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16-19 Bursary Fund for 2012/13

Posted by a1broome on May 15th, 2012

Applications for the 16-19 Bursary Fund for next academic year are now being taken. Pop into the Advice Shop to pick one up.

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TEDEd, TED X, and flipping videos

Posted by packroyd on May 14th, 2012

Many people have been inspired by the TED talks on the web.

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UCAS application fees go up by £1

Posted by b25jones on May 9th, 2012

Yes, you have to pay to apply to unviersity or college. This is because of the massive administrative task that UCAS do to ensure your application is sent, receivied and processed.

The application fee for students applying to start university or college in 2013 is increasing by £1. This takes the cost of applying through UCAS from £22 to £23 for multiple choices; and from £11 to £12 for a single choice.

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UCAS HE Convention in June

Posted by a1broome on May 2nd, 2012

Attention all year 12 / 1st year Level 3 students! UCAS’s HE convention is happening on 13th June at UEA Sportspark this year. This is a fantastic event for all students who are possibly interested in progressing onto HE in 2013. The UCAS higher education convention is an exhibition-style event which brings pre-applicant university and college students together, with universities and colleges within the UCAS scheme and other organisations, to inform and guide them about the choices and options that are available to them.

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Internet Safety Awareness

Posted by astraker on May 2nd, 2012

The Internet
is a great way to see more, learn more and have lots of fun. To help you enjoy
it safely, you should follow the ‘Click Clever, Click Safe Code’. It's just
three simple things to remember that can help keep you safe when you visit your
favourite websites.

Visit our Internet Safety
awareness display in the Information Store and learn how to stay safe on the
Internet.

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Music maestro

Posted by packroyd on April 30th, 2012

A recent online discussion regarding the use of popular music, and the complex copyright difficulties this can cause staff and students prompts me to remind readers about places to obtain royalty free music, and a plug for a blog I strongly recommend.  I first wrote about some sources for royalty free and creative commons sourced music  in this blog in 2009, including Kevin Macleod's http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/ .

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Open Days start this term

Posted by b25jones on April 25th, 2012

Don's miss out on the golden opportunity to have a look round the universities and colleges you are interested in going to in September 2013. Check www.ucasevents.com for details

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Information Store help zone

Posted by astraker on April 25th, 2012

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Prezify your Powerpoint

Posted by packroyd on April 23rd, 2012

I am just doing a live broadcast Prezi for beginners tutorial in college today, so a post about about how you can now turn your PowerPoint presentations into Prezi presentations is probably timely.  I am less of a fan of Prezi than some people, mainly because for me the quality of a presentation has less to do with software choice and more to do with presentation skills.  If you have a bad PowerPoint show, it will export to a bad Prezi show.  However I also have to say that Prezi does not force you down the linear route that Po

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World Book Night

Posted by astraker on April 18th, 2012



We
are celebrating a World Book Night on Monday 23rd April 2012.

Similar to last year, the Information Store will be giving away free books. 

We
will offer 48
copies of ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy

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