Salient. The Newspaper of Victoria University College. Vol. 20, No. 8. September 14, 1956
Technological needs
Technological needs
With big technological progress overseas New Zealand must not be left behind in the industrial race. Senate considered two papers on technology presented by Drs. Currie and Beeby, who discussed problems and needs of training technologists (those qualified and experienced to be members of professional institutions) and technicians (qualified by specialist technical education and practical training to work under a technologist's direction) in New Zealand.
With Universities rapidly reaching capacity rolls and their expansion budgets geared to a record low for Commonwealth countries by a Government that regards universities as educational extravagances, technological education inside their academic walls is a big question, educationally and financially.
Having probed the problem, NZU—and the organization which eventually takes over from it—will have it constantly in mind during coming decades.