(Storms) Philip Harris’s Innovation Recognised in ERA 2010
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Philip Harris’s latest development Acquire, the state-of-the-art data logger was crowned Best Secondary ICT Resource and their Energy and Fuels Applied Science Kit was awarded Best Secondary non-ICT Resource. The winners were announced at the annual ERA awards dinner on Friday 5th March 2010 at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham.
The Education Resources Awards (ERA) highlight the quality and diversity of educational products and resources, excellent educational establishments and the most dedicated members of the teaching profession and supplies industry, all working together to encourage the very best in education. The awards are organised in association with the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA).
The award-winning Data Logger, Acquire, has a large 7 inch touch screen, rapid start up, six sensor ports and a huge memory (2GB). It has been built with accessibility in mind; in 30 seconds, Acquire can be taken out of the box and data acquisition started well under the 2 or 3 minutes required by other loggers. The Acquire data logger features a built-in VGA port a feature particularly beneficial for classroom demonstrations and training. Experiment results can be shown live on a whiteboard, without the hassle of setting up first on a computer; a great advantage to students and teachers as they can see exactly what the demonstrator has on their screen.
Commenting on Philip Harris’s Acquire data logger the judges said:
“We liked the easy and highly intuitive interface and the uncluttered controls of this science equipment. Acquire would appeal to all students who are well-used to mobile and games technology. Even the most science-phobic student will want to use Philip Harris’s new data logger to investigate and explore.” MAR QR65
Philip Harris’s award-winning Energy and Fuels Kit can be used during teaching Applied Science; students can investigate how energy can be transformed from one to another, understand how electricity is generated and distributed as well as observe the efficiency of energy transfers in electrical appliances.
Commenting on Philip Harris’s Energy and Fuels Kit the judges said:
“Philip Harris’s Energy and Fuels Kit offers exciting ways of engaging young people with hands-on science, providing them with equipment, information and ideas to experiment and investigate energy and fuels in a safe environment. The kit is attractive and of very high quality, with a robust feel that promotes learning about real-life, relevant issues.”
Philip Harris has been offering innovative and market leading scientific materials and equipment to primary, secondary schools and further education establishments across the UK since 1817.
Sharon Hawksworth, Marketing Manager at Philip Harris said:
“Philip Harris provides innovative solutions for modern science teachers. Our products are developed in conjunction with science teachers and technology experts; these two awards cement our premium position within the science resources market.”
Philip Harris is the leading supplier for Primary, Secondary and Further Education Lab Equipment , science education resources and Chemistry Equipment
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(Stormy weather) The Difference between Contract and College/University Science
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Have you ever thought about the reasons why people of science go in for research? Of course, these reasons may be absolutely different. So let us enumerate some of them.
Contract science workers
Some scientists work in this or that department on contract basis. The scientist works there to do a certain type of research. In other words such scientists work there because they have signed the contract and they are obliged to work for the company/college/university till termination of the contract. Of course, the contract may be prolonged. But it depends on many circumstances. But by the end of the contract many scientists feel frustrated. This happens because contracts are usually short and there is not enough time to manage everything that was planned. There is no desire to work for civilization.
The Advantage of College/University Researchers
Other workers of science work as lecturers or tutors. They work not only with students but they also are to do a certain research. But this research is of absolutely different nature. Contract researchers are to do the research appointed by a company, but scientists who work at college/university can choose the sphere and the topic of the research. The second type of research gives scientists freedom of choice. And this is very important as research workers are also creative people as well as painters.
Moreover, scientists - both those working on contract basis and college/university scientists - enjoy their work because it gives them a chance to be engaged in the favourite occupation. They merge into the scientific atmosphere where all the staff uses terms in their speech. Besides it gives the opportunity to develop scientific skills and to exchange opinions about this or that scientific sphere. Nobody would disagree that it is rather pleasant to find something new and to make this something new work for the benefit of society.
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(Storms) Postgraduate Studies: Analyzing Both Sides of the Tale
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Assessing the importance of postgraduate studies, usually the discussions imply two distinct themes, a career in research and academia, and professional career and employment. Those too topics are usually compared and contrasted as two opposing rationales for selecting postgraduate studies. Additionally, there is the individual factor in which each person individually decides why going the postgraduate studies path. In order to clarify such aspect, the present article will attempt to explain both rationales for postgraduate studies.
Academia
The love for science is a reason good enough for most people to apply for post graduate studies. Expected outcomes might vary, but one thing can be stated for sure is that money is not a priority in such case. Accordingly, such rationale implies that the individual will connect his/her career with the scientific community. The latter might include working in universities, university labs, working in researches, and grant projects. The main outcome can be seen through personal satisfaction and recognition in the scientific community, both of which are reasons good enough to consider postgraduate studies.
Career and Employment
In the context of career and employment, postgraduate studies are pursued mostly for qualifications reasons. Generally, many might perceive postgraduate studies as an opportunity to develop ones skills for career advancement. However, such statement is only partially true. On the one hand, employers do consider postgraduate qualifications as a reason to advance employees careers. On the other hand, these skills might be learned through training courses, and as long as the employee is capable of doing the job right, he/she might advance trough the career as well, without a postgraduate degree.
Thus, the decision is largely individual for each one in whether to pursue postgraduate studies or not. Both reasons can be justified, although in order to raise qualifications, a method less expensive might be found.
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Computer Science as a Choice of one
s Future Career.
By Michael Cockson
Science is a wide-spread area nowadays with different branches of it. Among those one could definitely consider Computer Science as one of the major and the most perspective ones. Computer is the general tool nowadays for many people. Considering career of an engineer one should keep in mind the following facts:
1. To begin with, one may analyze how much time they can save daily having fast and effective Internet where they can search for useful information and perform doing some tasks online (e.g. buying things on E-Bay, making payments online, doing shopping rather than spending several hours driving to a different county or neighborhood to buy the right thing for oneself etc.) This would help them determine whether career theyve chosen suits them or not.
2. Secondly, having strong knowledge in Excel, Access, Power Point, Microsoft Word and other programs one would definitely signify their belonging to this very branch of science. Some people may even master working on .net, Java, Fox Pro, .html and other now existing and well-known types of programming.
3. Thirdly, being a high school student a person ought to get enrolled in some classes associated mainly with programming besides most common ones (web mastering, keyboarding, BCIS etc.)
4. As their fourth step among various APs (Advance Placement classes) one may choose the one saying programming on it so that they developed their skills and knew proper ways of working with different computer programs and languages.
5. And finally it is necessary for an individual to pass certain exams so that they had some kind of certificate while entering a university mastering in Computer Science. Also it is a good idea to choose between Software and Hardware since Software usually deals with programs online and computer graphic documents and Hardwares specials are usually engineering and electronics.
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Postgraduate Studies and/or Scientific Careers: Health Care
By Michael Cockson
Members of the contemporary global community realize the advantages and benefits of education and career planning. Various ways to improve your personal skills and competencies can be used in order to prepare yourself for a certain job position. You can have several plans, just in case. Some people are absolutely sure about their academic skills and personal characteristics that do not think it necessary to make a small effort to improve those. However, the world is changing as well as people. You should keep abreast of the times in order not to lose your skills. Sometimes, people come to know about their irrelevance to their position of a sudden. In this case, it is either too late to change anything, or a person has to work hard and make a great progress.
Health Care
The sector of health care is one of human activities that should implement changes as well as all other fields of science and industry. If a health care professional does not want to improve his/her skills, this person will soon be substituted with the one who is more knowledgeable in this sector. Moreover, a good doctor should spend time at hospital that is divided onto certain activities including surgeries, communication with patients, and self-development. In this respect, a profession of health care givers becomes the one with scientific bases.
Science and Health
Often, people do not realize the importance of experiments and researches. However, health care sector is one of areas that should improve the quality of services provided to patients. All innovations and the results of the latest experiments should be transmitted to all health care professionals to heal people more adequately. Though the process of conducting researches, writing about the results, and assessing the novelty of the findings takes some time, it is necessary to publish those dissertations and articles in order to save more lives.
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