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‘It’s both a blessing and a curse’: law firm attitudes to Qualifying Work Experience in England & Wales
Get PDFThis document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a published work that appeared in final form in [Asian Journal of Legal Education]. To access the final edited and published work see http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23220058241246218With the advent of the Solicitors’ Qualifying Exam (SQE), Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) allows for flexibility in the journey to qualification as a solicitor in England & Wales that was not previously permitted by the Period of Recognised Training. This development was heralded as a lever to widening access to the profession, with the potential to assist those who may not have been recruited onto traditional graduate-level training programmes in securing a qualified legal role.
This paper discusses the findings of empirical research conducted by the authors with a view to understanding the perceptions of, and attitudes towards, QWE of those responsible for recruitment in UK law firms. It reveals a friction between the perceived, and actual, value of QWE obtained via non-traditional routes and exposes the threat that law firm stances on QWE pose to the regulator’s aim of widening access to the profession
Sports participation among Norwegian youth: a study of early sporting careers
Get PDF© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupDespite a growing body of evidence suggesting that establishing sporting repertoires during youth is intimately related to ongoing participation in sport, little is known about how such repertoires develop during the crucial early teenage years, when the sporting habits that provide a basis for sporting careers take shape. The aim of the study was, therefore, to describe the structure of young people’s sporting repertoires as they move through a key formative period, as a basis for theorising their retention in sports participation. By providing a detailed analysis of a cohort of young Norwegians as they progressed through lower-secondary into upper-secondary school (13–16-year-olds), this study offers insights into how different sporting forms fluctuate during a period typically characterised by heavy drop-out and drop-off from sports participation. Data were obtained from a longitudinal cohort study of Norwegian youngsters attending 11 lower secondary schools based on annual surveys conducted from grade 8 through to grade 10 and used to describe cohort changes in sports participation rates and sporting forms over time. The noticeable movement between sporting forms alongside the marked shift towards informal sports during the period is likely to provide an important insight into how Norwegian teenagers not only maintain high levels of participation during the teenage years but also enhance their sporting repertoires in a manner likely to sustain sports participation through youth into early adulthood
Towards Public Viking Research
Get PDFThis is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in [Viking Heritage and History in Europe: Practices and Re-creations] on [06/03/2024], available online: http://www.routledge.com/Viking-Heritage-and-History-in-Europe-Practices-and-Re-creations/EllisNilsson-Nyzell/p/book/9780367628628This book is essential reading for those interested in the interdisciplinary study of the Early Middle Ages because our contemporary world is saturated with many different kinds of ‘Vikings’. Exploring our many 21st-century ‘Viking worlds’, spanning real-world, supernatural and digital landscapes, is a key priority for research in heritage studies, public history and public archaeology. The contemporary reception of the Viking Age demands our scholarly cross-disciplinary critical reflection and sustained intervention in profitable and insightful ways because the ‘Vikings’ are a key strand of global interest and debate regarding our human story and pre-modern world as well as contemporary preconceptions of identity, society, economy, politics, history, legend, mythology and religion. Our academic task extends beyond Europe to the globe and includes critically evaluating museum and heritage site interpretations, our public-facing academic outputs, but also a host of other fictional and rhetorical Vikings deployed across media from comic books and video games to commercial heritage tourism ventures and populist political mobilisations. In this chapter I argue that researchers and practitioners must integrate their expertise to tackle this challenge. I propose the specific field of transdisciplinary investigation – Public Viking Research – for these endeavours. Public Viking Research aims to tackle and critique ‘Vikingisms’ but also evaluate the ethical and socio-political responsibilities of our own research in the public realm. In this regard, we can both build critiques of contemporary Viking worlds as well as the impact of our own theories, methods and practice, working with real-world and digital communities and stakeholders to develop new creative and informed stories and visions of the Vikings.unfunde
Groups St Andrews 2022 in Newcastle
Get PDFThis material has been accepted for publication by Cambridge University Press, and a revised form will be published in [Groups St Andrews 2022 in Newcastle] edited by [C. M. Campbell, M. R. Quick, E. F. Robertson, C. M. Roney-Dougal, D. I. Stewart]. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution or re-use. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2025.Axial algebras are a class of non-associative commutative algebras whose properties are defined in terms of a fusion law. When this fusion law is graded, the algebra has a naturally associated group of automorphisms and thus axial algebras are inherently related to group theory. Examples include most Jordan algebras and the Griess algebra for the Monster sporadic simple group.
In this survey, we introduce axial algebras, discuss their structural properties and then concentrate on two specific classes: algebras of Jordan and Monster type, which are rich in examples related to simple groups
Decadal Analysis of ESBL-Escherichia coli Antibiotic Resistance Patterns in Urine Samples from Nepal: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Get PDFCopyright (c) 2024 Bibek Rana Chhetri, Rajat Thapa, Megha Raj Banjara. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v21i3.4723This systematic review aimed to determine the antimicrobial resistance pattern of the extended-spectrum β-lactamases producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC) in urine samples in Nepal. Systematic literature review was conducted to locate all articles reporting ESBL-EC in urine samples published between January 2012 to December 2022. The Egger's weighted regression analysis was done to assess the publication bias. A random-effects model was used to calculate the pooled prevalence and corresponding 95% confidence interval due to significant between-study heterogeneity. The strength of correlation between multidrug resistance and ESBL production in E.coli strains was determined using Pearson's correlation coefficient. The data were analyzed using R-language 4.2.2. software. The combined prevalence of E.coli in urine samples was found to be 14 % (95% CI, 11-18), while the overall pooled prevalence of ESBL E.coli and MDR E.coli were 30% (95% CI, 20-42) and 70% (95% CI, 38-90) respectively. A strong positive correlation of 0.99 (95% CI, 0.89-1.0) was found between ESBL production and MDR among E.coli isolates. Imipenem was the drug of choice against ESBL-E.coli in urine specimens. Our analyses showed the overall ESBL-EC and MDR-EC burden in Nepal is considerably high. Likewise, the study also infers an increasing trend of antibiotic resistance pattern of ESBL-EC in urine samples
The reality of authentic leadership: the rugby football league challenge
Get PDF© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupPurpose/rationale: The aim of this paper is to increase the understanding in the area of authentic leadership (AL) within executive leader practice in a UK commercial sport national governing body (NGB).
Design/methodology/approach: Ten interviews were conducted with members of the organisation’s management group. The interviews were utilised to gain new insights into the levels of executive leader AL within a commercial sport governance environment. Interviews were analysed using an interpretive approach, and a thematic structure relating to AL in the commercial NGB context.
Findings: Authentic elements within the executive leadership team’s practice were dependent on the organisational context and the impact of external factors on individuals and the NGB. Full engagement with the AL construct is curtailed by organisational structure and objectives.
Practical implications: The findings and related existing literature, notably the debate on the universal acceptance of the AL construct, are integrated into the paper to contribute to the discourse on the leadership construct in a sport governance environment.
Research contribution: The study contributes to the growing body of sport leadership within NGB literature and provides insights into the paradoxical nature of leadership and the executive leader ability to fully engage with all elements of the AL construct.Unfunde
Nothing to Worry About: Flash Fictions [Kindle Edition]
No full textThis book is not available on ChesterRep.Welcome to the strange, fertile world of Vanessa Gebbie’s imagination in this collection of irreal flash fictions, in which little makes sense and yet everything does. A sea lion learns to fly. A man wakes to find his head is triangular. Babies talk. Sextants grow inside a man’s chest. Bella’s iron tablets work rather too well. And Daphne grows bonsai in a plethora of odd places. After all, the world keeps turning, and people occasionally do strange things but then, that’s life, and life is nothing to worry about ... Or is it?N/
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Get PDFThis is a draft chapter. The final version is available in [Research Handbook on Flood Risk Management] edited by [Jessica Lamond, David Proverbs & Namrata Bhattacharya-Mis], published in 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781839102981.00008
It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.Globally, hydroclimatic hazards are becoming more frequent and severe, driven by a warming climate and urbanization. With the evolving nature of flooding, research focus remains strong in this discipline. However, despite the changing nature of hydroclimatic hazards, the importance of the disaster management cycle has endured. Since its inception in 1979, the cycle has evolved, enabled by its open-system nature, through the inclusion of additional stages and stage weightings. Interpretation of the cycle has proven particularly influential in understanding how practitioners have focused most significantly on the mitigation and post-disaster stages substantiated by their continuing dominance in flood risk management. However, contemporary research and disaster risk reduction frameworks such as the Global Sendai Framework stress the importance of the preparedness stage in assisting society with an effective response and recovery. Therefore, increased research focus on the preparedness stage is viewed as a facilitator for an effective response and recovery.Unfunde
Quick, Quick, Slow: Making Time for Sustainable Photography Practices in Contemporary HE
Get PDFAs environmental awareness grows, so do questions about the environmental impact of photography, in particular traditional film development and processing, the use of plastics, gelatine and other environmentally harmful chemicals notwithstanding water usage and waste. Pioneering practice and research into sustainable alternative to conventional processes has quickly established, supported by organisations such as the London Sustainable Darkroom. Students in Higher Education are environmentally aware and prepared to take action to mitigate their impacts where possible. As such, there is a coalescence of perceptions within and beyond the classroom which asks to be addressed in the curriculum.
Sustainable and alternative processes are often more time consuming than established methods and rely on having sufficient time for the gathering and processing of unconventional materials. This is problematic in a contemporary HE environment where a shortened teaching year and modularisation break up the learning experience and desiccate the attention required by durational activities.
This paper will draw upon the current research project Under a Green Light: a darkroom for the future (PI Tabitha Jussa) which is exploring ways to pivot the undergraduate darkroom toward sustainable methods and will reflect on the potential and possibilities of sustainable photography in HE.Unfunde
Brontë Studies special issue: Charlotte Brontë and Material Culture
No full textThis is a Special Issue devoted to the Brontës and material culture.N/
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