Daily ArchiveMonday, June 18th, 2007
Random 18 Jun 2007 02:07 pm
MS Office for £17.49, Anyone?
Personally I prefer OpenOffice, but MS Office has its fans – the OneNote component in particular seems to be all the rage at the moment amongst students. The big drawback with MS Office, though, is the cost – the student price for Office 2007 Enterprise Edition is £89.99, while OneNote 2007 on its own will put you back £15.
But there is a way that some people can get hold of a copy of MS Office 2007 Enterprise Edition (which includes OneNote), direct from Microsoft, for just £17.49 including postage & packaging. Details below the cut.
Random 18 Jun 2007 10:42 am
NVQ / FHEQ Levels
Another post inspired by the folks over at OUSA 10-pointers, this time looking at what qualifications are worth. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority’s website lists the various National Vocational Qualification NVQ levels, alongside the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ) levels, to give a fairly good idea of where the OU’s certificates and diplomas slot in on the scale. As an idea, A-Levels are Level 3, Certificates in Higher Education (like the Certificate in Contemporary Science you’d get for completing 6 science short courses) are Level 4, and so on. Here’s a handy link to the full table.