Hillcroft College for Women - virtual learning environment

This week 20 January we have Access Fast Track, Women Into Management , Improving Your Confidence Through Voice , Dyslexia Reading and GCSE English. Starting on the 23rd is Number Plus and on the 25th Spreadsheets.

Volunteer for London 2012
Have you thought about volunteering to help with the London Olympics? It's not too late to volunteer! Visit the portal to register your interest to help in the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies.

This month’s ebooks
Ebrary has these ebooks to help you learn to teach via OpenAthens:

Briggs, A & Sommefeldt, D (2002) Managing effective learning and teaching. London: Sage

Harmin, M. & Toth, M. (20060 Inspiring active learning: a complete handbook for today's teachers. Philadelphia: Association fo Supervision and Curriculum Development

Stronge, J. (2007) Qualities of effective teachers. 2nd Edn. Philadelpiha: Association of Supersvision and Curriculum Development

and on Dawsonera:

Bentham, S. & Hitchines, R. (2005) Practical tips for teaching assistants. London Routledge Falmer

Petty, G. (2009) Evidence based teaching: a practical approach. 2nd Edn. Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes

Petty, G. (2009) Teaching today: a practical guide. 4th Edn. Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes

Six Book Challenge
Hillcroft College is running the Six Book Challenge this year.  You need to read six items to meet the challenge - these can be books, magazine or newspaper articles and poems. And keep a diary to record how you do.

If you've already signed up to take part we need you to fill in the Pre-Challenge evaluation. This is just 10 questions on a SurveyMonkey link and takes about 5 minutes.

Careers and applying to university
The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) at Hillcroft gives you access to information to help you on your career path. This includes access to the Adult Directions database where you can identify your skills and possible career choices. Visit the LRC Careers advice page for more information.

You can also find out about applying to university. This includes tips on filling in your application form. As well as resources which help you find out more about what other students think of the universities you are considering. And how those universities are rated on the Access UCAS applications page. For more information contact the LRC team.