March 9, 2011

Heavy Equipment Safety Training College to Deliver Train-The-Trainer Instructor Certification for Yukon Mining Association

Yukon Mine Training Association (YMTA) launches a second year of training partnership with their delivery agent, Northern Safety Network Yukon training Heavy […]

March 9, 2011

Newmont Mining Corporation gives $250,000 to Mackay School

Newmont Mining Corporation continued its support of the College of Science’s Mackay School of Earth Sciences & Engineering with a gift of $250,000 that John Mudge, Newmont’s Vice President of…

March 8, 2011

Local lawmaker fights for 4-year degrees at CAC

Maricopa native and District 23 lawmaker Frank Pratt is fighting to allow Central Arizona College and Eastern Arizona College to offer four-year baccalaureate degrees in nursing, elementary and secondary education,…

March 8, 2011

Mesabi Range Community and Technical College gets boost in mining training

The Mesabi Range Community and Technical College is getting a boost in its mining training. Bucyrus, a leader in mining technology and equipment worldwide, is donating an electronic mining shovel…

March 4, 2011

Nominations open for Queensland Training Awards

Students, teachers and training providers who excel in vocational education and training are being given a chance to be recognised as part of the Queensland Training Awards. Employment, Skills and…

March 3, 2011

Categories of eLearning

One of the biggest challenges in discussing elearning arises from different understandings of the field. Most often, we attach our experiences and career to our conversations, presenting an image of…

March 2, 2011

Can self-study be social?

Clive Shepherd, U.K. e-learning consultant, comments on the possibility of isolated self-study to be viewed as a method of learning with a social element. "I believe self-study could feel very…

March 2, 2011

Job creation to save SA

Job creation seems to be government’s broad-based, sensible and sustainable solution to the nationalisation issue. Since the beginning of the year the South African government has placed particular emphasis on…

February 28, 2011

Government Considers 20 000 Extra Skilled Workers for Resources Sector

A new plan being considered by the Gillard government could help fill the gaps in the skilled workers shortage. As the mining boom continues, the need for labour has increased…

February 28, 2011

Marketing Manager Swears by Distance Learning

For the high flyer, it can be hard to find the time for an MBA. 60-hour weeks spent living out of international hotels can be impossible to square with educational…