Nick Cooper
Nick has worked with NCC Home Learning for a number of years, delivering informative articles about education, qualifications, career advice and much more. His detailed knowledge makes him a resourceful and highly reliable contributor to the brand. In his free time, he enjoys gaming and watching films with his friends. NCC is an international learning provider with over 20 years’ experience offering learning solutions. To date, NCC has engaged with over 20,000 employers, and delivered quality training to over half a million learners.
Is the Pen Still as Mighty?
With National Handwriting Day just around the corner on 23rd January 2017, you may be wondering if, in this digital age, whether handwritten letters and printed books are as popular as they used to be. After all, we do so many other things online that it seems an obvious point of progress that books will […]
By : Nick Cooper
What Do You Know About Eating Healthy? (Quiz)
Do you want to eat healthier but are a bit confused about what choices you should be making? Do you know your trans fats from your monosaturated fats? Do you know which food groups are the best choices? It can be confusing to make the healthy choices, especially with so many products and information on […]
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Why Believing in Yourself WILL Change Everything
Do you suffer from self-doubt? Is it crippling you? Does it prevent you from doing things? When ‘disaster’ strikes, do you plunge further into self-doubt, assuming only negative things will ever happen to you? Some people seem to have it all. They have a great career, they get the promotion they want, and everything is […]
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How to Make This Year Your Year
How to Make This Year Your Year Sometimes, things change when we least expect them to, or when we least want it to happen, like the unexpected death of a loved one. But there are things in life we can control. We can control when and how we change, like pursuing a new relationship. Change […]
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How To Start A Beauty Business
If you work in the beauty industry or want to learn how to start a beauty business, now is the time! Taking the leap and becoming a self-employed beauty therapist can be daunting, but it will be worth it. To ensure the journey is less daunting for yourself and your employees, it may be worth […]
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Why Running a Business is Far More Than a Role of the Dice
Running a business takes time, commitment, energy, passion and skills. Not one entrepreneur started their business with every single one of these business skills nailed. Many had never interviewed a prospective employee; let alone how to run payroll, understood pension provision and the tax system. They may have had scant knowledge on how to market […]
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The Hidden Figures of History
The ‘Hidden Figures’ movie, due for release early in 2017, is an incredible untold story of three women, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson. They were brilliant mathematicians and physicists, qualified in engineering and specialist areas such as sonic boom science. And yet their contribution to science has remained hidden for decades. They are […]
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Analyse Your Ancestry To See If You Have Assassin Ancestors (Infographic)
Analyse Your Ancestry Tracing your ancestry offers a fascinating insight into the past, your past. Tracing your family tree is the first step, establishing names, dates of birth, marriage, adoption, death and so on. But tracing your ancestry is more than creating a family tree. It is about taking steps back into the past that […]
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How The Art Of NLP Can Teach You The Way Of The Jedi (Infographic)
Neuro-Linguistic Programming has been around for some time now and is the processes of connecting the brain (neuro) and language (linguistics). Specifically, it examines how the two interact to either get the results we want by changing our actions and our impact on others, or how we fail to get the results we want. Undoubted […]
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The 5 Most Widely Spoken Languages in the World
Being able to speak more than one language has always been advantageous. By speaking and understanding more than one language, you connect with more people. There are some languages that are widely spoken and the latest list of the approximate number of speakers of each language may surprise you. Chinese tops the list with a […]
By : Nick Cooper