Apart from driving on the wrong side of the road and not being able to speak their own language, there have been some other things about the UK that have me puzzled. First off, their coins. The less value they have the bigger they seem to be. On top of that, there’s a coin which doesn’t even say how much it’s worth! Turns out this is the 1 pound coin, but if you don’t know this how are going to figure this out? To illustrate the weird coin sizes I made a little picture, see for yourself, it isn’t all of them but they are in order (left least value to right biggest value).
(Het Britse geld, heel raar dat het de munten niet groter worden als ze in waarde omhoog gaan, ze liggen hier op volgorde van waarde...)
Another thing that I cannot see the logic in is their water taps. Instead of having the convenient two waters pipes (one for hot, one for cold) come together into one tab, they keep them separate here. Of course there is the occasional exception, but it is rare. So we have one tab for hot water, and one tab for cold water, at opposite sides of the sink. So when attempting to wash one’s hands you have to choose between either washing them with cold (usually freezing) or hot (usually boiling water), the only way I have figured out so far is to keep both tabs running and moving quickly from hot to cold and so on. I am sure there is a better way to use this system but I have yet to figure it out. What I don’t understand is that when we have such obvious solutions for these things on the continent, they seem to refuse to adapt to these systems here.
Moving on, I have had my first day at school yesterday. And what can I say… the buildings certainly aren’t up to standard compared to Inholland, but the staff is just really friendly, helpful and well informed. Really a pleasure to see that I didn’t even have to introduce myself and they already knew my name from my application forms. At Inholland I think 90% of the teachers still don’t know my name although I’ve had class with them for almost 2.5 years. The information packets provided were also very insightful and helpful, not only concerning the school issues, but also on things in Wycombe and the UK in general.
After a general round of introduction and a short speech by the vice dean it was I think, we got to sit down with the head of the Music and Entertainment program to discuss our schedules and any potential clashes between the courses you had picked. Of course only 3 out of the 6 courses I had picked were compatible within one schedule, but atleast the two that I really wanted to do were on there. So in the end I got stuck with a class I wasn’t really interested in, but for the sake of getting enough credits I’ll take it anyway. So just to give you an idea, here’s an overview of the course I’m following.
Finance for the Creative Industry
The aim of this module is to develop knowledge of the range of financial planning, control and evaluation techniques available to managers in the creative industries and lead to a wider understanding of the role of finance in the achievement of the aims and objectives of a variety of types of organisation within the creative industries. Applications of these techniques are used in Royalty and Recoupment calculations, Tour budgets and Venue hire decisions. The techniques and concepts developed in this module are a progression from those studied at level 1 in the Music and Entertainment Business Environment module. In addition they will be particularly appropriate for modules such as Business Enterprise, Music & Entertainment Company Management and Tour and Stage Management at Level 2.
Music & Entertainment Company Management
The aim of this module is to develop knowledge of the range of relevant theories and techniques available to managers in the creative industries. This will lead to a wider understanding of the role of management in the achievement of the aims and objectives of a variety of types of organisation(s) within the creative industries. The theories, techniques and concepts developed in this module are a progression from those studied at level 1 in the Management Principles for the Creative Industries Module and also expands on the Entertainment Industry Framework Module. In addition some of the theories & techniques used are also appropriate for modules such as Finance for Creative Industry Managers & Music & Entertainment Business Enterprise at Level 2. It also discusses issues that are covered in much greater depth at level 3 within Global Retail & Distribution and Application of the Law & Trade Practices.
Promotional Techniques
This module is a progression from the introduction to promotional mix theory covered in the marketing element of the programme at level one. It also compliments the Music Marketing and the Media module at level two, which provides a critical insight into media utilisation within the music industry. The Promotional Techniques module provides critical integration, knowledge and understanding of marketing communications theory and music and entertainment promotional practice.
Strategic Management of Live Events
To critically analyse advanced practice and the strategic organisation associated with live events. This module will focus on four areas critical to the development of the live event.
Lectures, seminars, workshops and assessments will allow students to consider a wide range of strategic practices related to the live music industry. These will be drawn specifically from the live music environment but can be transferred to other events where pertinent. The explicit link between the complexities of event strategic planning and the operational outcomes will be examined. The module content as a whole will be of particular relevance in the context of a wide range of other operational and strategic management modules that the students are undertaking during their programme of study.
This post was created under the influence of Millencolin's 2002 Home From Home.
5 comments:
Impressive program, and I indeed recognise the courses you mentioned to me as very interesting. More practical; I also recognise the hot and warm water system you mention. This is the system regular in the sixties (indeed same period as the music). The "mixing tap" also only became normal practice in the late sixties (indeed again, same period the mixing of music began to become practice in the music industry) Finally we have a more straight connection between water and music besides "fluid"
I remember the sixties, I had a great time in the sixties mixing my water up. When I took a shower I went ahead and filled a bucket with about half boiling and half cold water and then flipped it over my head, the sixties were great!
The sixties were all about mixing.
On a different 'note', the courses sound like good fun! Enjoy!
Ik geniet van je blog, je beschrijvingen en leuke foto's.
Je vakken lijken leuk, mis je geen achtergronden?
Succes, veel plezier en morgen een nieuwe update?
Haha, looks like the water system hasnt been updated since the sixties then. No special update for the blog today, didn't do a whole lot interesting other than wandering around the town a bit and some shopping. Maybe tomorrow...
allright, so i figured out how youre supposed to use the sinks. (i asked this guy ben cornell who is here from exchange from wycombe):
step 1. put the stopper in the drain
step 2. turn on both taps and fill the sink
step 3. adjust the water temperature of the water in the sink by adding hot or cold water as you choose.
step 4. get your hands wet (if you havnt already) and lather with soap.
step 5. rinse of hands in the sink full of water, which is now probably pretty dirty.
step 6. take your clean hands and reach them down to the bottom of the sink and pull the plug to let the water drain.
step 7. dry hands.
i like the rest of the world's two step hand wash program.
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