Then all I can say is that either the site is malfunctioning or you did not
press the right buttons.
And before anyone says this is off topic etc I cannot let this email rest
unanswered - if only for clarity.
If you press the questions button you will see access to free comprehension
buttons. Thus there are approximately 50 comprehension questions -
non-copyrighted - for class use. These are added to at a rate of two per day.
Also there are a whole series of applied business studies questions which
clearly help students (especially Nuffield) as they lead to wide areas of the
www for business related topics.
There is also a daily economics essay plan put up - non copyrighted again.
There is also a reviews section where a number of publishers' books are reviewed
- and before anyone distorts things there are OSL books too, independently
reviewed and not favourably.....
There are also several discussion lists; moderated but largely uncensored.
Also there is a set of downloadable revisioin notes - again, free.
There are also instructions as to how to enrol on free (except for the telephone
charge!) tuition in Business Studies.
Now just how did you manage to miss all of those I wonder?
Oh yes there is a publicity button which says how wonderfully well students have
done who have used these free resources - and some from the 80s who paid for
their tuition.
Also there are some products for sale but nothing is put onsite and, when
interest is generated, subsequently withdrawn and made avilable only for a fee.
So those resources that are free, stay free.
perhaps instead of posting your disenchantment you could have contacted me and I
would have helped steer you towards all the free resources - and then you would
have missed the very few buttons that lead to publicity?
please try again.
chris
Paul Garwood wrote:
> As a relative newcomer to the group who like most people is always looking
> for new material I was intrigued by the apparent generosity of all this free
> material, and no profit conferences. I therefore attempted to access
> osl-ltd. I was somewhat disappointed to find that all the links rather than
> leading to free downloadable material only bought me back to the two pages
> of publicity for OSL telling me how wonderful they were. The only links that
> seem to work are the ones to the press cuttings about other success.
> Definitely not a beneficial experience.
> > ----------
> > From: chris.sivewright[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Reply To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: 19 May 1999 22:03
> > To: [log in to unmask];
> > [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask];
> > [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: New resources
> >
> > Perhaps you would be kind enough to tell the group why www.osl-ltd.co.uk
> > is
> > not recommended or even mentioned? This is despite three telephone calls
> > and twelve e-mails asking you to recommend the site.
> >
> > Of course some people may already be aware that this site hosts five
> > discussion lists, includes two daily non-copyrighted comprehensions, one
> > economics essay/plan and has a wide range of reviews. People may not be
> > aware however that this site also offers FREE online tuition and the
> > chance
> > to book me (humbly) to visit schools. 31 schools so far visited. All -
> > with
> > not one exception - have been very pleased with the result. The money for
> > my visit i.e. the fee, goes to charity.
> >
> > This site also included a listing of Easter Courses and I even personally
> > recommended one student to go to your own course when, as my own student,
> > I
> > could quite easily have recommended she go on mine. I do note that an
> > independent questionnaire sent to your organisation asking about alcohol
> > etc on courses was not returned (whereas other colleges did fill in the
> > questionnaire)
> >
> > This site www.osl-ltd.co.uk also has details of products but then so does
> > the G Riley site (excellent site as we all know) so that should not be a
> > reason to exclude it.
> >
> > This site also has a set of downloadable revision notes for Business
> > Studies free to all visitors. Oh yes there are also school dedicated
> > buttons where homework is set for individual school pupils. This is then
> > supplemented by telephone tuition.
> >
> > All this is free.
> >
> > It is Business Studies and Economics.
> >
> > I note that you have been advertising/mentioning that your site also has
> > an
> > "Examiner" section. This site :
> >
> > www.osl-ltd.co.uk
> >
> > also has online "possible" matrking schemes and mocks for Cambridge
> > Business Studies (as a sampler, the rest have to be subscribed to).
> >
> > The main person on this site (i.e. me) was recommended for the National
> > Award of "Teacher of the Year" by Clares Court School and the site itself
> > has been nominated for the Oxfordshire Business Awards.
> >
> >
> > This site also openly supports a charity : The Dystonia Society.
> >
> >
> > So...in view of the frequent attempts to get you to recommend it perhaps
> > you would explain why a) emails have not been replied to and more
> > importantly. b) why it as a FREE resource has not been at least if not
> > promoted, listed?
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > Andy Beharrell wrote:
> >
> > > List members may find a new section of the IMF site useful. There is
> > > extensive data available in CSV format on the world and individual
> > > countries. The site is available at:
> > >
> > > http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/1999/01/
> > >
> > > There is also a good section of the CTI Economics site listing data
> > > sources on the web:
> > >
> > > http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ctiecon/resources/stats.htm
> > >
> > > Recent new features on Biz/ed include an updated version of the company
> > > report browser and profiler. We have standardised the reports for 18
> > > companies and included some interpretation of their accounts. The data
> > > can either be browsed by company or searched by variable.
> > >
> > > We have also just made available a downloadable version of the Virtual
> > > Economy. This can be downloaded as a single file which can then be
> > > installed on a network or single machine. The downloadable version does
> > > not unfortunately include the model itself (this is not technically
> > > possible - yet!), but has all the first four floors of supporting
> > > materials. This version should save institutions having to be on the
> > > internet all the time while using the site.
> > >
> > > Finally there is also a new Company on Company Facts - British
> > > Aerospace.
> > >
> > > Hope this is all useful,
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > ANDY BEHARRELL (Biz/ed Project Manager)
> > > --
> > > Andy Beharrell
> >
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________________________________________
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