Pioneers of Education: Luca Pacioli Regarded by many accountants as the father of modern Bookkeeping, Luca Pacioli was a mathematician and Franciscan Friar who famously collaborated with, the far better known, Leonardo da Vinci. Born 1445 in Tuscany modern Italy, Luca Pacioli would receive a merchant’s education while growing up and learning a head for
Putting Your Assignment Together A key element of distance learning with ADL is the undertaking of assignments. Our courses are split into lesson; smaller units that deliver the information of a course and are focussed around a smaller and more manageable part of the subject matter. After every lesson comes an assignment based upon the
Career Profile: The Bookkeeper Bookkeeping, in the business understanding of the term, is the recording of financial transactions and is part of the process of accounting. Bookkeepers are the individuals charged with making a record of everything a company or business does with its money. Whether its sales, expenditures or petty cash, it is all
Great Mistakes of Great Minds: The Four Humours. Historians across the world like to look back fondly upon the ancient Greeks. Wise, cultured and learned, despite their place firmly in the “BC” part of the calendar. History teachers, in particular, like to endlessly praise how wonderfully clever and smart the Greeks were, between their Trojan
Another year, another Tax return. The 31st of January was the last day tax returns could be filed with HMRC for the 2012-2013 tax year causing lone traders and small businesses up and down the country no end of headache. Across the nation, companies were desperately chasing small scraps of paper looking for the receipts
Many a school child in the English speaking world has come to revile the name of that famous bard. From Canterbury to Canberra, young minds taught in old ways have come to associate poorly taught, uninteresting English classed with the name “Shakespeare”. But what about that other great blight on the school calendar – that
Education is the pursuit of knowledge, but sometimes those seeking education can find knowledge that’s not only wrong, but sometimes even harmful. In this series, we take a look at some of the leading beliefs of the learned minds of the past that turned out to be completely, utterly and even humorously, wrong. For a
Anatomical Pathology is a medical discipline that is focussed on the diagnoses of disease based on the examination of organs, tissues and whole bodies in the form of an autopsy. Performed through a variety of methods, including gross examination and molecular testing, the speciality, as we know it today, is regarded to have originated from
Everyone remembers the songs and rhymes of their childhood. Those of us with children of our own in turn pass them on to our own kids. Remembering the words and the rhymes seem as simple as breathing to many of us, to the point where few of us can actually recall ever having to learn
Education opens doors to success windows of opportunity and in at least one case, gates to new possibilities. Such is the case with ADL success story Annabella Baker. Originally from Italy, but now living in the UK, Annabella faced a tragedy all too familiar to many when she lost her airline job during the Covid
Gardens are hard work.  Behind every immaculate lawn and carefully tended flowerbed is a never-ending struggle between nature and gardener. Of course simply leaving the garden to its own devices isn’t really an option; Untended, plants will grow freely for the whole of spring and summer and even into autumn. Worse yet, an uncared for
Some stories of educational achievement soar into the heavens. Of individuals who through hard work and toil overcame the challenges in their life to achieve. Certainly, at ADL we’ve seen and helped many individuals achieve their dreams through completing a course which helped them get a place at university or begin a new career. This,
If you’ve been in the UK over the past weekend you might have noticed you had a day off on Monday (or looked on enviously as other people had a day off). The coronation of a new monarch in Charles the Third means a new era. One that the Monarch is especially keen does not
If you’re looking for a side business or career that combines a love for fitness and a mentoring role. personal training might be for you Personal training is at it’s heart all about being able to help people live healthier, happier lives. By combining physical exercise with essential lifestyle changes like diet they help their
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