Learning a second language

Article Abstract:

Architectural practice,DEGW encourages its staff to learn other European languages. The firm does 10% of its business on the continent of Europe and believes language skills enable staff to be percieved as helpful and ready to adapt. Recruitment policy favourscandidates with a second language while existing staff at all levels are sent on intensive courses before starting on foreign projects and generally encouraged to study languages in their own time. However, the company admits language skills are only the first step towards a 'transnational attitude' thatencompasses cultural understanding as well.

Training, Architectural services, Employment abroad, Overseas employment, Language and languages, Architectural practice, Businessmen, Second languages

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Making learning about contracts less of a bore

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Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, has introduced a new module to its Masters degree course in construction management, to make the study of contracts more interesting. Students, faced with looking in detail at why clauses are included in contracts, can gain a better understanding of the way contracts are written. Students learn the importance of making choices through a simulated project, using workshops and briefing sessions, in a pleasant way.

Construction, Curricula, Building, Heriot-Watt University

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Learning to speak the same language

Article Abstract:

The UK concrete industry should fully participate in moves towards the development of a common computer language for all sectors of the construction industry, argues the Reinforced Concrete Council.

Construction industry, Software, Information services, International Alliance of Interoperability

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