§ Commander Donaldsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he proposes to take on the First Report of the United Kingdom Advisory Council on Education for Management.
§ Mr. NobleThe Report was fully discussed soon after its publication at a meeting with representatives of the five central institutions offering courses in management. I have since commended it to the attention of the governors of these colleges as a valuable contribution to this important field of study, and have told them that I accept the Council's view that a determined effort will be necessary to raise teaching and other standards to a level which will continue to attract the support of the best qualified students and their sponsors for courses leading to the Diploma in Management Studies. The colleges have been invited to consider various ways of making their facilities better known in industry, and to experiment with the provision of block-release courses. Increased provision is also to be made for the training of lecturers in management. I am sure that in these and other ways the central institutions will continue to make a growing contribution to the development of management education.