FEW OPENINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 292, 9 December 1936, Page 17

FEW OPENINGS.

N.Z.'S RHODES SCHOLARS. CRITICISM m ENGLAND. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Very definite criticism of New Zealand's inability to find openings for the students it sent overseas was heard in England by Professor H. G. Denliani, of Canterbury College, who returned by the Makura to-day. He said that Dr. Allen, who is in charge of Rhodes scholars at Oxford, told him that New Zealand absorbed the smallest percentage of "its Rhodes scholars of any country.

The same comment was made both, in Bristol and London, said Professor Denham, so much-so that he felt that increased facilities for higher education should carry with them increased opportunities for absorption of these highlytrained men. He indicated that his view was that more of these students should find openings in the Public Service, and that to make this possible it would be necessary to have a professional section similar to that which exists in the Public Service in England.

In England, he said, men were able to go straight from Oxford University to this section, without having to start at the bottom as they did in New Zealand. The English professional section was \ised very largely for the selection of men for higher positions. One could not speak too highly of the standing of New 'Zealand students in England, said Professor Denham. That applied to the quality of material and to the fundamental teaching that had been given them. The chief weakness commented upon lay in the direction of les» intensive specialisation arising fronf a deficiency in library accommodation, equipment for higher work and staff. In the science departments in Xew Zealand one teacher might be in charge of 45 to 50 students, whereas in general in England one to 10 was nearer the mark.