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Save Newsweek Scotland : Scottish Parliament Motion

2012-01-25T01:42:00.001-08:00

BBC Responsibility to Provide In-depth Analysis of News and Current Affairs

That the Parliament notes with concern that what it considers the excellent weekly Radio Scotland programme, Newsweek Scotland, presented by Derek Bateman, is due to end early in 2012; considers that this will deprive listeners of the only remaining in-depth weekly analysis of news and current affairs in the period leading up to the Scottish referendum, during which time it considers that the general public has a right to expect the highest quality information and examination to be provided by the BBC, and so urges the BBC Trust to reverse this decision and ensure that the corporation meets its obligation to its audience.

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The myths of independence | Herald Scotland

2012-01-20T11:11:00.001-08:00

Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tackles head on some of the claims being made by Unionists about Scotland’s prospects for going it alone

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Citigroup Clear that Independent Scotland Financially Viable

2012-01-20T09:47:00.001-08:00

We certainly do not rule out a break-up of the UK over time. ONS data suggest that an independent Scotland would have a slightly better fiscal position than the rest of the UK [assuming Scotland gets its geographic share of oil and gas receipts]. Scotland could have a viable future as an independent country, although there are a lot of questions that would have to be resolved before that happens.

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Billy Bragg on Scottish independence - Arts Blog - Scotsman.com

2012-01-20T08:25:00.001-08:00

The doyen of political protest, Billy Bragg, has added his voice to the cause of Scottish independence. Ahead of a gig in Edinburgh next month, he tells our reporter that the end of Britain could herald a new England led by a centre-left party akin to the SNP

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North Sea oil will last for 100 years' - Telegraph

2012-01-20T06:58:00.001-08:00

Dr Richard Pike, a former oil industry consultant and now the chief executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry, said: "Rather than only getting 20 to 30 billion barrels [from the North Sea] we are probably looking at more than twice that amount."
His analysis is supported by petroleum experts who believe there are some 300 fields off the coast of Britain still to be explored and tapped properly. If energy prices continue to soar, companies will become increasingly willing to tap previously uneconomic oil fields.

via telegraph.co.uk

Who would have thought the Telegraph would help the Independence cause?

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How black gold was hijacked: North sea oil and the betrayal of Scotland - The Independent

2012-01-16T02:40:00.001-08:00

It was a document that could have changed the course of Scottish history. Nineteen pages long, Written in an elegant, understated academic hand by the leading Scottish economist Gavin McCrone, presented to the Cabinet office in April 1975 and subsequently buried in a Westminster vault for thirty years. It revealed how North Sea oil could have made an independent Scotland as prosperous as Switzerland.

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IBM Press room - 2012-01-10 University of the West of Scotland Teams with IBM to Tackle Skills Gap - United Kingdom

2012-01-13T04:13:00.001-08:00

LONDON, U.K. - 10 Jan 2012: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an academic collaboration with University of the West of Scotland that gives students access to IBM software and technology training needed to gain new skills in business analytics and business modelling that are increasingly required by employers.

The IBM Academic Initiative is a global programme that facilitates the collaboration between IBM and educators to teach students the technology skills they need to be competitive and keep pace with changes in the workplace. Members of the IBM Academic Initiative get free access to hardware, full-version software, professionally developed courseware, training, books and other discounts.

With almost 17,000 students and around 1,400 staff, University of the West of Scotland is unique in its geographical coverage across the West of Scotland with four campuses in the region. The University has extensive expertise in research and development and collaborative working relationships with companies in the UK and abroad to prepare students for employment upon graduation.

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Plan Your Free Online Education at Lifehacker U: Spring Semester 2012

2012-01-12T04:37:00.001-08:00

Your education doesn't have to stop once you get out of school—being free of the classroom just means you have more control over what you learn and when you learn it. We've put together a curriculum of some of the best free online classes available on the web this spring for the first term of Lifehacker U, our regularly-updating guide to improving your life with free, online college-level classes. Let's get started.

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Learn to Code in 2012 with Free Weekly Programming Lessons from Codecademy

2012-01-04T08:36:00.001-08:00

Learn to Code in 2012 with Free Weekly Programming Lessons from Codecademy

If learning to code is one of your goals or New Year's resolutions, then Code Year is a program for you. The initiative, provided by previously mentioned webapp Codecademy will email you free interactive programming lessons each week.

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Quality Through-ICT | Scoop.it

2011-12-20T10:44:00.001-08:00

Quality Through-ICT

“Good practice in using ICT while retaining quality in learning and teaching ”

Curated by Colin Buchanan

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9 Sites for Fantastic Free Fonts — Life Scoop

2011-12-08T08:08:00.001-08:00

The web is full of font sites, but not all of them are winners. Just searching for "free fonts" can be a nightmare filled with excessive ads, malware and fonts so bad that comic sans makes them look good. Your best bet when looking for high quality fonts is to ask a graphic designer... or you could just check out this list of the best sites for fantastic free fonts.

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Scottish Review: Why I went on strike last week. And why I'm on a loser

2011-12-07T04:19:00.001-08:00

So I was on strike last Wednesday. It was a minimal response to the appalling way ordinary people in this country are being treated, but it was something. I doubt anyone will listen, though.
Over the last few weeks, a slew of government announcements and news items has confirmed my belief that nobody in power gives a damn about people's distrust of banks, or their sense of unfairness expressed through the summer riots and the Occupy movement, or their deep depression about their future prospects which, for the vast majority of the population, stare at increasing relative poverty (in real terms, average Joes will be no better off in 2014 than they were in 2001).

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New on the MSDN Library - how to develop Windows Phone and Azure apps - MSDN UK Team blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

2011-12-01T07:45:00.001-08:00

Developing a Windows Phone Application from Start to Finish
This article, which includes an accompanying sample application, will guide you through every step of building a complete Windows Phone 7 application. It will take you from defining your application, to adding images, to working with data, all the way to publishing your application on the Windows Phone Marketplace. Along the way, you will learn the basics of Silverlight and Windows Phone development as you create a simple fuel-tracking application.

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The REAL history of the Union between Scotland and England.

2011-11-29T04:19:00.001-08:00

Two professors of law, one in Edinburgh and the other in Glasgow, Cormac MacAmlaigh and Andrew Tompkins, have recently written in defence of Westminster against Holyrood. They say that the Scottish Parliament should deal only with matters devolved to it by Westminster. Anything else, including a referendum on independence, should, in their view, be handled by Westminster.
Do they really suppose that Westminster, in which Scottish members are outnumbered 10 to one, is a more appropriate body to deal with Scottish questions than Holyrood, in which the entire membership is elected in Scotland?

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iPad and iPhone Application Development (HD) - Download free content from Stanford on iTunes

2011-11-22T04:38:00.001-08:00

Updated for iOS 5. Tools and APIs required to build applications for the iPhone platform using the iPhone SDK. User interface designs for mobile devices and unique user interactions using multitouch technologies. Object-oriented design using model-view-controller pattern, memory management, Objective-C programming language. iPhone APIs and tools including Xcode, Interface Builder and Instruments on Mac OS X. Other topics include: core animation, bonjour networking, mobile device power management and performance considerations. Prerequisites: C language and programming experience at the level of 106B (Programming Abstractions) or X. Recommended: UNIX, object-oriented programming, graphical toolkits Offered by Stanford’s School of Engineering, the course will last ten weeks and include both the lecture videos and PDF documents. A new lecture will be posted each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe to this course, and automatically receive new lectures as they become available. Released with a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license.

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GarageBand Comes To The iPhone And iPod Touch

2011-11-03T07:23:00.001-07:00

Now you can circumvent the studio system with your iPhone or iPod -- GarageBand has gone universal and is no longer an iPad-specific app.

The update happened today, so now anyone with an iDevice can get busy working on the next hit album.

via businessinsider.com

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New tool - Microsoft WebMatrix - Create and publish web sites for free

2011-10-28T08:29:00.001-07:00

WebMatrix is a free web development tool from Microsoft that includes everything you need for website development. Start from open source web applications, built-in web templates or just start writing code yourself. It’s all-inclusive, simple and best of all free. Developing websites has never been easier.

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Pearson and Google Jump Into Learning Management With a New, Free System

2011-10-20T02:56:00.001-07:00

One of the world’s biggest education publishers has joined with one of the most dominant and iconic software companies on the planet to bring colleges a new—and free—learning-management system with the hopes of upending services that affect just about every instructor, student, and college in the country.

Today Pearson, the publishing and learning technology group, has teamed up with the software giant Google to launch OpenClass, a free LMS that combines standard course-management tools with advanced social networking and community-building, and an open architecture that allows instructors to import whatever material they want, from e-books to YouTube videos. The program will launch through Google Apps for Education, a very popular e-mail, calendar, and document-sharing service that has more than 1,000 higher-education customers, and it will be hosted by Pearson with the intent of freeing institutions from the burden of providing resources to run it. It enters a market that has been dominated by costly institution-anchored services like Blackboard, and open-source but labor-intensive systems like Moodle.

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Scottish Review: Are you feeling stressed at work? If so, here are the reasons

2011-10-13T06:36:00.001-07:00

Many organisations now undergo major restructuring every few years. Sometimes this process is necessary in order to respond to market changes, developments in technology or staff turnover. But quite often restructuring is simply a device by managers to give themselves a high profile and create the illusion that they are doing something important. From their perspective, it has the added benefit of creating an atmosphere of insecurity and keeping the troops on their toes. In my experience, it is very rare for a proper cost/benefit analysis of restructuring to take place after the event. Instead, managers use their narrative privilege – for example, in compiling annual reports – to put a positive spin on the results of their efforts. Ask the guys on the front-line of the operation and you are likely to get a different assessment.

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Three quarters of bosses say graduates are not fit for work | Mail Online

2011-10-11T05:58:00.001-07:00

Three out of four bosses say school leavers and graduates lack the basic skills needed to join the workforce.
A poll of some of Britain’s biggest businesses, such as HSBC, Santander, KPMG and Procter & Gamble, found widespread despair with the quality of potential recruits.
Many young people turn up for interviews ‘without the vital employability skills that employers are looking for’, such as punctuality and a general ‘can-do’ attitude.

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Gamers Opt Out - Protect your personal data

2011-10-07T03:14:00.001-07:00

Many game companies are now inserting class-action lawsuit prevention clauses in their EULAs. The only way to get out of these is to physically mail a letter to them. We think it’s absurd you can’t do it online.
Well, now you can.

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Wage bill for university managers soars by a third - Herald Scotland | News

2011-10-03T03:22:00.001-07:00

THE salary bill for senior management teams running Scottish universities has soared by a third in five years, new figures show.

A submission to a review of the governance of Scottish higher education reveals total senior management salaries rose from £12 million in 2005 to £16m last year.

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YouTube Launches Site Specifically for Teachers | MindShift

2011-09-23T08:56:00.001-07:00

Educators who’ve been wanting to use YouTube videos in class can now find an easy way in. Today, YouTube launched its own teacher’s channel: YouTube.com/Teachers, a guide to using videos in class.

Teachers can follow tips that show everything from organizing videos to sparking lively discussions to help struggling students through videos.

Teachers can also sign up to become part of the YouTube Teachers Community, a mailing list that allows them to share ideas and best practices.

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A Cautionary Tale for College Students: The Five Dumbest Money Mistakes I Ever Made

2011-09-23T04:06:00.001-07:00

When you're just starting out managing your own finances, little things like paying your own bills, going to the bank, and even grocery shopping "like an adult" can feel empowering. But if you're reckless and don't pay attention to money management basics—or just don't know any better—this is also when you can make the biggest money mistakes of your life. Take it from me, little grasshopper: One of the reasons I have such an interest in personal finance now is that I've broken just about every personal finance rule there is—not purposefully or knowingly, but just in the course of being young, foolish, and learning to manage money on my own. If you're reading this now, you're probably wiser than I was at the time, but hopefully you can still profit from my experience.

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How to Supercharge All Your Favorite Webapps with ifttt

2011-09-22T05:04:00.001-07:00

Wouldn't it be handy if every time someone tagged a photo of you on Facebook, that pic were automatically added to your Dropbox folder? If items you starred in Google Reader were automatically added to Instapaper or Read It Later? Or if you received a text message whenever it was going to rain? If This Then That (ifttt) is a brilliant web service that let's you plug information from one service into another, allowing you to link all your favorite webapps to create super-charged integration between tools like Gmail, Dropbox, Instapaper, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare, and oh-so-much more.

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