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Family reunion in a university law clinic: a model for law schools?
Get PDFThis paper outlines the establishing of a law clinic to assist individuals with their application under the refugee family reunion (RFR) provision. We consider that a significant gap exists in the scope of university law clinics to provide a dedicated RFR service, a gap which extends to service providers generally in many regions in the UK. The removal of legal aid for family reunion applications has negatively affected the efficacy of refugees and those with humanitarian protection status to be reunited with their families (a right provided under international law to which the UK is a signatory). Family reunion is a very current issue of concern given global developments and the political instability in many countries, and it is also a topic which is at the very heart of social justice, a philosophy which underpins many law clinics in universities. Law clinics allow universities and their students to use their talents and resources to positively change the lives of people in their local communities. Significantly, broadening the scope of law clinics to offer a RFR service will enrich the learning experience of staff and students involved in RFR clinics, help to produce the next generation of lawyers, policy and decision-makers with an awareness of the issues facing refugees and the human perspective of the crises affecting them, and facilitate research opportunities through effective data collection and analysis. Subsequent outputs can positively affect national policy on immigration, asylum, legal aid, and engagement with, and the education of, the public
An archaeoacoustic study of the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum on Malta
Get PDFThe remarkable subterranean architecture of the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum on Malta has generated many claims about its dramatic acoustic effects, but previous studies have lacked rigour. A systematic, methodical approach has now been applied to measure the acoustic properties of the site, and to test earlier assertions. The results confirm some, but not all, prior observations, and demonstrate how a sound-based approach can contribute to an understanding of the archaeological context. It is argued that for the people who created the Hypogeum, the acoustics must have had particular significance and ritual
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Understanding process and context in breastfeeding support interventions: The potential of qualitative research
Get PDFConsiderable effort has been made in recent years to gain a better understanding of the effectiveness of different interventions for supporting breastfeeding. However, research has tended to focus primarily on measuring outcomes and has paid comparatively little attention to the relational, organisational and wider contextual processes that may impact delivery of an intervention. Supporting a woman with breastfeeding is an interpersonal encounter that may play out differently in different contexts, despite the apparently consistent aims and structure of an intervention. We consider the limitations of randomised controlled trials for building understanding of the ways in which different components of an intervention may impact breastfeeding women and how the messages conveyed through interactions with breastfeeding supporters might be received. We argue that qualitative methods are ideally suited to understanding psychosocial processes within breastfeeding interventions and have been under-used. After briefly reviewing qualitative research to date into experiences of receiving and delivering breastfeeding support, we discuss the potential of theoretically-informed qualitative methodologies to provide fuller understanding of intervention processes by focusing on three examples: phenomenology, ethnography and discourse analysis. The paper concludes by noting some of the epistemological differences between qualitative methodologies and the broadly positivist approach of trials, and we suggest there is a need for
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further dialogue as to how researchers might bridge these differences in order to develop a fuller and more holistic understanding of how best to support breastfeeding women
Gender differences in the correlates of academic achievement among university students
No full textPurpose: Prior research has highlighted gender differences in academic motivational attributes, and how these predict academic achievement for each gender, however, a vast amount of inconsistency exists amongst such literature. The main purpose of the present study was to examine the predictive value of academic motivation (achievement goal, leaning goal, performance goal, self-efficacy, and active learning strategies) and study time in explaining academic achievement amongst male and female students.
Design/methodology/approach: Cross-sectional survey design was applied. Participants were sampled opportunistically, and consisted of final year undergraduate students, including both males (n = 126) and females (n = 189) attending various courses at a UK university.
Findings: Multiple regression analysis carried out for each gender revealed that study time, active learning strategies, performance goal, and self-efficacy were significant predictors of achievement for males, whereas self-efficacy was the only significant predictor of achievement for females.
Originality/value: These findings offer practical implications in terms of methods employed by educators to enhance academic achievement. Such implications highlight the importance of the development of self-efficacy in both genders and propose methods in which universities can enhance motivation in male and female students. Recommendations for future research are also made
Static and Dynamic Portfolio Methods for Optimal Planning: An Empirical Analysis
Get PDFCombining the complementary strengths of several algorithms through portfolio approaches has been demonstrated to be effective in solving a wide range of AI problems. Notably, portfolio techniques have been prominently applied to suboptimal (satisficing) AI planning.
Here, we consider the construction of sequential planner portfolios for domainindependent optimal planning. Specifically, we introduce four techniques (three of which are dynamic) for per-instance planner schedule generation using problem instance features, and investigate the usefulness of a range of static and dynamic techniques for combining planners. Our extensive empirical analysis demonstrates the benefits of using static and dynamic sequential portfolios for optimal planning, and provides insights on the most suitable conditions for their fruitful exploitation
Asymptotic Analyses of the Start-Up Stage of Couette Flow Subjected to Different Boundary Conditions
Get PDFIn this article, the process for reaching “developed” stage was investigated under both imposed shear stress and specified velocity boundary conditions. Four specific situations are investigated. These are (1) constant shear stress, (2) linearly increasing shear stress from zero shear, (3) constant velocity and (4) linearly increasing velocity from stationary. Analytical solutions of velocity distributions under these four situations were obtained. A dimensionless viscosity, defined as the ratio of the measured viscosity calculated based on the measuring principle of Couette-type viscometer to the true viscosity of fluid was proposed to describe the initial transient period. We define the “developed” stage when the dimensionless viscosity is 1% away from its final value or when it reaches 1.01. By analyzing Stokes' first problem, compact models of the dimensionless viscosity were expressed and exact quantitative relations among the initial values of dimensionless viscosity under these four specific situations were found. Time periods for Couette flow to reach the “developed” stage was calculated. The development time is the shortest under the constant velocity boundary and is the longest under the linearly increasing shear stress boundary
Race and vocational education and training in England
Get PDFBlack and minority ethnic students (BME) are a significant constituency in VET and FE in England. Despite this recent research on race and VET has become a marginal concern. Insofar as current VET research addresses social justice, race appears to be a supplementary concern. Although there is a substantial literature addressing race and education, this focuses primarily on schools and higher education. This paper examines why there is a need to develop a research agenda that analyses participation, outcomes and experiences of BME VET students, particularly those on ‘non-advanced’ programmes (equivalent to European Qualification Framework Level 1-3) with uncertain labour market outcomes and who are arguably being ‘warehoused’ in low status courses. The paper reflects on the historically specific reasons for the dearth of research on race and VET, drawing on a scoping exercise of the literature to evidence this. We conclude by offering a provisional analysis that identifies recent shifts in participation among BME groups, locating this in its socio-economic and historical context. Our analysis reaffirms that VET remains a significant educational site for BME groups, but it is a complex racialised site which makes the current neglect of race and VET in academic research deeply problematic
Creating Meaningful Entrepreneurial Practice: crafting pedagogical awareness
No full textThe field of entrepreneurial education has struggled with fundamental questions in regards to the subject’s nature and purpose – to whom and for what means are educational agendas ultimately directed; these questions have become of central importance to policy makers, practitioners and academics alike in the context of the dynamic nature of the business world. Concerns have been expressed about University Business schools engaging more critically with the lived experiences of practicing entrepreneurs through alternative pedagogical approaches and methods, seeking to account for and highlighting the social, political and moral aspect of management practice. For example, in the United Kingdom where funding in higher education has become increasingly dependent on student fees there are renewed pressures to educate students for management practice as opposed to educate them about management and what it does. This latter point will be the main focus of this workshop and one which demands the inclusion of critique. Government and EU policies are calling on Business Schools to develop and enhance entrepreneurial skill sets, in order to meet these challenges entrepreneurial focused education programs must be more proactive in providing innovative educational practices that helps and facilitates life experiences and experiential learning
Strategic Management Model with Lens of Knowledge Management and Competitive Intelligence: A Review Approach
No full textPurpose:
First purpose of this study is to discuss the synergic and separate use of knowledge and
intelligence, via knowledge management and competitive intelligence, in each stage of strategic
management process. Second purpose is to discuss the implications of each stage of strategic
management process for knowledge management and competitive intelligence and vice versa.
Methodology/Design/Approach:
A systematic literature review was performed within timeframe of 2000 to 2016. Extracted
information from reviewed studies was synthesized and integrated in strategic management
model of Fred David.
Findings:
A strategic management model with lens of knowledge management and competitive
intelligence is proposed. Each stage of knowledge management process has implications for
knowledge management and competitive intelligence and vice versa. In addition, synergic and
separate use of knowledge and intelligence results in effective decision making leading to
competitive advantage.
Research Limitations:
Learning curve of knowledge management and competitive intelligence and being limited to use
of Fred David model are among key limitations.
Practical Implications:
Experts of knowledge management, competitive intelligence, and strategic management can use
this study to gain competitive advantage based on knowledge and information resources.
Organizations should have knowledge management function as well as competitive intelligence
to support the strategy formulation, implementation and evaluation.
Social Implications:
Readers can take a view that how they can manage their knowledge and information resources
from a strategic perspective?
Originality/Value:.
This study proposes a strategic management model with lens of knowledge management and
competitive intelligence. Model discusses the ways for synergic and separate use of knowledge
and intelligence in each stage of strategic management, leading to competitive advantage. In
addition it discusses the holistic and integrated implications of knowledge management and
competitive intelligence for each stage of strategic management process and vice vers
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