The network of skilled observers in Project FeederWatch that made possible the rapid gathering of data about the finch has been collecting data since 1988 about birds that frequent feeders in winter.
Homebase said the closure of 80 of its stores was at least partly down to "the rise of a generation less skilled in DIY projects".
Homebase warned: "Although economic indicators have more recently improved, several structural factors continue to affect home improvement retailing including an excess of retail space, the rise of a generation less skilled in DIY projects".
Home Retail said: "Although economic indicators have more recently improved, several structural factors continue to affect home improvement retailing, including an excess of retail space, the rise of a generation less skilled in DIY projects, and the growth of non-traditional digital and multi-channel competitors".
Typically, project managers in research organizations are excellent researchers but less skilled or interested in project management.
This article draws upon the authors' experiences of setting up a Clinical Trials Unit for trauma and orthopaedic surgery, and highlights the role that networks can play in obtaining skilled project staff.
Skills learned: Research assistants on this project will become skilled in researching state-level public policy, using session law databases, state statutes, roll call voting data, and lobbying and campaign finance data.
Members of the research team as well as the project manager (herself skilled in the intervention) will review the counselling intervention for quality and adherence to the intervention.
They were skilled in applying for grants and starting projects, or they were skilled at positioning themselves to get the "good" jobs in the booming "race industry".
Help them out with a project that you are skilled in?
