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(12) That for candidates outside approved centres instruction be provided through the Technical Correspondence School for all subjects of the first two years of the diploma course, and that arrangements be made for laboratory work in those subjects requiring it. (Page 56.) (13) That it be a condition of the recognition of a technical school for purposes of diploma courses that it set up one or more functional advisory committees for the branches of engineering covered by its courses. (Page 57.) (14) That bursaries be provided to enable selected students who have completed the first two years of the diploma course to proceed to the third year. (Page 56.) (15) That the Education Department and the Engineers Registration Board cooperate in drawing up prescriptions and conditions for qualifying examinations for diplomas in professional engineering, as circumstances warrant, and in conducting or arranging for these examinations. (Page 58.) (16) That diplomas in professional engineering be issued under the authority of the Education Department. (Page 58.) (17) That any necessary regulations be prepared and administered by the Education Department after approval by the Engineers Registration Board. (Page 58.) 6. Section 13 : Bursaries, Scholarships, Loans, and Other Forms of Financial Assistance (1) That the number of engineering bursaries be increased from 15 annually to a minimum of 40, with provision for a further number if sufficient good applicants are forthcoming, and that the total value of the bursary be not less than £llO per annum including boarding allowance where payable. (Page 60.) (2) That, other things being equal, special bursaries in engineering should be awarded for preference to candidates who have been accredited for or have passed the University Entrance Examination and have spent an additional year in the Sixth Form of a post-primary school. (Page 61.) (3) That cadets considered worthy of training at the University should be given every encouragement to complete the B.E. degree. (Page 61.) (4) That, as a means of inducing able young men to enter the engineering profession, Government Departments and other organizations be encouraged to offer cadetships under conditions requiring the cadet to attend courses for the B.E. degree as one of the terms of appointment. (Page 61.) (5) That in order to assist in increasing the efficiency of engineering education for non-degree students, bursaries be established available to all deserving students who are entering on the full-time year of the course for the Diploma in Professional Engineering ; that the term of the bursary be one year, with the possibility of an extension for a further year in exceptional and strictly limited cases ; and that the value of the bursary be £lOO per annum, inclusive of any fees that may be payable, plus £4O per annum boardingallowance, where justified, plus £lOO per annum for married men, payment to be subject to receipt of satisfactory reports each term from the Principal of the school attended. (Page 62.) (6) That the number of diploma bursaries be unlimited until the awards at the end of the year 1954 to give approved students already taking a non-University degree course every encouragement to complete their qualifications and that thereafter no more than 30 bursaries be awarded annually. (Page 62.) (7) That during the interim period students who have completed Section A of the Institution Membership examinations be considered eligible for the above bursaries under the same conditions. (Page 62.)

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