§ Mr. Sydney Irvingasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the names of the members and the terms of reference of the joint committee to study the use of audio-visual aids.
§ Mr. BarberThe University Grants Committee, the Ministry of Education and the Scottish Education Department, with the approval of the Treasury, have decided to set up jointly a Committee with the following terms of reference
To survey the current use of audio-visual aids in teaching and research in the pure and applied sciences in institutions of higher education in Great Britain and, taking into account their use in similar fields in comparable institutions in selected countries overseas, to assess their potential usefulness and possible lines of development in Great Britain; and to report.(Applied science includes medicine, dentistry, agriculture and veterinary science.)They have appointed the following members to the Committee:Dr. Brynmor Jones, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull (Chairman).Mr. G. Barclay, Vice-Principal, Moray House College of Education, Edinburgh.212WProfessor W. M. Humphrey Davies, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Queen Mary College, University of London.Professor A. L. d'Abreu, Dean of Medicine, University of Birmingham.Mr. D. J. Johnston, University of London Institute of Education.Professor H. Lipson, Professor Physics, Manchester College of Science and Technology.Professor E. W. Parkes, Professor of Engineering, University of Leicester.Mr. C. W. Tonkin, Vice-Principal, Battersea College of Technology.Professor C. M. Yonge, Regius Professor of Zoology, University of Glasgow.