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Ruth Brooks

Ruth Brooks is a content production specialist of more than 15 years’ experience working in Australian and UK higher education. Ruth graduated from the University of South Australia (UniSA) with a Bachelor of Arts (Professional and Creative Communications) in 2007 and a Graduate Certificate in Marketing in 2015.

Her experience spans the research, writing and editing of print and digital communications and marketing collateral for UniSA, as well as the creative development and design of a wide variety of visual communications including print publications and digital marketing assets for University College London. Today, Ruth works to produce and publish digital content that both informs and engages across an array of postgraduate subject areas, as well as web content in the higher education space.

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We live in a highly interconnected world where international business has expanded and flourished, particularly since the 1980s when globalisation started to become the norm. However, trade’s share of global GDP peaked in 2008 and has consistently fallen in the last decade. Many economists believe that since that point, we have been witnessing deglobalisation.  In […]

A prediction system is created by using data mining techniques that result in predictive modelling, which help to anticipate future trends. This can be in areas as diverse as weather, stock markets, health outcomes, and business intelligence. Forecasting in this way helps with decision making and reduces risk because it is possible to weigh up […]

Financial decision making is key to driving business forward. Without data on vital financial information, it can be difficult for business leaders to plan ahead or make decisions that benefit the whole company from stakeholders to shareholders. For this reason, financial reporting is an integral part of business operations. Throughout the unpredictability of the pandemic, […]

Educational leadership encompasses principles that focus on academic success but also on academic management through collaborating with parents, students, and teachers. In fact, effective leadership is highly dependent on the ability to delegate to other academic staff and to empower students to take responsibility in understanding the best ways for them to learn. The ongoing […]

Computer programmers are responsible for the smooth running of every device you use, website you visit, and app that you download. The digital landscape is created and moulded by data structures and scripting languages in which programmers are fluent. Programming is also an increasingly important and desirable skill set because breakthroughs in machine learning and […]

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