via Deloitte UK headlines by ukwebteam@deloitte.co.uk on 14 April
The Joint Administrators of Carter and Carter Group PLC, Nick Dargan, Dominic Wong and Chris Farrington of Deloitte, the professional services firm, have announced the sale of the Apprentice Learning Division, part of the Carter and Carter Group plc (in administration), to the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF).
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Thursday, 24 April 2008
Crimeware-as-a-Service: The next great thing in malicious attacks
via TechRepublic Blogs by Tricia Liebert on 9 April
Crimeware-as-a-Service brings ease of use and outsourced infrastructure to any criminal, anywhere. While I am certain that is comforting to the crook, it sure doesn't bring peace of mind to the average man or woman whose details are being bought and sold on the open market.
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No comment -- just read it!
Crimeware-as-a-Service brings ease of use and outsourced infrastructure to any criminal, anywhere. While I am certain that is comforting to the crook, it sure doesn't bring peace of mind to the average man or woman whose details are being bought and sold on the open market.
Read the full article
No comment -- just read it!
Promoting children's wellbeing
This, the second title in the Policy Press series, Working Together for Children is edited by Janet Collins and Pam Foley.
It is described by the publisher as:
Hazel's comment:
I couldn't find a single review of this book but it has been out for only three weeks.
It is described by the publisher as:
this attractive and accessible textbook analyses and examines the policies, services and practice skills needed for collaborative, effective and equitable work with children.
More information
Don't forget that the first title in the series, Connecting with children is also available. The final title in the series Changing children's services is due out in July.
Hazel's comment:
I couldn't find a single review of this book but it has been out for only three weeks.
Product Details
ISBN: 1847420591
ISBN-13: 9781847420596
Format: Paperback, 312pp
Publisher: Policy Press, The
Pub. Date: April 2008
Methodology.co.uk: the Resource Methods Research Centre
via Internet Resources Newsletter Number 161 (Roddy MacLeod, Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy at Heriot Watt University)
Methodology.co.uk provides a free resource to researchers, students and university teachers who are interested in learning more about anything to do with research methods.
Methodology.co.uk is run by SAGE and will be a vital resource for anyone conducting qualitative or quantitative research and statistics.
Hazel's comment:
Ties in nicely with yesterday's post about OpenLearn.
Methodology.co.uk provides a free resource to researchers, students and university teachers who are interested in learning more about anything to do with research methods.
Methodology.co.uk is run by SAGE and will be a vital resource for anyone conducting qualitative or quantitative research and statistics.
Hazel's comment:
Ties in nicely with yesterday's post about OpenLearn.
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
Working with charts, graphs and tables: OpenLearn course
via Latest Internet resources added to Intute: Social Sciences Research Tools and Methods gateway on 10 April
OpenLearn is a website produced by the Open University in the UK, that is making available free of charge thousands of hours of educational content to learners and educators interested in studying subjects at a higher education level. This section provides free access to an online course about using and interpreting charts, graphs and tables. It will be of most use to students who haven't used data in this way for some time and need to brush up quickly. The course is clearly outlined and includes online readings and exercises for self-paced distance learning. There is an extensive list of references for further reading. Topics covered include: making sense of data displayed in different formats and interpreting graphs and charts. There is a follow-up course that covers the topics in more detail.
Hazel's comment:
Fifteen hours if you want to actually study the whole course but it is a useful skimmable reference for those of us who want to understand some of the confusing terms that get used by economists and labour market specialists.
I am coming to rely more and more on the information provided by Intute. Thank you, all of you un-named people who research the resources and then tell us about them -- in droves!
OpenLearn is a website produced by the Open University in the UK, that is making available free of charge thousands of hours of educational content to learners and educators interested in studying subjects at a higher education level. This section provides free access to an online course about using and interpreting charts, graphs and tables. It will be of most use to students who haven't used data in this way for some time and need to brush up quickly. The course is clearly outlined and includes online readings and exercises for self-paced distance learning. There is an extensive list of references for further reading. Topics covered include: making sense of data displayed in different formats and interpreting graphs and charts. There is a follow-up course that covers the topics in more detail.
Hazel's comment:
Fifteen hours if you want to actually study the whole course but it is a useful skimmable reference for those of us who want to understand some of the confusing terms that get used by economists and labour market specialists.
I am coming to rely more and more on the information provided by Intute. Thank you, all of you un-named people who research the resources and then tell us about them -- in droves!
There are times ...
when I am heartily glad that I'm not driving.
As in when I read the story by Cory Doctorow in Boing Boing on 21 April.
He says:
Read in full and be frightened! There is absolutely no way I'm going to be the only one worried by this.
"All it needs for evil to flourish is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
But one does feel helpless, and hopeless when faced with this sort of thing. So is "do nothing" the best option? Is what is happening "evil"? Those are philosophical questions that can be debated until the end of time but it seems that the function creep of some of our laws is getting worse. The Freedom of Information Act has helped uncover some unsavoury practices but you need to know the questions to ask, and that only provides you with information not remedy.
As in when I read the story by Cory Doctorow in Boing Boing on 21 April.
He says:
Personal info from UK traffic cams open to the US government
You know all those traffic-cams throughout the UK that capture your license-plate and correlate it with your identity? The British coppers have found a spirit of
sharing and will hand over their data to pretty much anyone:
.... .....
Home Secretary Smith failed to mention the exception in a statement she made to Parliament less than two weeks later on July 17, 2007 outlining Metropolitan Police exemptions to the 1998 Data Protection Act.
Link (Thanks, Brady!)
Read in full and be frightened! There is absolutely no way I'm going to be the only one worried by this.
"All it needs for evil to flourish is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
But one does feel helpless, and hopeless when faced with this sort of thing. So is "do nothing" the best option? Is what is happening "evil"? Those are philosophical questions that can be debated until the end of time but it seems that the function creep of some of our laws is getting worse. The Freedom of Information Act has helped uncover some unsavoury practices but you need to know the questions to ask, and that only provides you with information not remedy.
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
New finance databases available in the British Library's Business & IP Centre
via British Library e-news
Understanding finance is essential to any entrepreneur or small business. Three more information resources are now available in the Centre:
Hazel's comment:
No, this is not an "oops she's put it in the wrong blog" it's a "jobseekers need to research the companies that they are wanting to work for" item which properly sits here.
One of the ways to research a company is to look at its financial information. If the accounts are showing worrying trends then maybe this is not the right time to make a move from that safe but boring job. If, however, the worklessness state is getting too much then maybe a move into this company will be a good idea -- on the basis that anything may be better than nothing!
You as the adviser can help your client to reach a decision -- but only if you have the information.
Databases "held" at the British Library's Business and IP Centre are accessible only to Readers working in the Centre.
If you need me to find some information for you then you need to tell me what it is.
URGENT information can usually be obtained for you within 24 hours depending on my diary whilst non-urgent may take a week.
Contact is best on my mobile 0779 627 3792 and then we can discuss what is wanted -- and the cost! All things are negotiable (well, nearly all) but basically for urgent requests we're talking about three hours at £10 an hour plus travel costs. Non-urgent (i.e. I can fit it in to my normal trips to the British Library which are usually weekly) £10 per successful query (which could be less if it's easy to find but won't be more).
Understanding finance is essential to any entrepreneur or small business. Three more information resources are now available in the Centre:
- Grantnet & Grantfinder: 4,000 grants, loans, awards and other assistance.
- Creditsafe: Information on 4.4 million UK businesses. Reports include credit rating, credit limit, three years of accounts, CCJ information and director information.
- MINT: Detailed financial information on 2.6 million UK companies. Search by geographic, financial, activity or many other options to create lists of companies or individual company reports.
Hazel's comment:
No, this is not an "oops she's put it in the wrong blog" it's a "jobseekers need to research the companies that they are wanting to work for" item which properly sits here.
One of the ways to research a company is to look at its financial information. If the accounts are showing worrying trends then maybe this is not the right time to make a move from that safe but boring job. If, however, the worklessness state is getting too much then maybe a move into this company will be a good idea -- on the basis that anything may be better than nothing!
You as the adviser can help your client to reach a decision -- but only if you have the information.
Databases "held" at the British Library's Business and IP Centre are accessible only to Readers working in the Centre.
If you need me to find some information for you then you need to tell me what it is.
URGENT information can usually be obtained for you within 24 hours depending on my diary whilst non-urgent may take a week.
Contact is best on my mobile 0779 627 3792 and then we can discuss what is wanted -- and the cost! All things are negotiable (well, nearly all) but basically for urgent requests we're talking about three hours at £10 an hour plus travel costs. Non-urgent (i.e. I can fit it in to my normal trips to the British Library which are usually weekly) £10 per successful query (which could be less if it's easy to find but won't be more).
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