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·May 5

Business data induction 2022–05–05

First look at Refinitiv Datastream via Eikon, how to access — Today we will go from the very beginning with Datastream for Person A and Person Z. They have both taught some Datastream several years ago but not used it much (or at all) since. Previous content The following links are for reference only. I’m not expecting you to read through them now…

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·Apr 21

Business data induction 2022–04–21

Cross-referencing BoardEx tables with Excel — This week, we continued to explore the BoardEx challenge: Tell me something interesting about UK directors using data from more than one BoardEx table Person Z demonstrated their working. Get all individual employment profiles (UK). In Excel, filter and select three directors of interest. Copy and paste the three DirectorID…

Staff Induction

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·Apr 4

Business data induction 2022–04–04

Analysis of one BoardEx table, starting to cross reference — This week, we reviewed the BoardEx homework challenge: Find the UK’s highest paid CEO in the last five years The question may not be well defined yet. You may have some scope to adjust it depending on what the database offers. We are using a fictional example which will help…

Staff Induction

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Mar 25

Dissertation support links

R21–0920, MACE6300, Async only content to support dissertations — Request information Cohort size: 500 Level: Masters ,1 year Management of Projects Reach: Core unit (taken by all students on the relevant programme) Brief: “This is a core unit for Masters Management of Projects course , all students required to do a dissertation. The Programme lead would like all relevant dissertation support…

Async Only

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Published in Specialist Library Support

·Mar 22

Business data induction 2022–03–22

Recap of company boards of directors with BoardEx — This week, Person A is taking what they learned last week (BoardEx) and teaching it to Person Z. Person A used the same teaching materials from WRDS Classroom. The group discussed the reasons for studying BoardEx and some questions which students may be answering. Challenge We set ourselves a challenge to…

Staff Induction

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Business data induction 2022–03–22

Recap of company boards of directors with BoardEx

This week, Person A is taking what they learned last week (BoardEx) and teaching it to Person Z.

Person A used the same teaching materials from WRDS Classroom. The group discussed the reasons for studying BoardEx and some questions which students may be answering.

Challenge

We set ourselves a challenge to…

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·Mar 7

Business data induction 2022–03–07

Starting to analyse company boards of directors with BoardEx — We had Person A only this week. Review of recent activities We co-delivered our new Bloomberg AIM market workshop. We had to make changes on the day due to storms and remote working but it still went well. Person A found the web version of Bloomberg interface challenging but workable. Returning back to Bloomberg…

Staff Induction

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Mar 1

Systematic review support

NURS9328C R21–0828 — Supporting materials Slides/materials: [N/A] Online session materials: [N/A] Other materials used: [none] Practicalities Group: [3] Length: [30] Online: [Async] Discipline: [Any] Level: [CPD] Suggested online resources This is the BB space — NURS9328C — Course Menu (Library Resources) https://online.manchester.ac.uk/webapps/blackboard/content/listContentEditable.jsp?content_id=_13149889_1&course_id=_66338_1&mode=reset

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Mar 1

Learning online and academic reading

R21–0895 PHAR10600 — Please can the following go in three folders titled: Learning online Effective learning strategies Effective academic reading Planning your studies Organising your study to make the most of your time — Pharmacy Introduction Hi there, welcome to this section where you are going to organise your study to make the most of your time. The strategies that we are going to cover here are to encourage…

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Learning online and academic reading
Learning online and academic reading

Mar 1

Writing at Level 6 for Third year midwives

R21–0822 NURS31340 ASYNC only — Introduction (embed text) Stepping up to Level 6 Congratulations on entering your third year at university! In this session we will be working on how you can identify and write out connections, agreements and disagreements between sources of evidence. To do this, we will build on the strategies we have discussed and practiced in previous years. Reflecting on last year

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Mar 1

Different types of academic writing

Academic style and conventions Academic writing is different to other types of writing, such as personal journal writing or blogging. It is more formal than some other types of writing, with strict conventions writers are expected to conform to. Activity: What are the key characteristics of academic writing? What about personal journal/blog writing? Voting — Mentimeter Vote on a Mentimeter questionwww.menti.com

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Different types of academic writing
Different types of academic writing
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