AVJIN

Magyar, A.E. (2012) "Plagiarism and attribution: an academic literacies approach?" Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 4. "In many Higher Education courses in the UK the ability to write extended academic prose is central to assessment and therefore to student success. One aspect of academic writing which students struggle with is incorporating the work and ideas of ... read more...

The Havana declaration on information literacy, from March 2012, is available in Portuguese and Spanish. This asserts the importance of information literacy and calls for collaborative work and building of networks for the growth of information literacy in the context of Latin American countries. It has 15 points for action. Declaração de Havana (Portuguese version): https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0XpF3d0HM6YN3dBLWROYmNHLU0/edit?pli=1Declaração de Havana ... read more...

This presentation was given by Lori Cooney back in March 2012 at Mass Schools and Libraries and contains a wealth of suggested tools. If you are a school librarian and have missed this Prezi presentation then do take a look here. read more...

Territory Service ManagerEmerging Business ManagerAcquisition Experience HeadZonal Service Ops HeadSenior Executive - NodalHead Distribution - ROBProgram Manager PrepaidKYC Officer-Emerging Businessproduct manager NHV prepaid and dthBusiness Solution ConsultantData Collection ManagerPost Paid Channel ManagerNMT EngineerDGM Network QualityHOW TO APPLY read more...

Brussels, Belgium Job Reference VA 13/2012The Financial Mechanism Office (FMO) administers the EEA Grants and Norway Grants on behalf of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The funding schemes aim at reducing economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area (EEA) and strengthening of bilateral relations with the 15 EU countries benefiting ... read more...

United Kingdom Permanent Representation to the European Union Brussels, Belgium A vacancy is available in the UK Permanent Representation to the European Union (UKRep), as a Migration Desk Officer in the Justice and Home Affairs Section. Applications (300KB max.), should be sent to the Recruitment Officer, Corporate Services Benelux (brussels.recruitment@fco.gov.uk). The right ... read more...

Ref.: 12-39/RRS/SSA The International Potato Center (CIP) is seeking a well-qualified nutritionist, or agricultural economist with a strong nutrition interest for the Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI) to work in an Agriculture-Health-Nutrition nested cohort study based in Bungoma, Western Kenya. The cohort is a sub-sample of an on-going action ... read more...

I had an interesting talk yesterday with one of our third year BSc students, whose dissertation I'm supervising. He has carried out two focus groups with his peers about how and why they share information on Facebook and Twitter (no further detail yet, as he hasn't finished writing it up, but I will add some more in the ... read more...

The House passed a budget bill for the Census which eliminates funding for the American Community Survey.  The headline at Business Week states "Killing the American Community Survey Blinds Business."  The Washington Times notes that the "House Reins in Census Bureau, Justice."   The director of the Census has a blog with information and a video.  The director comments, "Modern ... read more...

Grade: PL-4Position N°: NAReference: ADB12/134Publication date: 11/05/2012Closing date: 10/06/2012 Objectives The Procurement and Fiduciary Services Department (ORPF) reports to the Vice President, Country Operations (ORVP). The Department supports the Sector Departments in project cycle activities and in monitoring compliance in procurement activities on the one hand, ... read more...