...A regulatory agency (also regulatory authority, regulatory body or regulator) is a public authority or government agency responsible for exercising autonomous authority over some area of human activity in a regulatory or supervisory capacity. An independent regulatory agency is a regulatory agency that is independent from other branches or arms of the government. Regulatory agencies deal in the area of administrative law—regulation or rulemaking (codifying and enforcing rules and regulations and imposing supervision or oversight for the benefit of the public at large). The existence of independent regulatory agencies is justified by the complexity of certain regulatory and supervisory tasks that require expertise, the need for rapid implementation of public authority in certain sectors, and the drawbacks of political interference. Some independent regulatory agencies perform investigations or audits, and some are authorized to fine the relevant parties and order certain measures. Regulatory agencies are usually a part of the executive branch of the government, or they have statutory authority to perform their functions with oversight from the legislative branch. Their actions are generally open to legal review. Regulatory authorities are commonly set up to enforce standards and safety, or to oversee use of public goods and regulate commerce. Examples of regulatory agencies are the Interstate Commerce Commission and U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the United States,...
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...wider reading, analyse and evaluate the concept of professionalism and core professional values in the lifelong learning sector. A ‘professional’ is defined by businessdictionary (2013) as: “Person formally certified by a professional body of belonging to a specific profession by virtue of having completed a required course of studies and/or practice. And whose competence can usually be measured against an established set of standards.” Using this definition do teachers in the lifelong learning sector qualify as professionals? Prior to 2007 teachers did not have a professional body. In 2007 the Institute for Learning (IfL) was established and this is now the independent professional body for everybody working in the sector of further education (FE) and skills, with membership then becoming a requirement. The IfL drew up a Code of Professional Practice in 2008, outlining the expected behaviour of members and qualifications which were approved by parliament (IfL 2013). In addition membership confirmed a commitment to continuous professional development (CPD), a commonly recognised element of professional status. In 2009 Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status became a recognised professional status, followed by awards in 2012 and recognised members now being qualified to work in schools. Looking at the given definition of a ‘professional’, it can easily be defended that teachers in FE are professionals. Unfortunately in 2012 statuary requirement of IfL...
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...Introduction Overview of the Leitch report In 2004, Lord Leitch was asked by the Westminster Government to consider what the UK’s long term ambition should be for developing skills, in order to maximise economic prosperity and productivity and to improve social justice. There is consensus that we need to be much more ambitious in the UK and a clear message that the UK must ‘raise its game’, urgently. • The UK has a lot of important strengths – an excellent higher education system where more people than ever are studying for degrees; good reforms on vocational training; an increasingly effective school system; and a strong record of improvement over the past decade. • But, the UK also has considerable weaknesses: more than one third of adults do not hold the equivalent of a basic school-leaving qualification. Almost half of adults are not functionally numerate and one sixth is not functionally literate. This is worse than our principal comparator nations. Improving our schools will not solve these problems. Today over 70 per cent of our 2020 workforce has already completed their compulsory education. Our intermediate and technical skills lag countries such as Germany and France. • UK has made progress expanding Higher Education – and this is critical to becoming a high-skill economy. Over one quarter of adults hold a degree, but this is less than many other countries who also invest more. UK skills base compares poorly and, critically, other countries are improving. Why...
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...NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL POLICY Education - a continuous process which aims to prepare a person to play his role as an enlightened member of the society. In other words, it means all round development of personality of a person. The system of education introduced by the British Government in India was not suitable to needs of free, independent and developing India. Since our independence, India is trying to restructure its education policy to suit the needs of technological and industrial developments. Several Commissions under the chairmanship of well-known educationists have been setup in the past. The last commission on Education was set up under the chairmanship of Dr. D.S. Kothari in 1964. On the basis of its recommendation National Policy on Education was last declared in 1968. Since the adoption of 1968 policy, there has been considerable expansion of education in the country at all levels. Many of the formulation of 1968 policy, however, could not be implemented mainly due to lack of financial and administrative support. The political and socio-economic changes since then and growth of population made the government to think and announce a new education policy. In January 1985, immediately after the new government of Rajiv Gandhi came to power, it was announced that the Government would publish a document on education which would form the base for new education policy for the country. Accordingly "Challenge of Education—a policy per¬spective" was published by the Ministry...
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...Should College Athletes be Paid to Play. C Team BCOM/275 Robert May Should College Athletes be Paid to Play. Should college athletes be paid to play? That is the question and discussion being presented not only in this paper but also across many colleges in these United States. There are many pros and cons to college athletes being paid to play their sport, which makes this is a very controversial topic. Are the sport scholarships and uniforms enough? Should schools really pocket all that money they make in revenue from the sports teams? Many moral, ethical and legal issues can be raised in the idea of paying college athletes to play, on both the pro and con side of the issue. Should an athlete receive a full ride scholarship and also be paid from the school to play? Many big universities may be able to handle such a thing, but what about the small colleges that do not receive such a large amount of revenue from their sports teams? Can or should schools pay all the athletes or only the top players? What about Title IX, how will potentially paying athletes be affected by it? All these topics will be discussed, as well as Team C’s final decision on this matter. PROS In 2012 the athletic revenue reported by University of Texas was $163.2 million, Alabama $143.4 million, Ohio State $142.0 million and Michigan $140.1 million (Berkowitz, Schnaars, & Upton, 2014) Coaches like Nick Saban (Alabama Football) and Mike Krzyzewski (Duke Men’s Basketball) make in excess of $7 Million...
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...Personal Responsibility The last twelve months of my life have been a sea of change. I decided to leave my job of six years, undertake a weight loss journey and pursue a Bachelor’s degree. I thought about doing all those things year after year but never did. One day, it really hit me, my job wasn’t opening doors for me, my education was lacking and I was unhealthy. As a result my quality of life was suffering. In order to gain new opportunities and improve my quality of life I needed to take personal responsibility. In the following few paragraphs I will state my definition on personal responsibility, describe the relationship as I see it between personal responsibility and college success, and outline my plan to practice personal responsibility during my education. My Interpretation of Personal Responsibility Responsibility as defined by Merriam-Webster (2012) as “moral, legal, or mental accountability” In my opinion, personal responsibility has many facets. Personal responsibility is the ability to take care of yourself by means of being healthy, managing emotions and keeping a sound mind. In addition personal responsibility is about being accountable to yourself, your family, and your career by making decisions which are not necessarily easy but will help you in your journey to new opportunities, achieve college success and overall well-being. Personal responsibility is also about taking ownership and being accountable for your life choices and not blaming family...
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...This research paper represents a broad-spectrum view on the perceptive knowledge about the development of Human resource. In this particular task, initiatives by the UK government is properly depicted which is for the sole purpose of the human resource improvement. Diverse types of learning styles are the theme of this task, where detailed theories regarding the learning styles along with its gravity of impact towards the planning sector and the fields of design related to learning events. Now, the first part is to understand about the initiatives taken by the UK government for the definitive development. Here, the government of the United Kingdom gives emphasis to on the magnitude or the significance of training as well as development. It is because; the government authorities want to abolish the invisible glass ceiling in form of barriers that keeps away people from employment due to less opportunities. From this concept, origin of Lifelong Learning has occurred and Government of UK is also generating new and effective opportunities for many communities as well as people from various cultures, environments, traditions, backgrounds etc. 4.1 explain the role of government in training, development and lifelong learning The objective of the UK government is quite simple and straight, i.e.- * Implementation of vocational learning strategy so that demand of learning will get enhanced as, education will be a fun factor in this way. * Top-notch and outstanding...
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...Past, Present, & Future Paper GEN 480 Celena Hadlock Past, Present, & Future Paper The Past Upon starting my education with the University of Phoenix program I was unemployed and actively seeking re-employment. Prior to losing my job I was running an exceptional sports program at one of our organizations premier facilities in a very affluent community. However, I was feeling as though I had hit a plateau in my career and professional development due to not having my degree. The next areas of professional growth for me in my field involve becoming an Executive Director or an Association Youth Sports Director, but both of these positions require me to possess a degree. Not having my degree completely removed these career options from my reach and left me trapped in a dead position without much room for future upward growth or mobility. I felt that finding time to continue my education and secure my degree was not an option. Continuing my education was very important for my personal growth and development. Experiencing the rewards of learning both as a student and as certified CPR and Lifeguard instructor of several years I feel strongly about the role that learning plays in an individual’s development. Learning new things helps to keep individuals connected and engaged in the world around us and adds understanding and value to our lives. Learning impacts every part of who we are as human beings and increases the potential for who we can...
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...7341 EBL Context of Adult and Vocational Education Assignment 2: The impact of educational change and the implications for my teaching practice Student: Taras Voevodin Student No.: 0517355 Lecturer: Terry Clark Convenor: Dr. Leesa Wheelahan INTRODUCTION This essay will analyse the impact of educational change and the implication for my teaching practice. It will analyse an educational institute and a key issue that impacts on my teaching practice. It will take a critical look at the context of this change by discussing the changing nature of work, lifelong learning and the learning society. This contextual analysis will consider the particular key changes being analysed. It will explain, analyse and theorise about the way in which the policy change impacts on education and on my teaching practice as a practicing ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher. It will discuss the extent to which adult and vocational education teachers can shape their own practice within the broad policy context that I have described and illustrated through the discussion of this particular policy change. It will discuss the Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE (MSIT) and changes involved with moving from a governmental department to a statutory authority and how that affects my teaching practice. Statutory Authorities are alternative management systems that answer to a board of directors and a Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...
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...Further Oral Activity: Barack Obama 2012 Victory Speech Task: Analyze the rhetoric used in the speech. This is a Special News report on the 7th of November - President Obama has won second term the elections for president of the USA - we are now live in Chicago at the McCormick Centre , where President Obama just held his victory speech, and I am going to do a quick analysis of what the newly re-elected President said. It is an absolute pandemonium after Barack Obama has just delivered a 20 minute speech, during which he expressed his gratitude towards his family, his friends, his supporters, and laid out his vision of what America has already achieved, what it can achieve and what it will achieve after he has been re-elected President of the United States to Mitt Romney with 281 electoral votes to 191. Through the use of various rhetorical tools like Anaphora, rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses, President Barack Obama delivers a speech through which he fully expresses ideas like the American dream and the future. Similarly to other speeches of his from the past, as for example the 2008 speech at the Democratic Convention, this one contains different forms of repetition and "between the line political views" - for example in the first paragraphs he purposely begins his sentences with the same couple of words - "You'll hear", "We want...", "That's ", followed by his ideas for the future of...
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...Verizon Communications Inc. :The Future of Smartphones Verizon Communications Inc. is a telecommunications company that provides millions of Americans with innovating products. Verizon is a company that connects people everyday through their wireless technology. The technology that Verizon offers is top of the line high speed and power. Verizon is always looking for new ways to advance to the next level. Technology is always improving and advancing. Verizon has captured the best of technology and built it into their most innovating product. Verizon now offers a Super Smartphone that can truly do it all. This new Super Smartphone is like no other phone, and has unimaginable technology. The Super Smartphone created by Verizon will change the way we live, work, and play. This amazing product will lead Verizon to new opportunities and growth. Verizon’s Super Smartphone In today’s world, everyone has a cell phone. We depend on our phones to do everyday things. We rely on our phone to communicate with others and we also use them for entertainment. Many communications companies can offer you a pretty good phone, but only Verizon can offer you the Super Smartphone that is capable of truly doing it all. Our phones have already replaced our clocks, cameras, weather channel, maps, mail, and even our banking. The Super Smartphone is built with everything that a regular smartphone has. For example, on a regular smart phone you can make a call, send a text, take a picture, make a video...
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...Question 1 1. Evolution of RMB against USD, EUR and JPY. Figure 1 Figure 1 represents movement between the nominal and real exchange rates of Chinese renminbi (RMB) against US dollar (USD) between from January 2005 to December 2013. It shows that the nominal exchange rate of RMB/USD is higher than the real exchange rate throughout the period of observation indicating that the RMB is undervalued. This clarifies that the USD is buying more RMB in nominal terms than it should be in real terms. The increase in nominal exchange rate of RMB/USD is termed as a nominal depreciation of the currency after de-pegging whereas the real exchange rate of RMB/USD continues depreciating in the years of observation as shown in Appendix 2. It also shows that the RMB was depreciating against USD in every quarter after de-pegging. Table 1 compiles the average quarterly percentage of over-or-undervaluation of the RMB against USD, euro (EUR) and the Japanese yen (JPY) from January 2005 till December 2013. Before the de-pegging, the RMB was found to be overvalued by of 1.19% against the USD in January 2005 then it was discovered to be undervalued since March 2005 by 0.58%. The RMB continues being undervalued against the USD and reached its highest percentage at 28.49% in March 2013. By December 2013, the RMB was still undervalued by 28.35% against USD. Overall, the RMB was overvalued against the USD by 16.94% in the period of observation. Figure 2 Figure 2 demonstrates movement of the nominal...
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...A Further Analysis of Apocalypse Now Vlad Dovgan History Through Film Mr. Ellis Graham 1/13/2013 It is said that some of the best things in life are those that come unexpected. For weeks, my friend had nagged me to watch a movie he had seen, called Apocalypse Now. He described it to me, and I was not interested. War movies don’t excite me that much, and I did not want to go out of the way to watch it. I’m not a violent person so watching this movie would be out of characteristic for me. However, when this research paper was assigned, it seemed to be destiny that I would finally watch this movie. I gave in, and decided this would be a great way to kill two birds with one stone- I would satisfy my friend, and be able to complete this assignment. Little did I know at the time, I was in for something truly special. While most men would be satisfied serving their team in war and returning home, the same could not be said for Benjamin Willard. After fighting in Vietnam, Willard found that he did not fit in back in America. He was miserable and desired to return to battle, so he did. A highly regarded man, Willard was given the task of finding and killing Walter E. Kurtz, a murderer who is stationed in Cambodia with the Montagnards, who view him as a god. To reach Kurtz, Willard joins the crew of a Navy river patrol boat who are to ferry him up a fictional river up to Cambodia. The boat’s crew consists of four men: Chief, Chef, Lance, and Clean. With help from...
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...Budgeting[pic]External Environment to Budgeting[pic]National Health Service Structural Changes in the National Health Service [pic]Accounting and Budgeting Practice [pic]Financial Framework[pic]Developments in NHS Budgeting[pic]Sources of Further Information October 2005 External Environment to Budgeting: NHS This section identifies the external factors and developments which influence budgeting in the national health service, summarising the main developments which have taken place in recent years. Introduction The information in this section refers to the NHS in England. There are substantial organisational differences in the NHS in Scotland and Wales The NHS is the biggest organisation in Europe in terms of the number of people it employs. At the top level of the structure is the Department of Health (DOH) the government department which makes decisions on the future direction of the NHS and secures funding. Further down the structure are Strategic Health Authorities (SHA’s) which oversee services on regional basis. At local level Primary Care Trusts (PCT’s) are responsible for assessing the needs of people in their area, commissioning the appropriate services and monitoring General Practitioners (GP’s). Actual delivery of services are carried out by Primary Care services (GP’s, Dentists, Opticians, pharmacists , NHS walk in centres) and Secondary Care Services ( Acute Hospitals, mental hospitals and ambulance trusts). The NHS operates on a purchaser/ provider...
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...TRANSMITTAL MEMO To: Steeves and Rozema Group of Companies Board of Directors From: Alyssa Hocking, alyssahocking@gmail.com Date: September 4, 2013 Subject: Proposal for Further Global Expansion ________________________________________________________________________ Attached is my report “Proposal for Further Global Expansion,” as you requested during our previous meeting. The report identifies the challenges that Steeves and Rozema is having with furthering their global expansion. Based on my research I have recommended a comprehensive plan as a solution to the problems to give the company the understanding and comprehension needed to expand globally. If you have any further requests or questions please contact me at (519) 123-4567. Executive Summary Steeves and Rozema Group of Companies is entering their fiftieth year as a company and it continually looks to opportunities to grow from the small construction company they started their business as in 1963. Without expanding into the global marketplace the company currently own over twenty properties in South Western Ontario employing approximately twenty-five hundred staff members. They are currently looking to expand throughout Canada with the potential of developing into Northern parts of the United States. However there are a few challenges that are holding Steeves and Rozema back from completely agreeing to move forward with the expansion. These challenges include competition, customer relationships...
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