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Monday, 2 March 2009
Internship 2
Below are a handful more of my online news stories from work experience at Haymarket medical:
Sunday, 1 March 2009
Internship
For the past week, I have been on work experience at the Haymarket publications GP and Independent Nurse, and the medical news website Health Care Republic.
Below are a selection of my articles.
Saturday, 28 February 2009
UK's first hotel on water
Plans for the UK’s first floating hotel have been unveiled.
Premier Inn has announced details of the ‘flotel’, to be built in Hartlepool Marina. The project will be the first budget hotel to be purpose-built above water.
The hotel is designed to move with the tide and will be connected to the quayside via a pedestrian ramp and an external lift.
The design was chosen so visitors can stay as close to the Marina as possible.
Premier Inn has also announced plans to build beside the Walsall Canal. The new 120-bed hotel is due to be built as part of the town’s regeneration plans.
Adrian Andrew, Walsall Council’s portfolio holder for regeneration, said: “I think the new hotel is wonderful news and it shows the confidence that the business community has in Walsall.”
Originally published in Canal Business
Visit online www.canalbusiness.co.uk
Ads 'ruin' Venice
Venetian authorities have attracted criticism from locals and tourists for allowing advertisements hung on canal-side buildings.
A legal loophole allows scaffolding on public buildings to carry ads, The only condition is that Renata Codello, Venice’s architectural and cultural heritage chief, must ensure the advert does not “detract from the appearance or decorum of the building.”
Plakitiv Media, the main group handling the Venice ads, is currently paying €3.5m to restore the Correr Museum in St Mark’s Square.
The scaffolding is then being leased at €50,000 a month for companies such as Rolex to advertise. During the Venice Carnival in February, advertisers were paying a reported €75,000 a month.
Tourist Harry Hahun said: “The adverts really detract from the sites we went to Venice to see. Having a huge Swatch poster beside the Grand Canal takes away some of the beauty.”
Original published in Canal Business
Visit the website www.canalbusiness.co.uk
Waterways Renaissance Awards 2009
The finalists for the 2009 Waterways Renaissance Awards have been announced.
Among the ten categories, and 28 nominees, is Irwell City Park. The £40m project aims to provide waterside spaces along an 8km stretch of the Manchester Ship Canal and River Irwell. It is hoped that the reinvestment will boast economic growth and inject life into the area.
Further nominees include the water rail way in Lincolnshire, the Animating the Canal venture in Clydebank, and the Bude Canal regeneration project. A Lancashire initiative to create heritage walks for visually impaired people has also been nominated.
One of last year’s winners, Hemlington Lake in Middlesbrough, has said that the winners can expect their profiles to be raised dramatically.
John Ferry, manager of Hemlington Lake, said: “We got a much wider audience and it has put us in good stead for the future. The award helped us increase our funding and we have now extended the lake.”
This year’s nominees were chosen by an independent assessment panel, comprising waterway, conservation and regeneration experts.
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 31 March.
Originally published in Canal Business.
Visit the website www.canalbusiness.co.uk
Classrooms should adapt for dyslexics
Classrooms should adapt to self-esteem issues associated with dyslexia, it has been claimed.
Barry Whiting, chairman of the Norfolk and Norwich Dyslexia Association, said that teachers should recognise that spelling is no longer considered the main issue associated with dyslexia. The concern should be a focus to improve self-esteem of many dyslexic children.
Whiting said: “The saying goes, ‘At eight, spelling was murder but at 18, it was suicide’. That couldn’t be more right.”
Adult Dyslexia Training, a course that aims to raise awareness of dyslexia symptoms, has recently been aimed at teachers. It is thought that undiagnosed dyslexia will reduce self-esteem further.
Whiting added that every child should be treated on a separate basis. He said: “Teachers need to realise that dyslexia cannot be treated in just one way. There are different levels of the discibility and every child will progress at a different speed.”
Perceptual skills company, Visual Learning For Life, have devised a new online database that aims to treat each child in their own way. The internet database is claimed to be quick to identify each child’s specific area of difficulty.
Melanie Lambert, Visual Learning For Life director, said: “The website aims to provide stimulation at all levels in a variety of classrooms.”
Dyslexia affects 10 per cent of the population.
Friday, 30 January 2009
Controversy over Camden obesity scheme
Camden residents remain unsure whether a local scheme providing weight loss motivation is in everyone’s best interests.
The local community are split over the scheme that only offers advice to people with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 or over.
Georgina Butcher, 65, a local secretary, said: “The course only seems to help a certain section of Camden’s population. It should be open to anyone who wants weight-related advice.”
The funding behind the Shape Up scheme has also caused controversy amongst locals. Many feel that the council initiative is a good way to spend local money. “Obesity is a problem in Camden... Shape Up is a good way to spend local money as hospitals have to deal with obesity-related problems”, said 27-year-old researcher, Kate Webb.
Others see the scheme as a waste of local funds. Laurence Sparci, 24, an account executive, said: “The council is spending money on obese people when it should be
concentrating on move important things. Camden needs money spent on schools and education.”
Many local residents believe funding should be put into drug related issues, considered to be the biggest problem in the area.
The scheme is organised by Camden Council and funded by the Primary Care Trust. It aims to help people overcome weight related issues and attempts to increase physical activity.
Anthony Kessel, Director of Public Health at Camden Trust, said: “At this time of year many of us are full of good intentions in relation to our weight. Shape Up is free, effective and fun.”
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