News From North East November 2006
Inside this issue...
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- The Careers Scotland Website has Changed
- Dentistry at Glasgow University
- Open University
- Open University Online Project
- Teaching Quality Information (TQi)
- Scottish Executive Website
- Froth and Bubble
- Contributions
- Dentistry at Glasgow University
The Careers Scotland Website has Changed!
The new look website has lots of new features as well as improvements to familiar ones.
- Navigating the site is a lot easier with a new menu structure and an extra level of pages
- The Home Page links take you straight to the things you want to do and the information you need
- The Occupations and Industry Directories give you lots of information on different jobs
- The CV Builder is easier to use
Visit the Careers Scotland website.
Dentistry at Glasgow University
As well as using the UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT), Glasgow University also requires candidates to complete a four page handwritten Portfolio as part of the selection process.Applicants who do not submit a Portfolio will not be invited for interview.
Detailed information is available from the Glasgow Dental School website.
Open University
The closing date for registering new Open University students for courses starting in January and February 2007 is Friday 15 December 2006.
The OU has a wide range of long and short courses at all levels, as well as their Openings courses which have been specifically designed for people who have not studied before or for a long time.
Key information
- Free places, by way of a financial award, are available to those whose household income is less than £15,345, with additional allowances for dependents.
- As the OU is an approved provider under the ILA Scotland scheme, individuals earning £15,000 or less a year can claim up to £200 a year towards the cost of many OU courses. They need to pay a minimum of £10 for every course undertaken using their ILA Scotland account and must register by phone or post.
- Courses are designed to be flexible so they can fit round work, family and other commitments, and there is always plenty of support for students
Details of all our courses, including closing dates, are available on the Open University website.
Open University Online Project
The Open University has become the first higher education institute in Britain to make course material freely available online.
Study material, from access to postgraduate level, will be available to anyone in the world with an internet connection
The OpenLearn website provides information from eleven subject areas (Arts & History, Business & Management, Education, Health & Lifestyle, IT & Computing, Maths & Statistics, Modern Languages, Science & Nature, Society, Study Skills, Technology) presented as units requiring between 3 and 15 hours of study time.
The website will gradually be built up, and it is envisaged that by 2008 it will contain 5000 study hours of material.
Users of the site will not be able to contact tutors or gain qualifications like registered fee-paying Open University students.However, a selection of existing learner-support tools will be available.
Teaching Quality Information (TQi)
A more user friendly version of the TQi website has been launched.The site gives improved access to official up-to-date information about the quality of higher education in UK universities and colleges. The site is supported by the Government and the National Union of Students.
TQi is an essential tool for prospective applicants to make choices about what and where to study. The site lets the user compare data for university and subject combinations and publishes reports about teaching quality.
You can compare student data on actual entry qualifications, progression through study, award classification achieved and the types of jobs obtained after graduation.
This is also where you will find the results of the National Student Survey, which shows what final year undergraduate students think about key aspects of their education.
Scottish Executive Website
| Date | Section | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 17/10/2006 | Employment | Careers Scotland Demerger Consultation Responses [Consultation Responses] |
| 20/10/2006 | Education |
Literature Review of Educational Provision for Pupils with Additional Support Needs[Report] |
| 24/10/2006 | Education | Consultation on the Proposed Merger of Bell College of Technology and the University of Paisley [Consultation] The Scottish Ministers wish to have your views on a proposal to merge Bell College of Technology and the University of Paisley. |
| 24/10/2006 | Education | Choosing a School - a Guide to Parents [Publication] Choosing a School - a Guide to Parents. |
| 30/10/2006 | Government, Politics and Public Administration | Experience of People who Relocate to Scotland - Research Findings [Research Findings] The Experience of People who Relocate to Scotland study was commissioned by the Scottish Executive and Scottish Enterprise, and conducted by TNS System Three Social in 2005/6. It looks to understand why people choose to relocate to Scotland - including returning Scots, people from the rest of the UK and people from outwith the UK. |
Froth and Bubble
A chance to express yourself creatively...
at the Jackson Pollock website.
Interesting facts about the film "Casablanca." For our younger readership, if you have not seen Casablanca then there is a gap in your education. Please see it immediately!
Dooley Wilson appeared as Sam ('the pianist' who sings As Time Goes By) in the movie. Dooley was a drummer - not a pianist in real life. The man who really played the piano in Casablanca was a Warner Brothers staff musician who was at a piano off camera during the filming.
Rick never says "Play it again, Sam." He says: "You played it for her, you can play it for me. Play it!".
"Here's looking at you, kid" was improvised by Humphrey Bogart in the Parisian scenes and worked so well that it was used later on again in the film.
Fill in the missing letters at the beginning and end of this sequence.
It is so obvious when you know...you will kick yourself.
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Answer on a postcard...
Contributions
If you would like to contribute an item to the newsletter we would be delighted to hear from you. Contributions can be emailed to info.ne@careers-scotland.org.uk or faxed to 01592 623199
