#PODCAST A skill with lifelong benefits that can be learnt in under 10 hours - are you proficient in touch-typing? #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - According to education experts "touch typing" is an under-utilised skill that students, professionals and anyone who uses a computer regularly can benefit from. Touch typing - as the name suggests - allows you to type on a keyboard without looking at the keys, using all ten fingers and relying on your muscle memory. Dr Bronwyn Batchelor, Head of Faculty for Law at The Independent Institute of Education recently co-authored a paper investigating the impact of students' typing competency on their results. It found that those who were more proficient in typing, achieved significantly better results than their peers. Dr Batchelor says while touch typing can be learnt in as little as 10 hours, its benefits are life-long...