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New handbooks are being printed this month and will be available by late April. If you want a sneak preview, you can see these new handbooks on the internet right now: UK Handbook - http://www.acsedu.co.uk/ Australian Handbook - http://www.acs.edu.au/advice/handbookDownload.aspx ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seeking a more balanced lifestyle? Become more self sufficient - enrol in Self Sufficiency I. Develop your understanding of self sufficiency, food and nutrition, and make the right decisions about changes in lifestyle. This course covers a range of practical skills such as mud brick building, making crafts, growing fruit, vegetables, herbs and other crops, raising poultry, sheep and goats, extending the life of clothing, conserving energy, recycling, simple home medical care and first aid, and lots more. Special 10% discount Discount only applies for enrolments before 31 March 2005 . Discount applies to both online, CD and traditional correspondence methods of learning. To receive the discount students must enrol via telephone or fax and must pay the cost of their course in full prior to 31 March 2005 . See http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/ and click on 'Alternative and Natural Living'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Large numbers of University IT graduates are finding it difficult to get a job. Why? It's often unfortunately because their courses have been teaching out of date skills. There is work in IT, but you need to learn the latest programs that are in the highest demand. Excellent courses offered by ACS include: Macromedia Flash - See http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/product.aspx?id=454 ASP.Net - See http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/product.aspx?id=510 Certificate in Website Development - See http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/product.aspx?id=412 Special 10% discount* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marketing is a weak point in many businesses It doesn't matter how good a product or service is, without customers you will not survive Marketing Foundations has just been updated. If you are in business and have never learnt about marketing perhaps you should consider doing this course. Or if you are looking to refresh your existing skills take a look at our more advanced marketing courses. For a course outline, see: http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/product.aspx?id=268 Special 10% discount* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editing skills are needed not only in the publishing industry, but in any situation where things are being written (eg. letters, reports, advertising, web sites, etc). Editing skills complement existing skills and increase employability in many professions. Consider our Editing I course Go to: http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/ and click on Writing and Journalism Special 10% discount* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practical Horticulture ll - See: http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/product.aspx?id=535 Event Management - See: http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/product.aspx?id=483 Biochemistry l - See: http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/product.aspx?id=257 Or http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/product.aspx?id=256 See other online courses at: http://www.acseduonline.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another way to learn Enrol now - Available March 15 Get your whole course on a CD: simply place it in the CD reader on a computer and follow the instructions. These courses will be based on our Online courses, but you won't need to be connected to the internet while you study. For those with a slow internet connection this mode of study provides all the benefits of online learning, including our self tests, with none of the hassles. If you want to read some of the notes on paper, just print them off. SPECIAL OFFER HORTICULTURE I ON CD 10% off* the normal fee if you choose the CD study option. To enrol in this option: please e-mail or phone the school ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marketing Systems, Berry Production, Biochemistry I, Industrial Psychology, Writing Fiction, Life Coaching. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practical Horticulture ll - Go to http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/horti.aspx and click on 'general horticulture'. RHS Certificate 2 in Horticulture - as above. Cell Biology - See: http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/product.aspx?id=573 Medical Terminology - See: http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/product.aspx?id=569 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a hub for communicating with fellow students around the world. Any ACS student can log in and register their name or interact with other students who have already registered. You gain access to this through the student room, or email us for details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Royal Horticultural Society Certificate II in Horticulture NOW AVAILABLE * Arguably the world's most prestigious entry level qualification in Horticulture. * Accredited through Qualifications Curriculum Authority ( U.K. ) * Enrol anytime, study from anywhere in the world. * Certificate awarded by the RHS after sitting and passing theory examination requirements, set down and conducted by the RHS. Exams can be arranged in most major centres in Australia , the UK,or elsewhere. * Exams are conducted twice each year. * Studies may also earn a credit toward an ACS Certificate (accredited with IARC ) * 120 nominal hours * There are ten lessons in this course: 1. The Plant Kingdom (part a) 2. The Plant Kingdom (part b) 3. The Plant Kingdom (part c) 4. Plant Propagation 5. Outdoor Food Production 6. Garden Planning 7. The Root Environment and Plant Nutrition 8. Protected Cultivation 9. Horticultural Plant Selection, Establishment and Maintenance 10. Horticultural Plant Health Problems For detailed outlines: See http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/horti.aspx and click on 'general horticulture' Or http://www.acsedu.co.uk/courses/horti.aspx and click on 'general horticulture'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BONUS $50 worth of publications Enrolments this month in RHS Certificate II in Horticulture receive as a BONUS 3 back issues of garden magazines and 2 books by John Mason.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Departure Naomi Christian has left us after 3 years, to work on her book on the Flora of Norfolk Island . We wish Naomi all the best for the future. Arrivals Welcome to the following new tutors who have joined us over the last month: Dr. Martin Lyons B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD Kirsten Moriarty B.Sc.(Env).(Hons 1), M.Jnl. , Fitness Leader Cert. Anita Martin , B.Sc., Cert Counselling Marilyn McGregor Davis B.A., Dip.Ed., Dip.T., Cert.Mkt, Cert.Real Estate Lynn Schloemann B.S.(Psych & Bus), AA(Early Childhood), A.D.(Naturopathy), B.Sc.(Health) Ian Kerr Dip Photog, ABIPP Stephen Riley B.Leisure Mgt
An updated staff list can be seen at http://www.acs.edu.au/about.asp#staff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See the changes at www.acsgarden.com including an online VIDEO tour of the 2001 MIFGIS (Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show). This year's show is on for 5 days from April 6 th -11 th . For more details see www.melb flowershow .com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a recent speech at a high school, Bill Gates, one of world's wealthiest men, listed 11 rules that students won't learn in school: Rule 1 : Life is not fair, get used to it. Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself. Rule 3 : You will not make $60,000 a year straight out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both . Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents called it opportunity. Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They became that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. Rule 8 : In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to anything in real life. Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time. Rule 10 : Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. (Source: Gold Coast Bulletin , 1-2 January 04, pg.20) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COLLEGES OR BUSINESSES INTERESTED IN DELIVERING OUR COURSES? ACS courses are being offered by colleges in five different countries. If your organisation is interested in finding out how, check out our new web page at http://www.acs.edu.au/Affiliates/default.aspx *Discount only applies for enrolments before 31 March 2005 . Discount applies to both online, CD and traditional correspondence methods of learning. To receive the discount students must enrol via telephone or fax and must pay the cost of their course in full prior to 31 March 2005 .
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