learning

• Learning topsy turvy.

In recent years the US services have introduced new basic ('primary' in Pentagon-speak) turboprop and advanced jet trainers based an European designs....

• Armada International
• Vol. 29 Num. 3, Juin 2005

• The language of learning: exposure to new languages and cultures at a young age is valuable, offering children a range of significant advantages in later life. For parents, deciding on the school and manner of education for your child can often be daunting. Swiss News looks at the options on offer in Switzerland ...

It is one of the most important decisions expatriate parents will make--and one that will have a lasting effect on the lives of their children: choosi...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2011, Janvier 2011

• Learning to Fly in Finland

Children don't become independent adults in the blink of an eye. It is a long process, and many changes are faced along the way. This is the idea behind a sporty, new youth-oriented collection called Learning to fly," created by graphic designer Nora Fleming, for Finland's Marimekko. The cotton clothing, intended for everyday use, walking in the woods, hanging around the house, or going to school, is based upon the life of a butterfly. "I started out with a concept and story, and I made a product based upon it," says Fleming. The T-shirts, pants, and skirts chronicle the life of a butterfly: eggs, caterpillar, pupa, and finally butterfly.

• Nordic Reach
• Vol. XVII Num. 9, Juin 2004
• News

• The Strathclyde MBA in Zurich: a 'place of useful learning'.

The triple-accredited MBA with its nine international centres has offered world-class education in Switzerland since 1996. In 1769, John Anderson, t...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2009, Janvier 2009

• Lifelong learning for managers.

In today's competitive, knowledge and skill-oriented world economy, managers need to possess sophisticated managerial skills in order to become more e...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2007, Avril 2007

• Learning from German--los geht's! It is estimated the English language comprises 600,000 words, yet there are times when its paucity is hard to ignore. This usually happens when you learn a new word in the (more compact) German language for which there's no English equivalent. German speakers know how this confounds us, and describe that smug sense of satisfaction with the useful word Schadenfreude.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Other words we have no equivalent for include Geisterfahrer (lit. ghost driver)--when a car drives the wrong direction along...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2011, Janvier 2011

• New Business-Ngo Partnerships Help the World's Poorest

As international businesses explore the developing world to find new consumer markets, firms are realizing that long-term prosperity depends on the development of these markets. As a result, more partnerships are springing up between international companies, NGOs and development agencies. They are finding common interests and learning from each other in the process. For years the work of social entrepreneurs often passed unnoticed in the outside world. Now that is changing. Social entrepreneurs are set to have a profound impact on the world's most complex societal and environmental challenges. Their impact may be limited by their current scale, but could be limitless with the right business partners. Several developments indicate the rise of social entrepreneurship in public awareness. ...

• International Trade Forum
• Num. 2/2007, Janvier 2007

• Going local: to English-language parents with children in the early years of the Swiss school system, the key concern is usually if and how well their children are learning the local language--be it French, German or Italian.

But the real effort--warn experienced English-language parents of children who have already grown up in the Swiss system--will actually be maintaining...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2008, Avril 2008

• Still a steep learning curve: as seen from a wide-angle lens, the drone world is reaching a turning point, probably one that will lead to many others. One thing is clear, though, Europe is finally trying to hammer its own niche in a discipline that has been hitherto led by Israel and the United States.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Before turning to recent events and developments, there is a further point that might require reflection, and that is the vul...

• Armada International
• Vol. 32 Num. 5, Octobre 2008

• Ambassador sees learning opportunity: Joseph Lynch, Ireland's Ambassador to Switzerland, talks to Swiss News about Swiss-Irish relations and the life of an Ambassador.

Joseph Lynch has been Ambassador of Ireland to the Swiss Confederation for nearly two years. He has spent almost his entire career in the Irish Diplom...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2005, Janvier 2005