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e-Learning courses available to University staff The University is a member of FaTMAN (Fife and Tayside Metropolitan Area Network). The FaTMAN Management Committee has purchased, via Welsh Networking Ltd, access to a range of high-quality training materials. In total there are 255 online courses in three categories: IT Professional (e.g. Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, A+, Network+, SQL server, Visual Basic .NET); Desktop Computing (e.g. Microsoft Office XP applications, MS Frontpage, MS Outlook, Adobe Photoshop); and Business and Professional Development Skills (e.g. Time management, project management, appraisal, managing a meeting, stress management). Courses are being made available, to members of University staff only, without charge up to 26 February 2006 in the first instance. For more information, please see:

These days we are seeing more and more learning opportunities for seniors that seek to meet the challenge of including older people in the information and communication society

seniors could be one of the target groups who would profit most from online learning opportunities

Quoting a 75 years old learner: “I liked being able to get to grips with this new (to me) technology in the privacy of my own home in my own time. Being able to work at my own pace - some things came quickly, others not so. Being able to contact our mentors and other course members from time to time and when necessary”.

Simple Minds are a rock band from Scotland, who had their greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band, from the south side of Glasgow, produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s, and later went on to produce some politically inspired and critically praised work. Simple Minds have secured a string of successful hit singles, the best known being its number one worldwide hit single "Don't You (Forget About Me)", from the soundtrack of the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club. Founding members Jim Kerr (vocals) and Charlie Burchill (guitar), along with drummer Mel Gaynor, are the core of the band, which currently features Andy Gillespie on keyboards and Eddie Duffy on bass guitar.

E-learning at Oxford

In the last few years, e-learning has become a very important factor at Oxford. This quick guide is intended to help Oxford members become familiar with the available resources and the experts that you can contact.

the increase has been most striking in relation to adults aged 55-64 and 65-74; the percentage reporting that they are confident has increased by 15 and 13 percentage points respectively

it is notable that the majority of adults in all age groups use e-mail.

Some members of the ageing population struggle to use ICT because of accessibility issues, this might be because they have failing memory or physical health. Others may just not be interested in using for example, the Internet. This might be because they see no added value in using the Internet, consider it unnecessary or feel that alternative channels are adequate.

The members of the 50+ age group got acquainted with the internet at the age of 53 on the average, but there are also people, who started to learn the basis at the age of 87. The elder age group mostly browses, reads email, reads news, searchesand searches/checks things when using the internet.

In the case of the older people not using the internet the reasons of staying away is mostly cognitive type of reasons (not interested, do not need it), and not financial type of reasons.

Consequently, the European Commission requested the early application of a directive which came into force in February 2004 stating that all member States must establish plans to accommodate vessels in distress in the waters of their jurisdiction and publish lists of ports of refuge.

The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California by vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger. They were considered a controversial band, due mostly to Morrison's cryptic lyrics and unpredictable stage persona. After Morrison's death on July 3, 1971, the remaining members continued as a threesome until disbanding in 1973.[1] Despite a career that barely totaled eight years, The Doors still enjoy a huge cult following as well as status in the mainstream music industry as being hugely influential and original. According to the RIAA, they have sold over 32 million albums in the US alone.[2]