2015 Almanac

The 2015 MWLS Almanac of Significant, Notable and Interesting Dates is now available. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=215

Latest quote

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. - Marthe Troly-Curtin More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=214

New Resource

Managing Discipline guidelines article. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=213

Empowerment

Stopped off at a motorway service station for a takeaway coffee and went into a nearly-empty Starbucks. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=212

Empowerment

Stopped off at a motorway service station for a takeaway coffee and went into a nearly-empty Starbucks. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=211

MWLS Newsletter

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Using MS Office across devices

One of the frustrations of having so many different computers, laptops and other devices is having a single document format that you can use across these devices. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=209

New Icebreaker - Assertion

This exercise will help your group understand the difference between aggression, submission and assertion. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=208

Using two screens may change our brains

Simultaneously using mobile phones, laptops, TVs and other media devices could be changing the structure of our brains, according to new University of Sussex research. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=207

What Color is Your Parachute

Now available for pre-order. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=206

Concerns over Facebook Messenger

If you want to send and receive private messages on a mobile device, you will need to install a standalone application. Sounds fine but before you do, it might be worth reading the terms and conditions in a little more detail than you would normally do... More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=205

Concerns over Facebook Messenger

If you want to send and receive private messages on a mobile device, you will need to install a standalone application. Sounds fine but before you do, it might be worth reading the terms and conditions in a little more detail than you would normally do... More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=204

Smartphone space-saving tip

No matter how much storage there was on your phone when you first bought it, I bet there is a lot less now. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=203

Concerns over Facebook Messenger

If you want to send and receive private messages on a mobile device, you will need to install a standalone application. Sounds fine but before you do, it might be worth reading the terms and conditions in a little more detail than you would normally do... More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=202

Quote of the Week

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots. V Hugo More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=201

Macbook locked during Yosemite Beta installation

I thought I would get OSX Yosemite early by signing up for the consumer beta trial. I downloaded the installation package and started the install. All went well to begin with but after restart the installation stopped due to an error. After a performing a restart, the computer was in recovery mode with just a few utilities available. I couldn't recover from Time Machine because I didn't have an external disk that was big enough; I couldn't erase the hard drive because it was locked and I didn't want to download Yosemite again to find that I would be in the same position 6 hours later. I did a lot of online research and it looked as if I was going to have to use the terminal to unlock the disks. I was reluctantly about to do this when I accidentally discovered a much simpler solution... More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=200

Tired people more likely to cheat

Research has found that tired people not only have decreased productivity but are also more likely to lie, cheat or behave unethically. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=199

Quote of the Week

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. - Lao-Tzu (c. 550 B.C.) More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=198

Oxbridge straight-A reject record

Leading universities are reporting a sharp rise in applications for undergraduate places this year. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=197

Smart subtitles help language learning

An application - Fleex - extracts subtitle data from a video in the the language you want to learn (only English at present) and shows subtitles in both your target and native languages. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=196

University applications up by 20,000 in 1 year

University applications up by 20,000 in 1 year: UCAS figures show that university applications are up by more than 20,000 this year, fuelled by rising demand from foreign students, creating more competition for places. More

Learning second language 'slows brain ageing'

A University of Edinburgh study suggests that learning a second language can have a positive effect on the brain, even if it is taken up in adulthood. More

$60m initiative for undergraduate science education

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced today that it has selected 37 research universities to receive $60 million in grants to improve how science is taught.

The initiative enables the schools to focus on significant and sustained improvement in retaining students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

International Baccalaureate gaining respect

The International Baccalaureate is gaining such respect that some universities have lowered their entry requirements for IB students.

The IB is still a minority path in Britain, but for its supporters it offers the complete education. One of the IB's biggest attractions is that it requires breadth of study. A-level students will typically take three or four subjects, while for the IB diploma they take six, three at standard level and three at higher.

But it is more than just two or three extras. At IB, students take a range of subjects including maths, English, a science, a foreign language and a humanities subject.

Source: Daily Telegraph