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An ode to the service industry
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/01/2010
» This is a column for my Thai readers only. That's because I want to teach them a lesson about their service staff. I want to make a complaint and I want Thais to sit up and take notice. Simply put ... what on earth has happened to good ol' service these days? I'm talking about restaurants.
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What's in a name? Plenty in this country
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 17/01/2010
» There is a building not far from my home in salubrious Samut Prakan that I happen to pass whenever I take a shortcut to Sukhumvit Road. It's a boring, designless concrete factory or shop or something or other. And out the very front, in very big letters, is the name of the business: "NEWISH GERMS".
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Somwung opens up on enhancing teacher quality
Learningpost, Published on 19/01/2010
» 'Quality of education is the only thing that is going to move Thailand to a better position,'' said Prof Emeritus Somwung Pitiyanuwat, PhD. Before leaving his position as acting director of the Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (Onesqa), he gave an exclusive interview to ''Education'' on his vision on improving the quality of teachers in Thailand. Below are edited excerpts.
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Abhisit urges greater focus on outdoor activities
News, Published on 16/02/2010
» Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is calling for the encouragement of more outdoor education activities to improve student's learning skills.
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Lasting Friendships can be a tall order
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 21/02/2010
» I was having a solitary lunch last Tuesday with my dear friend Evil Neil when a phone call came out of the blue. A phone call on my cellphone, that is. Regular readers are cognizant of Neil, a helpless victim of corporate cellular phone advertising who changes his phone as often as we eat somtam, and who, with every new device, plasters Superglue between it and his ear so that it's permanently stuck to his head - hence my "solitary" lunch with him last Tuesday.
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Students accuse university of bait and switch scheme
News, Published on 23/02/2010
» A group of students at a private university in Ubon Ratchathani is accusing the vice-minister for tourism and sports of cheating them out of their money in her role as the university owner.
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Onesqa's on the move
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 23/02/2010
» Recently, the Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (Onesqa) held a press conference on the debut of Prof Channarong Pornrungroj, PhD, the new director of Onesqa, following the resignation of Prof Emeritus Somwung Pitiyanuwat.
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Mother Nature's clocks
Learningpost, David Canavan, Published on 23/02/2010
» Although the deck of this article says that it is about dating really old things, that doesn't quite do it justice. This article is about dating the oldest things on earth, even earth itself!
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Dare to teach, lead to learn
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 23/02/2010
» Over 500 English-language teachers from all over Thailand gathered at the 30th Annual Thailand Tesol International Conference from Jan 29 to 30 at the Twin Towers Hotel, Bangkok.
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