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A netnography of international students studying in the UK: Leveraging social capital to enhance employability
Get PDFThis study utilises a netnography approach to investigate the perceptions of employability and social capital among Indian and other international students and prospective students. There is a strong relationship and understanding between the UK and India who both place great emphasis on the value of University study and studying abroad. Both countries have high quality Universities and value the idea of cultural and international exchange of staff and students.
Whilst there are a range of studies regarding international students, little is known about international students and their perceptions and motivations for studying abroad with regards to employability. Employment and seeking further opportunity are generally a considerable motivator for students wishing to study abroad and Indian students are no exception. In recent years, changes from the UK government to Visa and post study work rules have had positive and negative effects to student’s employability, networks and mobility. Furthermore, the rise of Artificial Intelligence and other disruptive technologies has also challenged what we know about the job market.
The concept of widening one's network is also seen as critical to finding and securing skilled and desirable jobs. The concept of social capital and building relationships is seen as critical in many cultures. By incorporating social capital theory, our research focuses on bonding, bridging, and linking social capital. The primary research question addresses the perceptions and influences of Indian students regarding employability through social media research using a netnography approach. Social media influencers are also ever present on platforms and sometimes influence students in their perceptions of employability and study abroad. We also highlight the role of social capital in connecting these influencers with the students
Standardised integration requirements for naturalisation: less rights and less discretion? A qualitative meta-analysis of ethnographic studies of naturalisation procedures in Europe
Get PDF© 2024, The AuthorSince the late 1990s and early 2000s, in what can be called an ‘integrationist wave’, standardised integration requirements for naturalisation have become increasingly common in Europe. To examine the impact of such measures, I combine original ethnographic data on institutions involved in the implementation of citizenship policies in Belgium and the UK with a qualitative meta-analysis of existing ethnographic studies of the implementation of citizenship policies. I show how, in addition to introducing new obstacles to naturalisation, standardised requirements have also reduced the discretion inscribed in earlier procedures, albeit not uniformly across different cases. The integrationist wave could thus be understood not simply as the introduction of restrictive notions of integration, but also as the systemisation of earlier evaluation practices. I further show signs of a more recent tendency for states to retreat from examining the integration of candidates to citizenship, outsourcing the evaluation directly or indirectly to private actors.Unfunde
Prospect and Refuge in Villette’s Forbidden Garden
Get PDFDuring the Victorian period, the expansion of the domestic sphere into the garden afforded women greater agency within their own physical and psychological landscapes. The Pensionnat in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette (1853) provides Lucy Snowe, the protagonist, with access to a forbidden avenue within the school garden, initially providing her with shelter and solitude. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this article reads the novel through the lens of the ‘prospect–refuge’ theory developed by the aesthetic geographer Jay Appleton, which considers people’s emotional and psychological responses to their environment. It explores the symbolic uses of the garden space to convey the emotional landscape of characters as well as examining how Brontë positions her protagonist in the garden to allow Lucy freedoms not easily afforded within formal indoor settings.Unfunde
Character Studies
No full textA study of William Shakespeare's Hamlet through the concept of character.Unfunde
Editing: A Can of Worms
No full textA self-referential poem about the key issues in modern textual editing.N/
Assessing Type Agreeability in the Unified Model of Personality and Play Styles
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this work in other works.Classifying players into well defined groups can be useful when designing games and gamified systems, with many models relating to player or personality ‘type’. The Unified Model of Personality and Play Styles groups together many player and personality taxonomies, but whilst similarities have been noted in previous work, the overlap between models has not been analysed ahead of its use. This study provides evidence both for and against aspects of the Unified Model, with model agreeability assessed through comparison of participant classifications. Results show that representations of types related by the Unified Model do correlate significantly greater than types unrelated by the model, but do so with only weak-to-moderate correlation coefficients. Ranking classifications leads to results better mapping to the Unified Model, but also reduces the overall strength of correla tions between types. The Unified Model is therefore considered fit for purpose as an explanatory tool, but without additional study should be used with caution in further use cases.N/
The supporters of the Macclesfield Society for Acquiring Useful Knowledge
No full textThe Macclesfield Society for Acquiring Useful Knowledge was founded in 1835 and became one of the East Cheshire silk town's most successful educational institutions by the mid nineteenth century. The Macclesfield version was part of the second wave of mechanics' institutes and lasted for fifty-seven years. The Society originated from two mutual improvement groups who enlisted the help of a leading silk manufacturer. As a result, the Society was founded to provide useful knowledge to the town's inhabitants without any political or religious bias. The Society's supporters tended to be businessmen, professionals and representatives from prominent families in the area, in common with those of many other mechanics' institutes. The extant reports contain information on the institution, together with speeches given by its prominent patrons which cover a broad range of topics, from local and regional issues to national legislation. This source material gives an insight into the beliefs of the Society's supporters and how they changed in response to different influences, such as the introduction of the 1870 Education Act, the effects of trade depression on Macclesfield and the loss of protective tariffs for the English silk industry. © The University of Leeds, 2011.Unfunde
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