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Winners of the 2007 Korea Foreign Language Education Awards pose with Park Moo-jong, center in the front row, president-publisher of The Korea Times, and Kim Se-joong, Park’s right, head judge of the awards, at a prize giving ceremony held at COEX, southern Seoul, Thursday./Korea Times

A total of 22 educational institutes, language schools and publishing firms won prizes Thursday at the 2007 Korea Foreign Language Education Awards, organized by The Korea Times. They were recognized for their unique and distinctive education programs or equipment.

President-publisher of The Korea Times Park Moo-jong presented plaques to the 22 award winners at the COEX conference center, southern Seoul.

The awards, which started in 2005, are designed to provide people with information on quality foreign language education programs and to promote the development of education institutes » Read more after the jump →

The Introductory Economics course is a collection of online experiments and related on-line workbooks which can be used by individual learners or to supplement an instructor lead course.

In each experiment a student is an active participant attempting to make deals with other traders in a market. After each experiment, the data the students generated is stored and the student will use this data to complete an online workbook.

The workbook guides the student through the analysis and much of the economic theory needed to understand the related experiment. In these experiments the student is both a participant and an observer. » Read more after the jump →

Japan Scholarship Student Foreign of less year

The Education, Science and Technology Ministry has decided to revise the current system of scholarships for foreign students coming to Japan for periods of less than a year, aiming to expand and improve short-stay programs at universities here, according to government sources.

In Europe and the United States, most students who study abroad do so for only three to 12 months.

The new program will start in the next fiscal and academic year, both of which begin April 1, the sources said.

Quotas for the scholarships are decided by the Japan Student Services Organization, an independent administrative institute, according to the number of international students at each university. But from next academic year the quotas will be decided by the ministry after examining the quality of curriculums for international students at each university. » Read more after the jump →

Career Information for a Degree or Certification in Accounting or Bookkeeping

If you have a head for details and numbers and would like a job with regular hours and a comfortable setting, a degree in Accounting or Bookkeeping might be just the thing for you. People who have a degree or certification in Accounting or Bookkeeping might work in a variety of positions related to financial recordkeeping, including accounting, bookkeeping or budget analysis. Read more here!

What is a Degree or Certification in Accounting or Bookkeeping?

A degree or certificate program in Accounting or Bookkeeping prepares students for careers in financial reporting and related fields by introducing them to the basics of such skills as budgeting, auditing and data analysis. A degree program with emphasis in both Accounting and Bookkeeping generally leads to conferral of an associate degree. However, because many » Read more after the jump →

A degree in civil and arch engineering can lead to a satisfying and lucrative career in a variety of industries and fields. Experts in civil and arch engineering help to supervise and design major construction projects, such as roads, bridges, airports, and water treatment systems.

To become qualified, one must attend a college, university, or academic institution that offers engineering programs. Engineers must have bachelor’s degrees to obtain employment, but master’s degrees are often recommended to achieve success in this field.

Those who have earned qualifying degrees in civil and arch engineering should have no problems » Read more after the jump →

AirAsia affiliated Tune Ventures Sdn Bhd is establishing a major presence in Borneo’s shopping centre by opening its first department store and a 166-room hotel at the 1Borneo mega mall.

Tune Ventures’ flagship retail outlet to be called Tune Store will occupy a 9,300sq m area in the massive mall which is scheduled to open by April.

“We are targeting the middle income earners with our extensive selection of merchandise for discerning shoppers,” Tune Store director Dennis Melka said after the signing of an agreement between Tune Ventures and Sagajuta Sdn Bhd, 1Borneo’s developer for the establishment of the retail outlet.

The event was witnessed by state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjum. » Read more after the jump →

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1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)

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If you are looking for a wide range of free courses online, MIT is your best option. There are more than 1,800 free courses offered through the school’s OpenCourseWare project. Courses are in audio, video and text format and can be translated into a number of different languages. People from all over the world use OpenCourseWare and 96 percent of visitors say they would recommend the site to someone else. » Read more after the jump →