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Friday 3rd of September 2010
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Learning Curve Wooden Thomas & Friends: 6" (150mm) Straight Track - 4pcs
For long distance or short, get Thomas and his friends along quickly with the 6 straight track pieces. All straight pieces come with road on the reverse side! Compatible with Learning Curve (Thomas Wooden Railway System) and most other wooden railway systems.Age: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Manufacturer: Learning Curve D
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For long distance or short, get Thomas and his friends along quickly with the 6 straight track pieces. All straight pieces come with road on the reverse side! Compatible with Learning Curve (Thomas Wooden Railway System) and most other wooden railway systems.Age: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Manufacturer: Learning Curve D
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How To Manage Your Distance And Open L Lucinda Becker
wotnix how to manage your distance and open learning course palgrave study guides key features title how to manage your distance and open learning course palgrave study guides author lucinda becker year 27 july 2004 pages 224 media paperback sku mac 1403921520 isbn 1 403921520 isbn 13 978 1403921529 dimension
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wotnix how to manage your distance and open learning course palgrave study guides key features title how to manage your distance and open learning course palgrave study guides author lucinda becker year 27 july 2004 pages 224 media paperback sku mac 1403921520 isbn 1 403921520 isbn 13 978 1403921529 dimension
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Orchard Toys Tie Me - Lacing and Tying Activity
Use this fun lacing and tying activity card to help young children learn to tie their shoelaces. Links with Early Learning Goals in Physical Development. Age 3-6 Size 15. 5x21. 5cm Various components are manufactured by other UK companies then delivered the short distance where the collating, wrapping, packin
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Use this fun lacing and tying activity card to help young children learn to tie their shoelaces. Links with Early Learning Goals in Physical Development. Age 3-6 Size 15. 5x21. 5cm Various components are manufactured by other UK companies then delivered the short distance where the collating, wrapping, packin
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Questions & Answers
Q. Question?
I'm taking a Gap Year but thinking of doing a distance learning course just for interest and stuff but I want one that'll be of use to me at the end.
Which companies are worth looking at?
Thanks, no trolls please.
A. Best Answer: So, then, it's not really "just for interest and stuff"... at least not if you want it to be "of use" to you "at the end." This sort of imprecision, plus your lack of providing more information so that you can really and truly get the kind of answer you seek, is kind of what tends to attract trolls. Just FYI.
At any rate, since I'm not a troll, let me see if I can at least help a little...
University of London would have to be right at the top of this list. It's one of (if not the) oldest provider of worldwide distance learning in the UK... certainly in London. And it's fully "accredited," as pretty much the entire world of countries with cultures of educational accountability understand that term.
But your asking about London, yet using the word "course" is confusing. In the UK, a "course" is a "course of study"... so, then, an entire degree. In the US, we use the term "course" to describe a single class or subject. So here you are asking about a "course" that you want to take during a Gap Year, in London...
...this makes me wonder if you expect to get an entire credential. If so, a year of full-time study at a UK college or university will garner you, at best, a certificate; or, if you already have what the UK considers a certificate, then a diploma; or if you already have what the UK considers a diploma, then, and only then, by also counting your certificate and diploma years, could you get a full degree in the one year (said one year simply becoming the third year of the degree). And in UK terms, if you mean "course" the way they mean it in the UK, then you're after either a certificate, or a diploma (if you already have a UK certificate), or a degree (if you already have a UK diploma).
And don't bother adding to the question because this isn't a chat room or forum, and we who answer don't get notified if you add somehing; and we usually never return to a question once we've asked it... so we'll likely not see anything you add. If you want to be more clear, then re-ask the question, this time giving more details.
And you asked "which companies are worth looking at"?
Companies (as opposed to actual schools) are not the sort of thing on which you want to be spending your hard-earned educational dollars (our pounds sterling, as the case may be). There are all manner of private companies which provide all kinds of educational opportunities, but most of them provide "training" more than the type of coursework that will result in an educational credential (like a certificate, diploma or degree) of any sort. They provide, for example, what's called a "vendor certifcation"... that sort of thing.
Is that all you're looking for? "Training?" A vendor cert? Of the sort that "companies" (as opposed to bona fide schools) offer? (Rhetorical questions... don't answer) If so, then I wish you had been more specific about that, too, in your question...
...because then I wouldn't have wasted my time answering.
Hope that helps.
Q. Question? i need a little help for filling out my student finance form for my distance learning course. i am trying to purchase 3 A levels off ICSlearn.co.uk but when filling out the form i have to get the college/university to fill out a part of the application, and as their company is based in scotland an i live in london i have a problem. was just wondering if anyone knows how to work out the intensity of these courses? and also where i might get the parts i cant get filled out, filled out? thanks for your time
A. Best Answer: universities.atwebpages.com - it has detailed info how to apply for financial aid and scholarships to get more cash.
Q. Question? I want to do a degree course at home but there are so many distance learning schools out there and I don't know who to go with. I can't seem to find any student reviews on Oxford College.
The Open University was actually what I had originally looked into because it was so highly recommended by friends. I did try to enrol in my local college too for a night class. The problem that I'm encountering is that because I haven't lived in the UK for 3 years (it's been almost 2 years) I am not entitled to UK course fees and not entitled to financial support with any course (I have a low household income). It doesn't seem like Oxford College or ICS Learn have those restrictions. So which one is best? I want to start with an A Level in Psychology and then carry on to complete a degree.
A. Best Answer: The Open University is by far the best for distance learning. They've been doing it for 40 years!
Q. Question? Im 33 and a lone parent. Ive taken a couple of years out to raise my daughter and have recently tried looking for work with no success. Ive been looking at courses and would love to enter the animal industry. My biggest dream would be to work at a zoo or nature centre but I am open to working at a Dogs Home etc.
The biggest problem I have is that the only course available at a college is 30 odd miles away from me. I have been accepted but Im doubting how long I can do it for because of the time it will take me to travel to and from college. Theres also my child to think of who will be stuck in nursery for 11 hours a day. The course is a 2 year course in Animal Management Level 3 National Certificate. Ive searched the internet and Ive found a course with Oxford College which is a Level 3 Diploma in Zoology. This will be a distance learning course which would mean I can do it at home. I have a friend who is doing this course and he is getting through this ok.
On top of this, I am volunteering at my local nature centre and am enjoying it.
So, which course would be better for my career development? I understand that experience is essential so I will stick with the nature centre for however long they want me there. I am also looking to find a placement in another part of the animal sector such as the local dogs home.
A. Best Answer: Zoology
Q. Question? Well I have had my two budgies for two and a half, nearly three years. They are both male. I bought them in my local pet store when they were three or four months old. They have a large, amost three foot high cage in my bedroom (which i spend at least three, if not more, hours a day in), with plenty of space, and also at weekends we let them fly in out six foot outdoor aviary, which they love. However, keeping them is beginning to be more of a chore then a pleasure. They are completely untame, they either freeze in fear, or fly about in a panic, if i put my hand in the cage, never mind try and pet them. When i first got them i spent about an hour a day sitting by thier cage and talking to them, and spent quite a long time with my hand perfectly still and a careful distance away from the birds themselves, for at least three weeks. But bearing in mind that I am a busy school student, 21 hours is an extremely long time, and with a lot of pressure at school, and no progress in trying to tame them, I had to give up in trying. The only progress in nearly three whole years is the fact that they now dont mind me standing next to their cage, although they still panic if I put my hand in. That is all. Barely worth mentioning.
Also, I have tried to teach them to talk. Call me lazy, but I am very busy. If i record myself saying "hello" for example, and leave it on loop while I'm studying, (still actually in the room, but not very near the cage) would they learn to say it if i played it daily? I'm too busy to spend hours trying, and most likely failing, to teach them to talk.
Also, at night, they sometimes (about once or twice a month) start flapping around and making a racket at like 3am, or 4am, and not only does it wake me up (which is hugely inconvinient because I have trouble sleeping and usually dont get to sleep until 12am or 1am, only to have to wake up at 6:45 am) but I have to wake my mum up to help me lift the cage out of my room and into the spare room (and my mum has even worse sleeping problems than me). I cover their cage at night with a cage cover made especially for my cage, and my room is always completely dark, so I dont know if theres anything that I could do to stop it. Its just hugely inconvienient.
I change their newspaper flooring of their cage nightly, as I do with their food and water, so they should be very happy in general, and I think they are. Its just they have a huge problem with human contact!
Its just becoming a chore to look after them and we've really spent quite a lot of money on them (what with the expensive cage and specially made cage cover, a huge outdoor aviary, getting through a box of food every other week) and so much so that its becoming out of order to spend all that on them and just have them sitting in my room pooing on the wallpaper.
Is there anything I can do to teach them to talk or tame them (seriously, I'm happy with one or the other, or both) or, failing that, ANYTHING else to make them more of a pet and less of an ornament? Like teaching them to whistle or play with a ball or ANYTHING??
My mum has threatend to get rid of them as we put so much into them and get so little out of them. If we could teach them to do SOMETHING im sure there would be plenty reason to keep them.
Thanks in advance!
A. Best Answer: "no progress in trying to tame them, I had to give up in trying"
You've answered your own problem really. For one reason or another, school etc, you were too busy to tame the budgies properly. Three weeks isn't very long to spend trying if you could only do it for an hour a day.
With any pet if you want results you have to put the time and effort it. If you want to tame the budgies you'll need to spend more time in calm, close contact with them. It may be too late but it's worth a proper try if you really want to keep them.
They may learn to imitate a whistle if they hear it often enough but trust me that may drive you just as mad when it's all you hear all day. Same goes for them repeating "hello" - it's not talking, it's imitating a sound. If they had the knack for it they might've picked up another noise by now that they may hear a lot. As for learning any tricks, well they need to learn they can trust you first.
Waking you up if they're in your bedroom is to be expected really, I'm surprised it's only once or twice a month. Covering them up won't stop them responding to something that spooks them, maybe a noise outside. Why not leave them in the spare room every night?
Personally, in my opinion, it sounds like they're causing you a lot of stress and you're expecting too much from them. You obviously care for their basic food and hygeine needs well but may be kinder to consider rehoming them with someone with an outdoor aviary with other budgies, or similar birds.
Q. Question? 20 minutes available
Banning smoking is not a restriction of freedom. As the lacture said, Most smokers want to quit smoking but they are just addicted to it. Therefore banning smoking allows them to gain more freedom from smoking.
However, Baning smoking cause various disadvantage to business like restaurants ,bars, etc. Many of them are closed cause of lesser smokers visit. But It also allows non-smoker to visit there.
Advantages of ban are uncountable. Many new business can be created and it's better for environment wise. moreover, the ban will greatly reduce risk of 2nd hand smoker. According to the research, they found that the ban will reduce risk of heart attack by 40% and also lung cancer as well.
Banning smoking gives freedom for both smoker and nonsmoker. and it will reduce risk of severe disease. I think the policy of banning smoking is very important for society.
17mintes
30minutes available
distace learning and online classes learning should replace classroom learning
Classroom learning allows student to ask questions about subject. Teacher will give profound answer to help students to understand better. It's always open to talk about examples. and teacher could more focus on important subject than others.
Onlince computer and distance learning have a limitation regard asking questions. They are easy availiable to students and to have a break. But It has a difficuties with individual students because students has their own process to learn. online computer classes are made for general students. my friend, tom, has great curiousity. He can't process without meeting his curiousity. He told me online computer class was the worst class ever. He didn't learn anything and the whole thing was like listening boring news.
Unlike the online computer classes, classroom learning has many advantages. It can provide proper ways to teach each students. Some are fast and some are slow, but teacher could catch that and teach easier to students by giving right examples. second advantage is availability of discussion. Students can discuss freely about subject and criticize each other. It's a very important and essential way to learn about subject.
In conclusion, classroom learning teaches individual students properly. And help to get various insights from teachers and classmates.
19minutes
two essay here. please fix it for me.
there must be many problems
toefl is a test for non- english speaker.
There are 4 session in the test.
listening, reading, speaking, writing.
and my essay is part of writing.
I was just practicing my writing and
wanted to get check for my essay
A. Best Answer: What is toefl. Can you be more specific.
Q. Question? Im planing on applying to get a few courses via distance learning at London School of Economics...I am also planning on applying to ontain a Bachelors degree via online with the school since i am not able to travel to London at the moment. The school says that online classes or face to face classes have the same value and prestige. What's the school prestige though? I know LSE isnt London Business School...does anyone know how prestigious in comparison to ivy league schools here in the US? thanks
is it true about distance learning having the same value of taking classes in classrooms face to face at LSE?
A. Best Answer: The LSE is equivalent to the top schools in your Ivy League, best for economics in the UK, Cambridge might disagree, also the only school in the UK that is exclusively devoted to the social sciences.
Q. Question? Which MBA and Business Degrees are better and why? Reputation of both schools in the UK???
A. Best Answer: Place the name of each school separately into your favorite search engine and then add the phrase reviews and rankings. Compare and contrast them.
Q. Question? If so, I would be glad to hear some recommendations for accredited courses - I have already looked up a few including a distance learning course which is about £180 - is it worth it/necessary, when my grammatical accuracy, spelling etc., is pretty good anyway? I believe that companies always get at least 2 people to proofread something in case one inadvertently misses an error. I know the main focus of a course is to learn the correct ways to mark the texts, whether for editor, printer etc. Please share any thoughts!
A. Best Answer: Proofreading is a fairly tedious and exhausting job - not the simple way to earn money some people would have you believe, particularly the less reputable of those who would like you to pay large sums of money to do one of their courses! More to the point, you may find it hard to get work unless you already have contacts and experience in this field - it's the old Catch 22.
One of the better books on the topic sells for around £14 on Amazon. See http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pocket-Book-Proofreading-Freelance-Copy-editing/dp/0955143721
Good luck!
Which companies are worth looking at?
Thanks, no trolls please.
A. Best Answer: So, then, it's not really "just for interest and stuff"... at least not if you want it to be "of use" to you "at the end." This sort of imprecision, plus your lack of providing more information so that you can really and truly get the kind of answer you seek, is kind of what tends to attract trolls. Just FYI.
At any rate, since I'm not a troll, let me see if I can at least help a little...
University of London would have to be right at the top of this list. It's one of (if not the) oldest provider of worldwide distance learning in the UK... certainly in London. And it's fully "accredited," as pretty much the entire world of countries with cultures of educational accountability understand that term.
But your asking about London, yet using the word "course" is confusing. In the UK, a "course" is a "course of study"... so, then, an entire degree. In the US, we use the term "course" to describe a single class or subject. So here you are asking about a "course" that you want to take during a Gap Year, in London...
...this makes me wonder if you expect to get an entire credential. If so, a year of full-time study at a UK college or university will garner you, at best, a certificate; or, if you already have what the UK considers a certificate, then a diploma; or if you already have what the UK considers a diploma, then, and only then, by also counting your certificate and diploma years, could you get a full degree in the one year (said one year simply becoming the third year of the degree). And in UK terms, if you mean "course" the way they mean it in the UK, then you're after either a certificate, or a diploma (if you already have a UK certificate), or a degree (if you already have a UK diploma).
And don't bother adding to the question because this isn't a chat room or forum, and we who answer don't get notified if you add somehing; and we usually never return to a question once we've asked it... so we'll likely not see anything you add. If you want to be more clear, then re-ask the question, this time giving more details.
And you asked "which companies are worth looking at"?
Companies (as opposed to actual schools) are not the sort of thing on which you want to be spending your hard-earned educational dollars (our pounds sterling, as the case may be). There are all manner of private companies which provide all kinds of educational opportunities, but most of them provide "training" more than the type of coursework that will result in an educational credential (like a certificate, diploma or degree) of any sort. They provide, for example, what's called a "vendor certifcation"... that sort of thing.
Is that all you're looking for? "Training?" A vendor cert? Of the sort that "companies" (as opposed to bona fide schools) offer? (Rhetorical questions... don't answer) If so, then I wish you had been more specific about that, too, in your question...
...because then I wouldn't have wasted my time answering.
Hope that helps.
Q. Question? i need a little help for filling out my student finance form for my distance learning course. i am trying to purchase 3 A levels off ICSlearn.co.uk but when filling out the form i have to get the college/university to fill out a part of the application, and as their company is based in scotland an i live in london i have a problem. was just wondering if anyone knows how to work out the intensity of these courses? and also where i might get the parts i cant get filled out, filled out? thanks for your time
A. Best Answer: universities.atwebpages.com - it has detailed info how to apply for financial aid and scholarships to get more cash.
Q. Question? I want to do a degree course at home but there are so many distance learning schools out there and I don't know who to go with. I can't seem to find any student reviews on Oxford College.
The Open University was actually what I had originally looked into because it was so highly recommended by friends. I did try to enrol in my local college too for a night class. The problem that I'm encountering is that because I haven't lived in the UK for 3 years (it's been almost 2 years) I am not entitled to UK course fees and not entitled to financial support with any course (I have a low household income). It doesn't seem like Oxford College or ICS Learn have those restrictions. So which one is best? I want to start with an A Level in Psychology and then carry on to complete a degree.
A. Best Answer: The Open University is by far the best for distance learning. They've been doing it for 40 years!
Q. Question? Im 33 and a lone parent. Ive taken a couple of years out to raise my daughter and have recently tried looking for work with no success. Ive been looking at courses and would love to enter the animal industry. My biggest dream would be to work at a zoo or nature centre but I am open to working at a Dogs Home etc.
The biggest problem I have is that the only course available at a college is 30 odd miles away from me. I have been accepted but Im doubting how long I can do it for because of the time it will take me to travel to and from college. Theres also my child to think of who will be stuck in nursery for 11 hours a day. The course is a 2 year course in Animal Management Level 3 National Certificate. Ive searched the internet and Ive found a course with Oxford College which is a Level 3 Diploma in Zoology. This will be a distance learning course which would mean I can do it at home. I have a friend who is doing this course and he is getting through this ok.
On top of this, I am volunteering at my local nature centre and am enjoying it.
So, which course would be better for my career development? I understand that experience is essential so I will stick with the nature centre for however long they want me there. I am also looking to find a placement in another part of the animal sector such as the local dogs home.
A. Best Answer: Zoology
Q. Question? Well I have had my two budgies for two and a half, nearly three years. They are both male. I bought them in my local pet store when they were three or four months old. They have a large, amost three foot high cage in my bedroom (which i spend at least three, if not more, hours a day in), with plenty of space, and also at weekends we let them fly in out six foot outdoor aviary, which they love. However, keeping them is beginning to be more of a chore then a pleasure. They are completely untame, they either freeze in fear, or fly about in a panic, if i put my hand in the cage, never mind try and pet them. When i first got them i spent about an hour a day sitting by thier cage and talking to them, and spent quite a long time with my hand perfectly still and a careful distance away from the birds themselves, for at least three weeks. But bearing in mind that I am a busy school student, 21 hours is an extremely long time, and with a lot of pressure at school, and no progress in trying to tame them, I had to give up in trying. The only progress in nearly three whole years is the fact that they now dont mind me standing next to their cage, although they still panic if I put my hand in. That is all. Barely worth mentioning.
Also, I have tried to teach them to talk. Call me lazy, but I am very busy. If i record myself saying "hello" for example, and leave it on loop while I'm studying, (still actually in the room, but not very near the cage) would they learn to say it if i played it daily? I'm too busy to spend hours trying, and most likely failing, to teach them to talk.
Also, at night, they sometimes (about once or twice a month) start flapping around and making a racket at like 3am, or 4am, and not only does it wake me up (which is hugely inconvinient because I have trouble sleeping and usually dont get to sleep until 12am or 1am, only to have to wake up at 6:45 am) but I have to wake my mum up to help me lift the cage out of my room and into the spare room (and my mum has even worse sleeping problems than me). I cover their cage at night with a cage cover made especially for my cage, and my room is always completely dark, so I dont know if theres anything that I could do to stop it. Its just hugely inconvienient.
I change their newspaper flooring of their cage nightly, as I do with their food and water, so they should be very happy in general, and I think they are. Its just they have a huge problem with human contact!
Its just becoming a chore to look after them and we've really spent quite a lot of money on them (what with the expensive cage and specially made cage cover, a huge outdoor aviary, getting through a box of food every other week) and so much so that its becoming out of order to spend all that on them and just have them sitting in my room pooing on the wallpaper.
Is there anything I can do to teach them to talk or tame them (seriously, I'm happy with one or the other, or both) or, failing that, ANYTHING else to make them more of a pet and less of an ornament? Like teaching them to whistle or play with a ball or ANYTHING??
My mum has threatend to get rid of them as we put so much into them and get so little out of them. If we could teach them to do SOMETHING im sure there would be plenty reason to keep them.
Thanks in advance!
A. Best Answer: "no progress in trying to tame them, I had to give up in trying"
You've answered your own problem really. For one reason or another, school etc, you were too busy to tame the budgies properly. Three weeks isn't very long to spend trying if you could only do it for an hour a day.
With any pet if you want results you have to put the time and effort it. If you want to tame the budgies you'll need to spend more time in calm, close contact with them. It may be too late but it's worth a proper try if you really want to keep them.
They may learn to imitate a whistle if they hear it often enough but trust me that may drive you just as mad when it's all you hear all day. Same goes for them repeating "hello" - it's not talking, it's imitating a sound. If they had the knack for it they might've picked up another noise by now that they may hear a lot. As for learning any tricks, well they need to learn they can trust you first.
Waking you up if they're in your bedroom is to be expected really, I'm surprised it's only once or twice a month. Covering them up won't stop them responding to something that spooks them, maybe a noise outside. Why not leave them in the spare room every night?
Personally, in my opinion, it sounds like they're causing you a lot of stress and you're expecting too much from them. You obviously care for their basic food and hygeine needs well but may be kinder to consider rehoming them with someone with an outdoor aviary with other budgies, or similar birds.
Q. Question? 20 minutes available
Banning smoking is not a restriction of freedom. As the lacture said, Most smokers want to quit smoking but they are just addicted to it. Therefore banning smoking allows them to gain more freedom from smoking.
However, Baning smoking cause various disadvantage to business like restaurants ,bars, etc. Many of them are closed cause of lesser smokers visit. But It also allows non-smoker to visit there.
Advantages of ban are uncountable. Many new business can be created and it's better for environment wise. moreover, the ban will greatly reduce risk of 2nd hand smoker. According to the research, they found that the ban will reduce risk of heart attack by 40% and also lung cancer as well.
Banning smoking gives freedom for both smoker and nonsmoker. and it will reduce risk of severe disease. I think the policy of banning smoking is very important for society.
17mintes
30minutes available
distace learning and online classes learning should replace classroom learning
Classroom learning allows student to ask questions about subject. Teacher will give profound answer to help students to understand better. It's always open to talk about examples. and teacher could more focus on important subject than others.
Onlince computer and distance learning have a limitation regard asking questions. They are easy availiable to students and to have a break. But It has a difficuties with individual students because students has their own process to learn. online computer classes are made for general students. my friend, tom, has great curiousity. He can't process without meeting his curiousity. He told me online computer class was the worst class ever. He didn't learn anything and the whole thing was like listening boring news.
Unlike the online computer classes, classroom learning has many advantages. It can provide proper ways to teach each students. Some are fast and some are slow, but teacher could catch that and teach easier to students by giving right examples. second advantage is availability of discussion. Students can discuss freely about subject and criticize each other. It's a very important and essential way to learn about subject.
In conclusion, classroom learning teaches individual students properly. And help to get various insights from teachers and classmates.
19minutes
two essay here. please fix it for me.
there must be many problems
toefl is a test for non- english speaker.
There are 4 session in the test.
listening, reading, speaking, writing.
and my essay is part of writing.
I was just practicing my writing and
wanted to get check for my essay
A. Best Answer: What is toefl. Can you be more specific.
Q. Question? Im planing on applying to get a few courses via distance learning at London School of Economics...I am also planning on applying to ontain a Bachelors degree via online with the school since i am not able to travel to London at the moment. The school says that online classes or face to face classes have the same value and prestige. What's the school prestige though? I know LSE isnt London Business School...does anyone know how prestigious in comparison to ivy league schools here in the US? thanks
is it true about distance learning having the same value of taking classes in classrooms face to face at LSE?
A. Best Answer: The LSE is equivalent to the top schools in your Ivy League, best for economics in the UK, Cambridge might disagree, also the only school in the UK that is exclusively devoted to the social sciences.
Q. Question? Which MBA and Business Degrees are better and why? Reputation of both schools in the UK???
A. Best Answer: Place the name of each school separately into your favorite search engine and then add the phrase reviews and rankings. Compare and contrast them.
Q. Question? If so, I would be glad to hear some recommendations for accredited courses - I have already looked up a few including a distance learning course which is about £180 - is it worth it/necessary, when my grammatical accuracy, spelling etc., is pretty good anyway? I believe that companies always get at least 2 people to proofread something in case one inadvertently misses an error. I know the main focus of a course is to learn the correct ways to mark the texts, whether for editor, printer etc. Please share any thoughts!
A. Best Answer: Proofreading is a fairly tedious and exhausting job - not the simple way to earn money some people would have you believe, particularly the less reputable of those who would like you to pay large sums of money to do one of their courses! More to the point, you may find it hard to get work unless you already have contacts and experience in this field - it's the old Catch 22.
One of the better books on the topic sells for around £14 on Amazon. See http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pocket-Book-Proofreading-Freelance-Copy-editing/dp/0955143721
Good luck!
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