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Mentor adds online training for out-of-work engineers
09 Feb 2009
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Electronic-design software maker Mentor Graphics Corp. has added online courses to its training program for engineers who have lost their jobs.
Wilsonville-based Mentor (NASDAQ: MENT) has offered free training courses for “displaced workers” since 2002. Courses for qualified engineers are taught at the company’s locations in Portland; San Jose, Calif.; Austin and Dallas in Texas; Boston; Chicago; Minneapolis; and Denver, Colo.
Adding online courses expands availability of courses for engineers who are not physically located near one of Mentor’s training centers. The online courses are led by instructors.
Courses are open to engineers and designers who meet certain educational and experience requirements. The Displaced Workers program also offers people the chance to have their names placed on a list that’s available to companies with open positions.
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Trials of French teacher training
17 Feb 2009
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More top-flight graduates must be attracted into teaching in England, the Tories say, and the status of the profession must be raised. They would consider moves to accept only the brightest. But would it work?
Hugh Schofield examines the French system, where a gruelling state-controlled test awaits those wanting to teach.
Isabelle Koper remembers her 1996 concours - competition - as a veritable trial by fire.
Like thousands of other hopefuls from across France, she was aiming for the prestigious agrégation - the top-flight certificate needed in order to teach in a French secondary school.
"First of all there were the written tests," she said.
"The dissertation on French literature took seven hours, and so did the dissertation on comparative literature.
"I had to compare works by James Joyce and Thomas Mann.
"After that there were exams on grammar, medieval French, translation from L ...
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Symantec Launches Beta Service That Connects Parents to Their Kids' Online Lives
17 Feb 2009
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Industry and Parenting Experts Join Norton Online Family Advisory Council.
Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the public beta of a new Web-based service, currently named Norton Online Family during the beta period, that's designed to help parents protect children online and connect with their online lives. Norton Online Family is a unique Internet safety service built on a philosophy of dialogue between parents and kids. The service not only encourages discussion between parents, it is also easy-to-use and provides customizable tools that keep kids safe online. The service is available at https://onlinefamily.norton.com
Symantec also announced today the formation of the Norton Online Family Advisory Council, a committee of experts in education, parenting, media and child health, and child online safety that will test the beta, provide feedback and offer insight on issues relevant to its continued development.
"Norton Online Famil ...
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Free Online IT Skills Training and Certification for Everyone (Including Free Learning Management)
08 Mar 2009
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ALISON.com, the free online learning website announces completely free online training, certification and learning management for IT Skills Training. ALISON announced today they have now made learner group management free for groups of learners wishing to undertake their Web-based IT-skills course ALISON ABC IT. The ALISON ABC IT is fast becoming one of the most popular global IT skills training certifications.
It includes comprehensive training on the Internet, key desktop applications like Word and Excel as well as the full range of practical IT skills, including touch typing and the efficient use of Web-based e-mail. It is also prefaced by a beginner's guide to a personal computer, and so is ideal for learners who have no IT experience. This offer from ALISON opens lifelong learning opportunities and finally, free e-learning for the masses.
ALISON allows training managers, small businesses and teachers, the facility to monitor and manage a group of ALIS ...
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