1.   A ten week preparation course on to the Open University programme leading to the diploma in Health and Social Welfare starts.

2.   And a volunteer preparation course will start at the end of this month.

3.   Emergency Prep is published by Kaplan, the leader in test preparation courses, and Knowledge Adventure.

4.   In an effort to give an opportunity to less affluent Israelis, the army recently started its own preparation course through the Gadna, or Youth Brigade.

5.   In the past couple of months, Dalman has been teaching a Scholastic Aptitude Test preparation course at a center run by a friend.

6.   Overall, this preparation course was well organized, the interface was well designed and it was humorous without being annoying.

7.   Rogers then took test preparation courses.

8.   Seppy Basili, vice president for learning and assessment at Kaplan Inc., a leading test preparation company, said there were big differences between test preparation courses.

9.   She said although higher SAT scores may indicate an improved educational system, it may also prove that more students are taking SAT preparation courses.

10.   Two-thirds of those in his test preparation course made it, he said.