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.
Are you a Spreadsheet Ninja, or Novice? (Competition Ended)
The winner of this competition is Louise Taylor! Hello, everyone! As it is spreadsheet day – we are launching another competition. To enter this competition, you need to complete the excel questions that we have put together. Everyone who answers our questions will be entered into our prize draw. The competition ends on the 30/11/2016 […]
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Why Bookkeeping Is Crucial In Business
The spreadsheet sets out a large amount of data and information. At a glance, you can see information such as income and expenditure, as well as being able to identify pinch points in your budget. The spreadsheet, developed in 1979, is a tool used by many – not just bookkeepers. National Spreadsheet Day is celebrated […]
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Do You Have What It Takes to Become a Counsellor? Take Our Relationship Quiz
The winner of this competition is Sophie Hudson! Hello Everyone! It’s competition time here at NCC! Do you have what it takes to become a counsellor? If you think the answer is ‘Yes’, why not take part in our short quiz to see if it could be a good career choice for you. All you need […]
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World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health day is a global day of celebration of mental health education, awareness and advocacy.
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How NLP Training Can Help You Quit Smoking
We all have bad habits. As you know, habits are hard to break. Making a permanent change requires courage and determination, but for smokers, giving up smoking can feel like you need super-human strength and willpower. Unfortunately, super-human strength is only found in comics, and willpower can wilt as soon as a hurdle appears. Neuro-linguistic […]
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5 Things To Know About Being An ACCA Qualified Accountant
A movie hero? An unlikely character if ever there was one, but accountants don’t just save money on your tax bill. In the movie world, the accountant is full of action, valour and courage. Oscar Wallace, the accountant in The Untouchables, played alongside Kevin’s Costner’s Eliot Ness, carries a shotgun as part of his recruitment […]
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Do Teaching Assistants Make a Real Difference? Should They Be Paid More?
There is no shortage of research measuring the impact of teaching assistants (TAs) on student learning. There is a common thread through all the results from various research projects over the years – if TAs are used in a targeted way within the classroom, learning and progress of individual children vastly improves. When education budgets […]
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How To Land Jobs In The Beauty Industry
A £17 billion industry, employing over a million people and with a projected growth rate of 16% in 2016, the beauty industry in the UK is booming. And jobs in the beauty industry are in high demand. With a growing number of beauty courses online too, it is no surprise that more people are choosing […]
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NCC Home Learning – Fiction/Creative Writing Competition [Competition Finished]
This competition has now ended – The winner of the competition is Liza Bain. Congratulations!! Hello Everyone! It is time for another competition! All you need to do in order to enter this competition is as follows. Fill out the contact form below and enter your answer to the following question. Which two authors won […]
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Can I get Teaching Assistant Qualifications Online?
Teaching assistants are a valuable asset in the classroom. They bring much-needed skills and expertise to challenge ‘more able and talented’ students, as well as work closely with those students with additional learning needs and, it has to be said, a class as a whole. They are an invaluable colleague in the teaching team, and […]
By : Nick Cooper