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Please don’t read this book

I enjoy attending conferences, whether I am making a presentation or not. You get to meet interesting people, hear interesting talks, and see how other people give their presentations. From the point of view of watching and learning from other … Continue reading

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Some places still available for distance learning MA courses in Communications

I am told by my colleagues at Sheffield Hallam University that there are a few places still available for the distance learning MA programme in Professional Communications for the autumn session which begins in September.The programme offers four courses of … Continue reading

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Distance Learning at SHU mentioned in "The Independent"

Last Thursday’s (10th July 2008) “Independent” newspaper carried an article about the impact of distance-learning postgraduate courses, Distance learning is helping workers’ careers – and their pockets, too. The article spotlights the growing popularity of distance-learning MA courses for people … Continue reading

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Wikipedia in Academia?

Someone recently asked me what I thought, as a university lecturer, of students who quote from Wikipedia in their academic work. Surely I wouldn’t allow it, they suggested, as Wikipedia can be edited by anyone at anytime, and is therefore … Continue reading

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