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Joanne Sweeney-Burke is the CEO of Digital Training Institute, a published author, a writer for Social Media Examiner, an international speaker, and host of the weekly podcast and weekly blog, JSB Talks Digital. Here, she writes for Way out West on the importance of personal...
Throughout our years at school there are always subjects that seem to carry more importance than others. To be good at Art or P.E. can sometimes seem like a luxury skill or speciality; to focus on History or Geography, Spanish or French is often a...
Construction comprises the creation, planning, design and financing of projects from outset to completion. Generating countless jobs, it requires teamwork, skill and knowledge of materials and techniques, making it one of the outstanding examples of human ingenuity and brilliance. Of course like many industries, construction has...
Sam Allardyce has lost his job as England manager after only 67 days in the role. After his appointment he said ‘I can’t stop smiling because I’ve got this job’, but lasted only one match before being forced to resign after a newspaper sting alleged...
The IPhone 7 was unveiled last week, boasting a series of updates and improvements. It’s waterproof and dust-proof, has an improved camera system, and a longer battery life. It also has stereo speakers, but what’s made the most headlines is what it doesn’t have: a...
Wayne Denner attended South West College last week to talk to students about what he believes everyone needs to be thinking about if they intend to get a job in the future: online reputation. Denner, a speaker, Author and expert on Online Reputation & Wellbeing,...
Computers are part of everything we do. We use them constantly, whether it’s checking the weather, the football scores or the best holiday destinations, and for anyone working in an office, it’s hard to imagine working away from the monitor. In any conceivable future, computing...
Accounting is a huge career area. Once seen as a specialised discipline – associated primarily with mathematical geniuses – it is now more accessible, with advances in computing meaning that it is less about natural numerical skill and more about aptitude and training. Notoriously a...
Melania Trump, wife of presidential candidate Donald Trump, performed her most important role in the US election to date when she took centre stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention. She praised her husband as a ‘compassionate’ man and one who would...
For several years, talk of environmental issues and green technologies has been fairly common. Ever since Al Gore’s efforts at the start of the century, global warming has been something we’re all aware of, and more recently, both Barrack Obama and Leonardo Di Caprio have...
