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A third way: Off-team practice educators in social work education
Get PDF© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.In Social Work, Practice Educators (PEs) are termed ‘on-site’ or ‘off-site’ depending on whether they work in the same location as the student they are supporting, or are ‘physically located away from the learners practice area’. Here, we trial and examine a third model: ‘off-team’ practice education. An off-team PE works in the same local authority (LA) as the student but in a different team, providing some familiarity and distance. We hypothesized that this model could be more favorable to LAs, providing some advantages of off-site and on-site models. Using focus groups, we explored student and PE experiences of the off-team model and compared them with experiences of the on-site model. We found that off team education offers a viable pathway for supporting students, but there are differences to recognize to maximize advantages and mitigate disadvantages. The significance of our study for practice education lies in its exploration of the potentials and limitations of the off-team model, particularly regarding supervision, assessment, and the development of professional relationships. We conclude by offering reflections on how educators might more effectively operationalize both on-site and off-team models to maximize their respective strengths.This work was supported by the Cheshire and Merseyside Social Work Teaching Partnership
Editorial: Global outreach
Get PDFThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Further and Higher Education on 29/09/2025, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2025.2564513The Senior Editors of the Journal of Further and Higher Education (JFHE) are offering a series of editorials to celebrate the vitality of the journal. The second of these editorial essays explores the extent to which the Journal of Further and Higher Education reaches and represents a global audience.Unfunde
Outsourcing marketing - the why, the what, the how, and the so what
No full textThe focus of this research was to explore the drivers, processes and measurement protocols for the outsourcing of marketing, through the lens of both experienced client side and supply-side marketers. Here, the ultimate aim was to arrive at some decision-making best practices that can enhance the way in which organisations choose to engage (or not) in the outsourcing of marketing
Improving food safety culture in Nigeria: A review of practical issues
Get PDFAs a developing nation and the most populous nation in Africa, Nigeria has enormous challenges connected with food safety culture. To produce and provide safe, secure and nutritious food, consumers and food businesses must abide by a set of shared values known as food safety culture. In Nigeria, food safety culture is a complex subject due to Nigeria's heterogeneous and diverse nature, as demonstrated by its over 250 ethnic groups. As Nigeria becomes more urbanized and incomes continue to fluctuate at robust rates, few Nigerians are conscious of food safety issues. In addition, oversight from government regulators around food safety require improvement. Public engagement in food safety issues has not witnessed a promising trajectory in recent years. In this article, we provide a review of the food safety culture in Nigeria and its role and influence on various cases of food safety issues in Nigeria. Of interest to this paper are studies exploring consumer and food handler perceptions and behavior regarding food safety. In addition, keen attention is devoted to areas that are in need of additional research to help address practical and on-the-ground challenges associated with Nigeria's food safety practices. This article suggests that improving food safety culture in Nigeria requires both applying the best management and communication approaches in different regions and understanding the local food safety practices.N/
The role of grievance redressal mechanisms and sociopsychological factors in fostering trust in cryptocurrency and investment behaviours
No full textThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Technology Analysis and Strategic Management on 14/11/2025, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2025.2582012This study develops a model for understanding the key contextual factors that will foster public trust in cryptocurrency and ultimately investment in it. Specifically, this study tests whether the regulatory factor of grievance redressal mechanism, the social factor of (mass)media influence and psychological factor of perceived integrity of crypto-asset merchants are essential to building public trust in cryptocurrencies and, in turn, willingness to invest. Primary data were collected to test the model using advanced regression analytics. We find that all the identified factors are positively associated with public trust that, in turn, positively predicts cryptocurrency investment intentions. Additional analysis reveals that trust plays an important mediating role. The originality and value of study lies in empirically providing evidence on the contextual and proximate antecedents of trust-building in cryptocurrency, which assists this digital currency ecosystem in designing strategies and interventions that should promote and sustain public interest and trust in the digital asset.Unfunde
Caught in the crisis: Early career mathematics teachers’ perceptions of research and practice beyond Initial Teacher Education
No full textThis study aims to represent six early career mathematics teachers’ perceptions of their experiences relating to their first steps into mathematics teaching posts leaving Initial Teacher Education (ITE) behind them. Situated in a time of unprecedented political intervention into frameworks for ITE and early career teacher development, which has been mandated explicitly for the first time, and when recruitment and retention is at crisis level, this interpretive practitioner research focused on specific aspects of the lives of the early career teachers in their own environment, with the aim to further understand the experiences they shared and to develop an understanding of the complexities of professional learning for early career mathematics teachers. The study uses a democratic pedagogy lens as a means of interrogating the early career teachers’ perceptions of how they developed their professional knowledge focusing on the ways they were able to interpret mathematics education research that informed their practice during the Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) and whether teacher education has empowered them as decision makers in their own classrooms. Through semi-structured interviews with the early career teachers at two points in their first year the findings were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis involving the use of data coding to develop themes which represented the social and political experiences the early career teachers described. This study highlighted tensions between mathematics education research and the political and policy driven regimes present in our education system which have directly impacted the early career teachers’ professional development opportunities and raised the question of whether mathematics teacher education is in crisis
Book Review: Theology and the Public: Reflections on Hans W. Frei on Hermeneutics, Christology, and Theological Method. By Daniel D. Shin
No full textThis is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in [The Journal of Theological Studies] following peer review. The version of record [Fulford, B. (2025). Theology and the Public: Reflections on Hans W. Frei on Hermeneutics, Christology, and Theological Method. By Daniel Shin. The Journal of Theological Studies, vol(issue), pages] is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/jts/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jts/flaf014/8003756?redirectedFrom=fulltextReview of Daniel Shin's study of the theme of publicness in Hans Frei's theology.Unfunded
Introducing AIRSim: An innovative AI-driven feedback generation tool for supporting student learning
Get PDF© The Author(s) 2025The version of record of this article, first published in [Technology, Knowledge and Learning], is available online at Publisher’s website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10758-025-09835-9This paper introduces AIRSim (AI Responses Simulator), an innovative AI tool designed to support students in practicing their questionnaire analysis skills within the café and restaurant discipline. Utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), AIRSim generates hypothetical feedback data to facilitate student learning. Through a series of 16 experiments, we evaluated AIRSim’s capability in simulating participant responses to user-uploaded questionnaires. Our findings demonstrated a notable degree of diversity in the generated results, as indicated by the Entropy Index, across various perspectives and participant-question combinations. To the best of our knowledge, there exists a lack of relevant studies exploring this specific application of AI in the context of student learning within the café and restaurant discipline. By introducing the AIRSim tool, educators can efficiently enhance their students’ analytical abilities and responsiveness to customer needs. This practical contribution addresses the pressing need for effective training methods in the hospitality sector while also capitalizing on the transformative potential of Generative AI technologies, such as ChatGPT. Overall, this study provides valuable insights into AI-driven student learning and identifies areas for future research.Unfunde
Book Review: Mark McKerracher and Helena Hamerow (Eds.), New Perspectives on the Medieval ‘Agricultural Revolution’: Crop, Stock and Furrow. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2022. Pp. 304. $64.99
Get PDFThis article has been published in a revised form in [Journal of British Studies] [http://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2025.10072]. This version is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND licence. No commercial re-distribution or re-use allowed. Derivative works cannot be distributed. © The Author(s), 2025.A book review of McKerracher and Hamerow.Unfunde
Creative Health a joke or valuable learning experience; A mixed methods study
Get PDFBACKGROUND: Creative Health has been recognised to be beneficial for wellbeing and population health. Recommendations have been made that health care students and professionals should receive education and practical experience of the arts. This paper reports on a pilot creative health placement for undergraduate nurses at a UK University.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a Creative Health placement, investigating the placements impact on student's knowledge and understanding of arts-based activities, including social prescribing. To reflect on the overall value of Creative Health placements for nursing students and to make recommendations for future Creative Health placements.
DESIGN: A mixed methods approach was adopted using the principles of ethnography to evaluate the experiences of the students, artists, service users and practice assessors/supervisors.
SETTING: Data was collected from one University Centre that facilitated the Creative Health placement.
PARTICIPANTS: 60 Bachelor of Nursing Students, 4 practice assessors/supervisors and 6 Creative Health artists and 89 service users participated.
METHODS: Ethnographic data, including artefacts, photographs, diaries, qualitative reflections were collected alongside a quantitative evaluation survey that students completed. Service user feedback forms were used to collect user experiences and two focus groups for the artist and practice assessor were employed using thematic analysis.
RESULTS: The placement provided the students insights and understanding about creative health and social prescribing, however there were challenges regarding conceptualising creative health as part of their nursing practice. Students talked about the impact the placement had on their own wellbeing. 81.8 % agreed working with the artists provided insight into Creative Health practice and 86.4 % indicated the placement enabled them to understand the impact of Creative Health on wellbeing. Creative Health artists and the practice assessors/supervisors wanted greater collaboration to support learning and assessment. Service users provided positive feedback about their experiences.
CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the placement was a success and there were valuable lessons learnt for future placement plans. We concluded that creative health placements should be an essential part of the nursing programme.UnfundedAAM archived and VoR uploaded to CR 02/06/202
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