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What do Employers really want?

By ACS Distance Education on July 31, 2015 in Education | comments

What do employers really want?

Through our course enquiries, we get many people ask about whether a qualification will guarantee they will be able to get a job. This is a difficult question to answer given the diverse differences in skills, abilities and attributes that many graduates may have in conjunction with their qualification.

 

4 Diet-Related Issues that Cause Problems for Fish

By ACS Distance Education on July 21, 2015 in Animals | comments

4 Diet-Related Issues that Cause Problems for Fish

 

Are you new to keeping fish? Ensuring that you are feeding your fish the right food and the correct quantities is important for their health. They can become ill or die if you overfeed or underfeed your fish.
 

Managing Farm Animal Health

By ACS Distance Education on July 9, 2015 in Animals & Farming | comments

Nine things you should do on a farm to reduce health risks for animals.

Don't wait until an animal is sick before acting. Preventative health care can give you far better long term results, not just in terms of animal welfare, but also farm sustainability and profitability.

 

What is Grass Tetany?

By ACS Distance Education on July 6, 2015 in Farming | comments
 Grass tetany is a magnesium deficiency; and is quite serious and fatal.  It can quite often occur when you move cattle from indoor feeding to outdoor grazing.