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STILL TIME TO AVOID THE FEE RISE
New fees are now reflected on our website and our 2005 Enrolment Form. However, if you enrol before 20 th May 2005 , you will still be charged the old fee.
We have an offer of FREE TSHIRTS for the first 20 enrolments.To enrol at the old fee, your payment must be received on or before 20 th May 2005 . To take advantage of the offer enrol via fax or phone.
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NEW CHILDREN'S NUTRITION COURSE 
Suitable for parents, or anyone working in health or children's services, this 100 hour course covers ten lessons:
• Introduction to Child Nutrition
• Nutrition for Pre-Pregnancy
• Nutrition in Pregnancy
• Nutrition in Infants
• Nutrition in Childhood
• Nutritional Concerns , Healthy Eating Behaviours
• Issues in Child Nutrition
• Childhood Obesity
• Diet Plans
For details see: http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/product.aspx?id=594 Enrol Now
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New handbooks for ACS in Australia and ACS Distance Education (UK) are now available.
For a free copy, email us at studentservices@acs.edu.au
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‘HOME GARDEN EXPERT' by e-learning
Available now online and on CD, this recently expanded and upgraded course has enormous visual appeal and enough content to turn anyone into a home garden expert! And it will be a useful reference for years to come.
Study it online with full tutorial support and services, or buy the course on CD and study on your own.
For details or to enrol online, go to: http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/product.aspx?id=173
To study by CD, phone: (07) 5530 4855
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SPECIAL OFFER ON BUSINESS BOOKS
Our books are reviewed and selected by our academic staff, so you can be assured of their quality and relevance. Until June 1 st , buy one business or management book and get the second book at 10% discount. For ACS student s, this is another 10% on top of the regular student discount.
Top picks from the bookshop:
Australian Management
Business Planning: The Key To Success
Complete Idiot's Guide to MBA Basics
Smart Guide to Starting a Small Business
For more titles or to place an order, see www.acsbookshop.com
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SEE WHAT OUR COURSES LOOK LIKE
-VIEW SAMPLE LESSONS
Want to choose a course, but don't know what to expect? You can now go online to see the first lessons of some ACS courses. While you won't find lessons from every course, you will see how our lessons are structured, and get a better idea of how assignments and tasks are set out.
Go to webpage: http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/
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A unique feature of studying with ACS is our student room. If you are an ACS student and still have not visited the student room, why not check it out.
What is the Student Room?
The student room is a secure section on the internet that can only be entered with an access code. To get your code, email studentservices@acs.edu.au and request access. Once in, you can access our online library, submit assignments or payments securely over the net, and join the student register to interact with other students around the world.
The student register contains contact details and messages from students who want to interact with other students. Any ACS student can register and any ACS student with an access code can contact them. This facility is really taking off. For the first time, you can meet colleagues and develop friendships just as easily through a correspondence course as through a classroom based course.
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When you order your new course handbook or view our webpages, you might notice changes to the course codes. The new codes more accurately reflect the different levels of study, and will be phased in gradually.
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I.T. is changing so fast. It's vital to stay up to date and to know how to stay up to date. Unfortunately many courses offered by traditional institutions don't teach this and as a result, many I.T. graduates find that work or success eludes them.
Certain I.T. skills are still in short supply, in part because many courses are run by governments and bureaucracies rather than people in the industry or with extensive industry experience. Talk to us about these high demand courses:
ASP.Net
Visual Basic.Net
Computer Servicing
Certificate in Web Site Development
Or go to webpage: www: http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/ and click on Information Technology.
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Affiliate Receives Award
Warnborough College , an ACS affiliate based in Canterbury , UK , was awarded the prestigious Investor in People (IiP) standard in April 2005. IiP is a UK government-backed initiative to help organisations to be more successful by adhering to good practice for the training and development of staff.
The IiP auditor noted in his report that outcomes from the Warnborough work done for ISO9001:2000 and for Investors in People standards “were clearly in evidence – people development processes in particular have been strengthened. There is a very open culture (staff talked of a genuine ‘open door' policy), and internal auditing systems not only promote continuous improvement, but also encourage staff to embrace change. All staff demonstrated an appetite for improvement.”
For further information about Investors in People : www.investorsinpeople.co.uk
New Pre Med Proficiency Award Coming
ACS Distance Education (UK) together with Warnborough College are about to launch a Proficiency Award course in medical studies. The course involves eight modules covering Anatomy and Physiology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Medical Terminology.
If you would like to be sent more details as soon as available, email a request for information to admin@acsedu.co.uk
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AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE CONFERENCE IN MELBOURNE 10 – 11 th September 2005 
Held every 3-4 years in Melbourne , the Australian Landscape Conference once again brings together some of the world's leading figures in garden design and landscaping. This year, delegates will be focusing on New directions : Creative processes for design excellence , with speakers including Kate Cullity , Vladimir Sitta and Professor George Seddon among several representing Australia , while the international line up features Juan Grimm ( Chile ), Rick Darke (USA), Rob ert Watson ( New Zealand ) with Penelope Hobhouse , Christopher Bradley-Hole and James Hitchmough from the UK .
Penelope Hobhouse, perhaps the world's best known garden designer and writer is coming and there will be keen interest in her new approach to gardening. Having made her name with her superb colour combinations and love of plants, her recent years have been spent teaching and researching about garden design and her new interest in Islamic gardens. This may well prove to be the last visit to Australia of this extraordinary gardener and writer.
For details, go to www.bloomings.com.au
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Courses recently upgraded and expanded include:
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Study for Fun, Personal Development, or Career Advancement
ACS has courses that suit all of these goals and many of our courses can suit any of them.
It is important that we know why someone is studying with us for then we can support them according to that purpose.
At ACS , we try very hard to put the long term interests of our student s first and we are always happy to guide you into a course to suit your own particular needs.
If you want advice on what to study before enrolling, just ask us. We offer a free course counselling service. This can be extremely valuable to use if you are uncertain of what you want to do.
Where do your Fees Go?
After working for 30 years in education, I have come to realise that every college or school is different in the way they spend their budget. Some spend as much as 40% of their income on marketing while others as much as 30% on dealing with bureaucracy (e.g. government accreditation), and the profit margins can vary greatly as well.
ACS has always believed that the vast majority of fees we receive should be spent on course development and student services. People pay us to do a course, so the money should mostly go into the courses. In our opinion, this is an ethical responsibility and an underpinning philosophy we continue to follow.
John Mason, Principal
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