UNIVERSITY STAFFS
RATIO TOO LOW BRITISH SCIENTIST’S VIEW Dally Times Special Service AUCKLAND, Dec. 29. To an Englishman, the universities in New Zealand appeared to be understaffed, said the noted British scientist, Sir Henry Tizard, in an interview today. In England, the ratio of staff to students was much higher than in the Dominion. Sir Henry said that in planning fox' the future it was of fundamental ftrir portance to look after the universities. One of the probable reasons for understaffing was that the New Zealand universities had been developed on the Scottish system rather than in the English tradition. At the Imperial College of Science and Technology, in London, of which he had been rector, there was one member of the staff to five students. That had enabled the staff to do a great deal of research which was regarded as most important. “ I think the Medical School at Dunedin is very well equipped,” added Sir Henry. “It is one of the finest schools of medicine in the British Empire.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26967, 30 December 1948, Page 6
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