my own experience was identical. As an OCR examiner I would not recommend
the 'sample OCR mocks' as I do not feel they represent the OCR approach to
business studies, their flavour is more AEB, in my opinion.
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From: Paul Garwood <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
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Date: 20 May 1999 15:46
Subject: RE: New resources
>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.
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>> From: chris.sivewright[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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>> Sent: 19 May 1999 22:03
>> To: [log in to unmask];
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>> 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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