improving young people's appreciation fo technology.
7. Next meeting - to be arranged after meeting proposed in Minute 3 of the Engineering Institutions Joint Council has taken place. |