Finding statistics and newspapers workbook

This resource supports the Understanding Educational Enquiry module DET050 of the PG Cert at the University of Birmingham. It details how to find statistics and newspapers, and could be used by participants as part of their action research. It also stands alone for any user wanting to find statistics or newspapers for their studies. It outlines resources and guidance specifically for the University of Birmingham, but it may be adapted for use elsewhere

Guide for using the library catalogue

This resource supports the 'Course design' module of the University of Birmingham’s PG Cert, created as part of the JISC/HEA-funded DELILA project; it also stands alone for any user wanting to learn how to get the best out of the Library Catalogue. This guide covers how to search for books, periodicals and archive materials as well as how to manage ones library account online

Internationalisation and modern languages in Scottish Further and Higher Education

This scoping study investigated the impact of internationalisation strategies on modern language provision in Scottish further and higher education and was commissioned by the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies. It follows on from the report by Footitt (2005), which explored issues of internationalisation and modern languages in England. The present investigation had the following aims: to identify the main policy documents related to internationalisation strategies and modern languages in Scottish further and higher education and explore to which extent internationalisation initiatives support or encourage the development of students' language and to explore the explicit and implicit messages given by institutional websites about international student support and about modern language study; to explore the views of selected stakeholders in Scottish further and higher education with regard to internationalisation strategies and in what ways international activities at selected institutions offer opportunities for language learning

Cross-sector collaborative activities to promote modern languages in Scotland

The study was commissioned by The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS). It replicates the study by Davis (2006) on cross-sector activities to promote the study of modern languages in England and Wales, within the Scottish context. The overall aim of the current investigation was to identify and encourage sharing of good practice in cross-sector collaboration in Scottish schools, universities and FE colleges

A policy context - eLib and the emergence of the subject gateways

This brief paper outlines some of the features of the policy environment which led to the setting up of the influential 'subject gateways' as part of the Electronic Libraries Programme. It has the modest and partial ambition of putting some of the discussions of the time on record. It should be read as a companion piece to two other articles. The first, Law 1994, develops the historical context for the emergence of the data centres, a central component of JISC information infrastructure, and collaterally discusses the broad thrust of JISC's developing informational activity. The second, Dempsey 2000, upon which this piece is partly based, provides a broad discussion of the emergence of the subject gateways and the historical trajectory which led to the setting up of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN), which now provides an umbrella for JISC-funded subject-gateway activity. This article has a particular focus: it looks at some aspects of the policy background which led to the funding of the subject gateways. It does not discuss emerging services and approaches that also influenced developments

References: (a) DoD Directive 5110.4, “Washington Headquarters Services (WHS),”

reissues Reference (b) to disseminate policies and update responsibilities and procedures for selection of employees covered by merit promotion. 2. APPLICABILITY. See Enclosure 1. 3. POLICY. It is OSD policy that: a. Merit promotions and/or selections will be made without regard to political, religious, or labor-organization affiliation or nonaffiliation, marital status, race, color, sex, national origin, nondisqualifying disability, or age. b. All aspects of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and DoD priority placement requirements shall be followed (including the OPM Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan for Displaced Employees), where appropriate, as required by part 330 of Reference (c). c. Interviews are encouraged. The selecting official may use discretion in determining which, and how many, applicants are interviewed using job-related questions. Selecting officials may interview all, some, or none of the applicants. They are responsible for defending their judgments and will document reasons for selection on the referral list. AI 33, December 24, 2008 d. Evaluation of applicants shall be based solely on job-related criteria that relate t

Subject: International

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Subject: Training

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Subject: Technology

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Subject Unrest

Roll-to-roll manufacturing of micro components based on advanced printing, structuring and lamination of ceramic tapes is rapidly progressing. This large-scale and cost-effective manufacturing process of ceramic micro devices is however prone to hide defects within the visually opaque tape stacks. To achieve a sustainable manufacturing with zero defects in the future, there is an urgent need for reliable inspection systems. The systems to be developed have to perform high-resolution in-process quality control at high speed. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a promising technology for detailed in-depth inspection and metrology. Combined with infrared screening of larger areas it can solve the inspection demands in the roll-to-roll ceramic tape processes. In this thesis state-of-art commercial and laboratory OCT systems, operating at the central wavelength of 1.3 µm and 1.7 µm respectively, are evaluated for detecting microchannels, metal prints, defects and delaminations embedded in alumina and zirconia ceramic layers at hundreds of micrometers beneath surfaces. The effect of surface roughness induced scattering and scattering by pores on the probing radiation, is analyzed by experimentally captured and theoretically simulated OCT images of the ceramic samples, while varying surface roughnesses and operating wavelengths. By extending the Monte Carlo simulations of the OCT response to the mid-infrared the optimal operating wavelength is found to be 4 µm for alumina and 2 µm for zirconia. At these wavelengths we predict a sufficient probing depth of about 1 mm and we demonstrate and discuss the effect of rough surfaces on the detectability of embedded boundaries. For high-precision measurement a new and automated 3D image processing algorithm for analysis of volumetric OCT data is developed. We show its capability by measuring the geometric dimensions of embedded structures in ceramic layers, extracting features with irregular shapes and detecting geometric deformations. The method demonstrates its suitability for industrial applications by rapid inspection of manufactured samples with high accuracy and robustness. The new inspection methods we demonstrate are finally analyzed in the context of measurement uncertainty, both in the axial and lateral cases, and reveal that scattering in the sample indeed affects the lateral measurement uncertainty. Two types of image artefacts are found to be present in OCT images due to multiple reflections between neighboring boundaries and inhomogeneity of refractive index. A wavefront aberration is found in the OCT system with a scanning scheme of two galvo mirrors, and it can be corrected using our image processing algorithm.QC 20140428Multilayer (FP7-NMP4-2007-214122