The projected extension of the Youth Training Scheme and the Community Programme, plus the increase in science and engineering university places, demonstrate the government's failure to understand and effectively deal with the shortfall in skilled manpower for the high‐tech industries. The...

Computer‐based games can now be tailored to fit individual applications with relative ease. The “soft” format of games packages (as opposed to the “hard” format of manual games) allows them to be customised and kept up‐to‐date. Wholetrain, developed by the University of Manchester...