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03/02
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Building the skills to build the evidence-base

The second workshop in the LIS Coalition’s DREaM project (Developing Research Excellence and Methods) was held at the British Library on 30th January 2012. It is part of a series of three on research methodologies delivered by leading researchers and academics and attended by around 30 research-active library and information service (LIS) professionals.

The day started with a thought-provoking session on “User involvement in research: making sense of a radical new development (action research)” Read more

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17/01
12

Challenges for the Qualifications Sector in 2012

There’s been high drama recently featuring the big five awarding organisations and the services they offer. Ofqual is now faced with the challenge of whether to outlaw the AO seminars for teachers which caused all the problems. Also there’s the discussion on whether to levy a fine on an AO if – or when – things go badly wrong and disadvantage candidates. A challenge for regulation is that it has become more difficult to regulate successfully now major international and commercial organisations play a major role Read more

Aspire Squared offers on-site training
06/10
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Aspire Squared offers on-site training

Aspire Squared consultants and associates include experienced trainers with experience of the skills, information management and social research sectors.  We are pleased to offer the following training and development events which can be offered as on-site workshops:

Information management

  • Introduction to metadata
  • Metadata and digital repositories
  • Developing a thesaurus
  • Developing a file plan for records management

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