New Stock – Art and Design Directories

**NEW FOR 2008**

***JUST IN***

The Art & Design Directory 2008- CareerScope Guides – http://www.isco.org.uk/

Provides help in finding the right FE/HE/Postgraduate courses throughout the UK with details of entry requirements, fees, content, application procedures and course contact details.

Find in the library at Reference shelf 378.

 

 

Second Steps:One stop resource for setting up a business in the applied arts -Morenment,C

This pocket size guide includes sections of self promotion, marketing, copyright, selling via galleries and the Internet, manufacturing and grant awards. Contact details of useful organisations and trusts are also provided.

Find it in the library at shelf number 700MOO.

 

The Marcan Handbook of Arts Organisations - Millenium Ed – UK & Ireland

Extensive listings of regional, national and international arts and cultural organisations. Directory headings include architecture, visual arts, design, crafts, theatre, classical music, film and literature. There is also a small section for ’Late Entries’.  

ind this in the library at shelf number 700MAR.

Word Up! – Help with giving presentations

 

The Learn Higher Centre, part of Brunel University, has created a section within their Communications module on “Preparing and Giving Presentations“.

Helpful hints cover all aspects of giving a presentations including:

• Identifying its purpose                                
• Considering your audience                                     
• Content creation
• Structure
• Visual aids
• Rehearsing
• Delivery
• Evaluating your performance

 

 

 

Short videos accompany each section to highlight specific areas such as tone of voice, asking direct questions and overcoming nerves.  

New Stock – Welsh Yearbook 2008

 

The standard reference book and compendium of factual information for public life in Wales. Essential for businesses, local government, charities, pressure groups, journalists and government officials at all levels. Includes details of over 1,700 organizations, pressure groups, public bodies, trade unions, schools and colleges, daily and local newspapers and voluntary bodies based in Wales today.

New for this year:

• Analysis of the Assembly Elections May 2007
• Guide to The Government of Wales Act 2006
• Coalition politics in Wales

Available in the library at shelf 942.9 BAL

Hairdressing Training Online – FREE for Llandrillo Students

***NEW***

 

• Step by step guides for ladies and mens cuts
• Text and picture instructions
• Powerpoint presentation tutorials
• Test Questions for each topic
• PDF notes to download

                                                  

• Equipment glossary, including cutting tools and styling products  
• Lessons on hair analysis, perming and dressing long hair

Have you applied for your ATHENS account yet?

This gives you free access to all the on-line library resources on the college network and at home  - ask in the library for details or download a form in Moodle.

Red Cross – News Think!

The real stories from behind the headlines

Tutors are encouraged to use these links as a “Thought for the Day” or to start a class discussion…..

25 January 2008 : Call for metal detectors in schools debate, Israeli security controls on its own citizens called “collective punishment” by the UN and EU, Holocaust Memorial Day on 27th January – the victims remembered, BA flight crash lands at Heathrow airport.

“Spilling the Beans” – Which? magazine Feb 2008

 

BBC Health website reports on the growing number of hidden calories in your daily coffee fix …… in fact you may be drinking up to a third of your calorie in-take for the day in one cup!

See the original article on page 30 of the Feb 08 Which? magazine and todays (24th Jan) edition of the Daily Mail, both available in the library. The highlights of the article are available (for free) on the Which? website. 

Which? reports that “a black coffee with no sugar has practically zero calories and fat. But start adding milk, sugar (about 16 calories a teaspoon), whipped cream or chocolate, and the calories shoot up”.

Learn more about your recommended calorie intake and healthy eating at NHS Direct , Dept. Of Health  , Rowett Institute and Equip.

Find out more in the library at shelf number 613.2  

Free(range) as a bird? – This week’s Caterer and Hotelkeeper Magazine

 

Have you been following the latest campaign started by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Jamie Oliver?

See Hugh’s interview in this week’s Caterer & Hotelkeeper in the library and have a look at his exclusive podcast for the magazine here.

The original show “Hugh’s Chicken Run” was broadcast on Channel 4 in January 08.

 

 

Find out more about sustainable farming at Chicken Out , Compassion in World Farming (CIFW), RSPCA Freedom Food ,  DEFRA , the Game Conservancy Trust  and the Soil Association.

Find out about this subject in the library at shelf number 630 .

The Victorians – Online Resources

                                                                            

The Victorian Web – brilliant links to everything Victorian- religion, politics, philosophy, thechnology and much  more

BBC Victorians Website – a site for younger students or ILS with a good introduction to the Victorian era. You can also try Show.Me.Victorians for other fun interactive games and displays or Channel 4’s Victorian Children section.

Virtual Victorians – follow the day in the life of a victorian family, play victorian games like the magic lantern or decoupage and view images of everyday objects from the time.

VOS Humanities Research - a more academic site to help with Victorian studies including literature and medicine topics.

The Best of History Website – Award winning history portal, giving access to over 1000 history websites from pre-history to more modern eras, including oral history, games and animations for k-12.

What the Victorians did for us - BBC Archive site – more Victoriana than you can shake a stick at. From Queen Victoria to muck and brass.

Learn more about this era at shelf 942.08

Student Competitions! – ICT

The Higher Education Academy subject centre for Information and Computer Sciences is running 3 competitions for students this year – but tutors benefit too!

1. Student Essay Competition:  ”What makes a good Lecturer?” - Closing 28th March 08

900 – 1,100 word essay with a prize of £250 for the winning essay and it will compete against the other subject centres and possibly win a Toshiba laptop

 2.Reusable Learning Objects Competition – Closing 31st March 08

Student prepares a program for reuse, for example to aid a process or a student’s understanding of a topic, and this program can be transferred into a Moodle. The prize for this competition is £700 to the winning student and £300 for the supervising lecturer.

3. Student Video competition: ” A Week in the Life” – Closing 1st February 08

is where the student records themselves in response to the question and talks about their experience coming to University. Group submissions are acceptable. £250 prize – see the previous LibeRaCe post from 25th October 07.

Promise and Performance – Webb Review Online

 

The Report of the Independent Review of the Mission and Purpose of Further Education in Wales in the context of the Learning Country: Vision in to Action.

“The Review would need to be holistic in approach, incorporating an appraisal not just of Further Education Institutions, but an analysis of the wider roles of the sector too. This included analysis of developments in 14-19 education; responsiveness to the skills needs of employers and the economy; adult learning, social justice and community engagement; the interface with higher education provision; and the needs of, and responsiveness to, post 14 learners in Wales.”