Monthly Archives: May 2011
Amber Films
Last week a major British social documentary co-operative had its work added to the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register. The UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register is an online catalogue created to help promote the UK’s documentary … Continue reading
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Tagged documentary, Film & Sound Online, Films, UNESCO
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Saunas and education?
Now that I’ve got your attention, this picture is a Google image and, unfortunately, not me or anyone here. The sauna with a view, however, is almost identical to the one I was in this week. After a long day … Continue reading
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Tagged education, Finland, International education, saunas
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Steamship sports programme, 1934
Just something I found today in a folder from the Fred Clarke collection Sports programme from the RMS “Armadale Castle”, 1934 (ref FC/4/34) I’m intrigued by the “Potato Races”, and what could “Are you there?” possibly be? Hide and seek? … Continue reading
Finnish education soup
Perhaps this is a sign I’ve been eating too much here in Finland, but I’d like to share my recipe for a tasty education soup. Add the following: a heaping measure of teacher education (MA quality) a healthy dose of teacher … Continue reading
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Tagged education, Finland, libraries, recipe, University of Helsinki
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‘London restaurant refuses to serve women cocktails after 8,unless with a man’
I wasn’t going to post about this as my first reaction was it was a bit too frivolous, but then I put a comment on Twitter and it got re-tweeted more times than anything else I’ve put up, so I … Continue reading
Facts and factors of Finnish success
The University of Helsinki is a large, thriving university. Originally founded in Turku in 1640, the university transferred to Helsinki in 1828. Presently, the university serves 37,000 degree students and 30,000 continuing education and Open University students on four campuses … Continue reading
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Tagged Finland, Michael Gove, PISA, teacher education, tuition, University of Helsinki
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Hello from Helsinki
I’m at the University of Helsinki for an International Staff Exchange week. Erasmus participants are from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, France and that’s just an A – F start! I regret missing the IOE International and Culture week, … Continue reading
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Tagged Finland, International education, library 2, University of Helsinki
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IOE International Education and Culture Week
We hope you’ll be able to take part in some of the many activities during International Education and Culture Week from 23 – 27 May. As part of the exciting, wide world of education, we have focused a library display … Continue reading
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Tagged Commonwealth, displays, International education
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My first experience of cataloguing…
By Katherine Doyle I am a UCL student on the MA Archives and Records Management course; I am at the Institute of Education’s Archive for two weeks to get some experience of cataloguing. On my first day I was presented … Continue reading
100th post
We’re delighted to have reached our 100th addition to Newsam News. We know you’re finding it interesting and we’d love to have more of your comments on the blog. Over the last nine months we’ve kept you up to date … Continue reading
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