Posts Tagged: Argentina
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Feb 11
Fashion Week in Buenos Aires
Fashion Week Buenos Aires
This week in Buenos Aires it’s Fashion Week, from the 22nd until the 25th of February. Established local designers show their collections for the upcoming winter season, and the who’s who of the local scene gather to watch and be seen. The great thing about fashion week here is that anyone can buy a ticket for 30 Argentine Pesos and attend a show, you don’t have to know someone who knows someone on the inside. Are you a budding designer looking for some inspiration? A student of fashion design finding your own style? Someone who has a cool blog and wants to document the scene on and around the runway? Even if you are none of the above, fashion week may just give you the push you need to get creative in your own life, and what with all the energy buzzing around the main event, some may just rub off on you.
Are you adept at picking the next big thing? Do you think you can create a buzz around a brand, and create a cool image? A course in Cool Hunting may help you to sharpen your skills, as you analyse fashion trends and look at what is to come and what is happending on the streets where you live.
If you already have experience working with fashion design, illustration or textiles, or have an undergraduate degree, a Master of Art in Fashion could give you the refinement and direction to establish yourself as a designer. University of the Arts in London who run the course, help students with placements in companies such as Stella McCartney, Marc Jacobs and Gucci. Excited at the prospect? Fashion design could be for you!
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Feb 11
Learning a Second Language Improves Your Mother Tongue
Recent studies undertaken by the UK and the Ministry of Education in Spain show that learning a second language has a direct impact on the improvement and enrichment of the mother tongue. This research, carried out in 120 bilingual schools in Spain, highlighted an improvement in the written use of Spanish by the students, especially in the areas that relate to the understanding of the structure of grammar.
Argentine experts have confirmed the same, using the example of public schools in the city of Buenos Aires that have a multilingual program. Teresa Davis, Executive Director of the University Language Center at the University of Buenos Aires, began the multilingual initiative, and as a result of the project said: “There are proven benefits. Sometimes in the first year, students begin this reflection that allows them, for example, to discover the order of the adjective and the noun. These activities are used to make comparisons and develop the plasticity to move from one language to another. “
It was also found that the benefits of learning a second language have been shown not only through teaching English but also with French, Portuguese and Italian.
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Feb 11
How to Cultivate a Sense of Wonder
Cultivating a sense of wonder in life is essential for people of every age, but the older we get the more difficult it becomes to marvel at our day to day lives. We lose our sense of wonder as it is replaced with daily routines, college deadlines, exams, social obligations and responsibilities, and the simple pleasure of a sunrise may not be enough to amuse us in our increasingly sophisticated world.
Have you experienced something remarkable recently? We would like to share with you a few ideas on how to cultivate wonder in your life this year:
1. Learn about creativity, and how to enjoy freedom of imagination and to generate more outstanding ideas. Get yourself a book on creativity to understand what it is. You can also join a creative art workshop like Hand Painting on Silk or take up a Course in Creativity to enhance your natural abilities.
2. Take up photography to memorize beauty around you. Create a photo blog to share your photographs with others. Enrol in one of the many photography courses around to learn how to find and capture the moment and the beauty in the smallest of things. A Photography Distance Learning Course from UK Open Learning is for all ages and all ability levels. They defiene photography as an art form that allows you to appreciate who you are and what you do.
3. Study abroad to learn about other cultures, open your mind, and to think more originally. Studying abroad will also help you to increase your self-confidence and will benefit your career. Consider Latin American destinations like Argentina and Mexico if you’d like to improve your Spanish. UIC Universidad Intercontinental in Mexico offers a Spanish program aimed at foreign students interested in learning the language and Mexican culture.
4. Watch kids. Do you remember your childhood? Do you remember how every day brought new and exiting experiences? Discover the child in you. Spend time with your younger brothers and sisters or volunteer at a child care centre.
5. Learn something new every day! Fashion, modern architecture or breading dogs, what is it that has always interested you? What subjects did you enjoy at school? Find time to investigate them and dig deeper. Watch popular science tv channels, read travel magazines or visit your local museum.
Source: Psychcentral.com
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Nov 10
Tea Design: Course of the Week
Do you like tea? But, REALLY like tea? Do you give it a sniff and a swish, pretending its wine, while guessing the flavors and origins? Well if so, this week´s Course-of-the-Week may be just for you. A “tea designer” is someone with the artful knowledge of blending and creating tasty tea infusions. Tea blends may include, but are not limited to, spices, flowers, leaves, fruits and chocolates.
Legend has it that around 2737 BC Emperor Shen Nung was resting next to a wild tea tree, when a slight breeze stirred the branches of the tree, causing some leaves to fall into the water that he was boiling. The resulting infusion seemed delightfully refreshing and restorative, and that’s how tea was discovered.
This weeks course is offered at the Escuela Argentina de Tea, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is aimed at the general public (so you do not need prior tea knowledge) and offers a certificate of completion.
Enjoy.
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Oct 10
Enology – Winemaking – Course of The Week
Have you ever wondered what sort of magic is necessary for producing a fabulous bottle of wine? Perhaps you´ve dreamed of buying a vineyard somewhere out there in California or South Africa and making the wine yourself? Does that seem a little out of reach? No worries, the first place to start is with a little education. We recommend looking into an enology (wine-making) or viticulture (grape-growing) university program that will provide you with the strong background in all aspects of wine production, including site selection, planting material, vine management, harvest parameters, grape handling and fermentation chemistry. Some programs will also provide additional business and marketing courses to help you sell your wines.
Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga Campus in Australia offers Bachelor of Wine Business, which is designed to develop knowledge and skills in winemaking, wine science, viticulture, wine appraisal and business. Students can complete their studies while working in the wine industry, or by interchanging full-time study with distance education.
Students interested in pursuing a career in sustainable viticulture practices might take a Bachelor of Science in Viticulture awarded by the California State University, Fresno, USA. Their Viticulture and Enology Research Center provides world-class education, research, and outreach programs in sustainable and value added viticulture and enology.
For spanish speaking students, Centro Internacional de Estudio del Vino (International Wine Study Center) in Mendoza, Argentina (oh, Malbec!) offers a 6-week distance course in Elaboration of Wine and Wine Slyles. In a short time you’ll learn to identify the importance of terroir and the activities carried out in the vineyard.
You can brose our directories www.educaedu.com for more enology and viticulture courses in the wine regions around the world. You migh also be interested in one of our earlier posts Wine Sommelier – Course of the Week.
Enjoy!!
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Oct 10
Personal Shopper – Course of The Week
Do you enjoy strolling through the mall window shopping, comparing prices and sale hunting? Are you satisfied and fulfilled when you finally get home with some newly purchased clothes, accessories or home decors? Have you ever thought of making it your profession to do the same for other people as a Personal Shopper? In our busy world an increasing number of people need to hire professionals to assist them in their shopping, putting this profession in growing demand. As a Personal Shopper you may work both for individual clients and for organizations, such as boutiques, shopping centers and department stores.
The Personal Shopper 3-month course offered by the European School of Economics in London, UK covers topics of vital importance including the skills employers and clients are looking for in a personal shopper, how to get insider knowledge of products and trends, identifying a client’s needs and finding the appropriate products.
Creativa Buenos Aires, in Argentina offers a program “Personal Shopper – Shopping Advisor.” During your studies you will learn market and consumer trends, negotiation and legal aspects of shopping, as well as the importance of verbal and nonverbal communication.
So what do you think? Shopping anyone??
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Jun 10
The World Cup vs Education
Photo: Flickr Creative Commons - Niloy
There are only two days to go until the start of the event that is going to bring the world to a standstill: The 2010 FIFA World Cup.
For many countries it´s just another sporting event, but for some it affects their daily lives, as they change their schedules to be able to follow the games of the team that they love. But it´s not only the local fanatics that are involved; take Argentina for example. The National Congress has decided not to meet during the World Cup matches. The president Cristina Kirchner proposed to buy televisions for schools that don´t have them, so that no student will be excluded from the World Cup celebrations. In Brazil, the student’s are excused from classes and nobody goes to work when their country is playing.
The World Cup is definitely an opportunity for students to learn more about other cultures, for example, learning about the customs and traditions of the teams that their countries will play. But is it going too far to buy televisions and suspend classes for the games? Should countries in Latin America like Argentina, buy televisions for schools when basic things like heating in some classrooms are not provided? Is this the correct way to channel funding? It´s certainly good to inspire morale and unite a country but maybe this is taking it too far.
For the football fanatics, it surely seems like a good idea, but for the critics, all this trouble just for a game? But is it just a game? That can be the subject of another post entirely…
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Apr 10
Unpaid Internships Are on the Rise
Reference: CollegeJolt
With the job market in a slump following the economic crises, unpaid internships for university students are becoming more common, and authorities are concerned. Officials in Oregon, California and New York have begun investigating as the trend violates minimum wage standards, and some employers have already received fines. It is difficult to ascertain the number of unpaid internships being undertaken because the interns are hesitant to come forward, worried that they will be become known troublemakers in the field where they hope to gain employment.
Lance Choy from Stanford University has seen a big rise in the number of unpaid internships advertised at the university. Employers posted 643 unpaid internships on their job board this academic year, compared with 174 posted two years ago. He attributes it to employers wanting to keep costs down, and students wanting to improve their resumes.
In 2008, the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that 83 percent of graduating students had held internships, which is 9% more than in 1992. This equals hundreds of thousands of students undertaking internships each year, and some experts estimate that up to half of them are unpaid.
This problem is not just limited to the US. Anywhere that the demand for employment is greater than the number of jobs available, unpaid internships are going to be an issue. Many students travel to Argentina to learn Spanish and undertake internships, a high number of which are not paid. The popular website Craigslist lists jobs that are available mainly for English speakers, and there are often people leaving warnings about companies who offer interships that are really just an excuse for free labour.
Internships are a great opportunity for students or recent graduates to gain valuable experience, and it can be rewarding for a company as well. Hopefully employers can find a balance and reward interns for the work that they do, as it would be a shame to see companies stop offering internships due to legal issues.
Source: New York Times
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Mar 10
Course of the Week – Shoe Design Course
One can tell a lot about a person by looking at their shoes. Confidence, personal style, occupation, and economic status can be interpreted by the color, cost and type of shoes. They are a way to express yourself to the world around you. But what if you could express exactly what you wanted to through your shoes? Create your own pair that represent you? Espacio Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires, Argentina is a first class fashion and design school that offeres a Shoe Design Course. It teaches you to design and create your own shoes, from classic pumps to sandles with and without heels, and from little strappy numbers to ballet flats. The objective of the course is to introduce students to the process of making shoes, combining originality with practicality – learning step by step. One of our team members is currently taking this course, and even considers it her dream job.
Not planning on being in Buenos Aires any time soon? The school also offers all of its courses online!
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Feb 10
Course of the Week – Clint Eastwood: The Last of the Classic Filmmakers
Have you seen Invictus yet? What about Gran Torino? Million Dollar Baby? Changeling? (We could go on…)
Turning eighty years-old in May with 70 films as an actor and 30 as a director, Clint Eastwood has been working in Hollywood for the better half of a century. His films are of a certain genre, movies that speak of the human condition and the passing of time. He continues to work from both sides of the camera, and doesn´t look like slowing down any time soon. If anything, he is producing arguably the best work of his career.
AAMNBA (Asociación Amigos del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes) a school in Buenos Aires, Argentina has a summer course called Clint Eastwood: The Last of the Classic Filmmakers. If you have not seen any of the movies mentioned above, or you have and you feel like watching them again, this will definitely “make your day”.
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