BBC Skillswise Newsletter July 2010
Thursday 22 July 2010
Hello everyone, welcome to the July 2010 Skillswise newsletter
In this month's newsletter we have, the Skillswise team visit the Army's Warminster Barracks in Wiltshire, a downloadable Skillswise CD-ROM and raw money magazine, a BBC Learning English tennis quiz for Wimbledon fans and another update from the Bang Goes the Theory roadshow.
BBC Learning Survey
Last month we asked if you could complete the BBC Learning survey, if you haven't taken part you still have time to tell us what you think of our newsletters and how we can make them better.
The survey takes between 3 and 5 minutes to complete and the information collected will only be used by the BBC to improve its services.
Please click on the link below to take part in the survey.
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/300008/BBC-Learning-Email-Survey
We'd like to thank you for your help and we hope you continue to enjoy learning with us.
Meet the Skillswise team
Many thanks to everyone who got in touch with us to host a Skillswise feedback session! We're still keen to meet people from across the UK and in particular we're interested in organising sessions during the months of July and August.
Thanks again to Karen, Jo and the lads from 3 YORKS at Battlesbury Barracks and the Assault Pioneers at Land Warfare Centre for hosting an enjoyable and rewarding session at the Army's Warminster Barracks, Wiltshire. Please contact Colin Babb directly on: colin.babb@bbc.co.uk if you'd like us to visit you.
Non-soldiers featured in the photograph are (left to right) : Colin Babb (BBC Skillswise), Jo Tymoshynshyn (Army Basic Skills Development Manager), Michael Rumbelow (BBC Skillswise). Photograph by Rosemary Ling (BBC Skillswise).
Skillswise CD-ROM
A long time ago we used to have Skillswise taster CD-ROMs to send out. These quickly ran out, but don't despair! We found a copy and you can now download it from the Skillswise website.
This means that you can make the CD-ROM available to loads of people, without having to order extra copies.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/help/using/cdrom.html
Wimbledon 2010 - BBC Learning English tennis quiz
Have fun with your learners and celebrate Wimbledon with this quick fire quiz produced by BBC Learning English. In a tennis match, how do we say the score 15 - 0? Fifteen - nought, fifteen - zero, fifteen - love or fifteen - nil?
Click on the link below and see how many answers you get right!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1135_tennis
raw money magazine
Get help saving, managing and spending money with the raw money magazine. Just in time to help you budget the summer holiday or BBQ!
It's available to download and includes advice from financial expert Jasmine Birtles and Consumer champion Dominic Littlewood.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/raw/money/pdf/rawmoneymagazine.pdf
Bang Goes the Theory are on the road
The Bang Goes the Theory tour is in full-swing as the team travel the UK, putting science to the test. 70,000 people have already come along to get hands-on with science, and the next stop will be Hartlepool Tall Ships Race from 6-8th August.
Check out their website for more information and future tour dates, as well as hands-on science that you can do at home.
www.bbc.co.uk/bang
That's it for this month. Have a great summer, see you in August.
Tarik and the rest of the Skillswise team
skillswise@bbc.co.uk.
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