Child Of Our Time

Been watching the Robert Winston series on Sunday nights about the development of a group of children born in 2000? Child of Our Time continues to amass an extraordinary record of the stories of 25 babies (and their families) who come under the scientific spotlight. Further details & information are available @ the Child Of Our Time website where you can also watch the programmes again. If you're lucky...

BBC News-feed + Google

The blog now contains a Google search box as well as a BBC news-feed with headlines from the UK, Scotland & Education, plus a BBC News search facility.

Amazon.co.uk

An Amazon UK link has been added to the blog. Orders over £15.00 are now post free. And the college makes some money. Maybe.

Write Here, Right Now

New from BBC Radio Scotland.
Whether you've already started your literary masterpiece or are a complete novice, it's not too late to sign up for the Write Here, Right Now writing project. What is it? In a nutshell, you undertake to write 1000 words a day throughout the month of February. By signing up for the newsletter you'll receive daily pearls of wisdom, encouragement and advice. More details, including how to subscribe to the newsletter, are on the page.

Audit Scotland

Published today by the Auditor General for Scotland - Scottish Further Education Funding Council: A progress report.
The Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (Funding Council) is making progress on a number of fronts, according to a report published today by the Auditor General for Scotland.

Information Literacy

Information literacy in FE : a different scale of problem by Alexandra Stearn. Article in February's Library & Information Update on the difficulties faced in teaching valid information retrieval skills for FE students. OK, so nothing new but highlights the difficulties in a large college with a healthy complement of staff.
In the same issue Christine Irving & John Crawford discuss an innovative national pilot project at Glasgow Caledonian University - Information literacy skills - the link between secondary and tertiary education. Well worth a look.
Copies of both articles available from the library.

BBC Open News Archive

For the first time in its history BBC News is opening its archives to the UK public for a trial period. You can download nearly 80 news reports covering iconic events of the past 50 years including the fall of the Berlin Wall, crowds ejecting soldiers from Beijing's Tiananmen Square and behind-the-scenes footage of the England team prior to their victory over West Germany in 1966. This is part of the Creative Licence archive initiative.
The Creative Archive Licence Group consists of the BBC, Channel 4, The British Film Institute, The Open University, & Teachers' TV.

Low Morale?

"Low Morale is a series of animations portraying one man's struggle to cope with soul-sapping, will-to-live draining, life-force mugging, morale-crushing experiences of work. Any correlation between events shown have been personally researched."

Check No. 9 - Powerpoint. And learn...

Open Clip Art Library

The Open Clip Art Gallery aims to create an archive of clip art that can be used for free for any use.
All graphics submitted to the project are placed into the Public Domain according to the statement by the Creative Commons.

Spelling e-books

Two spelling .pdfs added to stock & available on the library server.
One tutor volume (A reference for spelling), one for students (A personal spelling sampler).
Site wide college licence.

Check the library Web-OPAC for more details & download.

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