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The role of sustainability awards in institutionalising sustainability: Case study evidence
No full textWe examine whether sustainability awards and rankings can help to institutionalise sustainable practices within universities, analysing the case of the University of Auckland, the inaugural recipient of the number one THE Impact award. First, using deductive computer-aided text processing, we analyse management narratives in annual reports and strategic plans. Whereas annual report disclosures show a growing recognition of sustainability over time, strategic planning documents show dramatic changes in narratives following receipt of the THE award. Next, we compare these findings to comments made by senior managers and faculty, including the Vice Chancellor, in response to an open-ended questionnaire designed specifically for this research project. Three key themes emerge. Firstly, awards raise awareness of sustainability and are seen as beneficial in attracting and retaining staff and students. Secondly, they require considerable resources in terms of funds, time and senior management attention. Thirdly, there was growing complacency and cynicism about such awards, given the risk of greenwashing and their consumption of valuable resources. We use the lens of institutional theory to interpret the rich findings from our study. Our discussion shows that external awards represent an important and under-researched influence on sustainability institutionalisation, and we suggest multiple avenues for future research
Diasporic Engagements with the Legacies of Lumumba and Sankara: Extending Du Bois’s Double Consciousness and Fanon’s Theory of Colonial Alienation Toward the Decolonisation of Knowledge
No full textLegendary African leaders have inspired the African Diaspora. Growing up in Africa in the late 1970s and 1980s, I was inspired by Bob Marley and his music, especially the liberation song, “Redemption Song.” Bob Marley and the rest of the Rastafari movement saw Haile Selassie as their hero and inspiration. Likewise, the heavyweight boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa highlighted how the Diaspora looked back to the continent for inspiration. I will be focusing on two African leaders who inspired me. Patrice Émery Lumumba (July 2, 1925 - January 17, 1961) and Thomas Sankara (December 21, 1949 - October 15, 1987), whose uncompromising visions for self-determination and resistance to neocolonial influence inspired many among my contemporaries. Their tragic and untimely deaths in the 1960s and 1980s, respectively, left a mark, and their legacy lives on. Living in Western Europe for decades, my interest in Diaspora identity has led me to two scholars who theorised on the experience of children of Africa in Diaspora. W.E.B. Du Bois' concept of Double Consciousness and Frantz Fanon's analysis of colonial alienation came to mind when I reflected on the legacy of Lumumba and Sankara in Diaspora. When reflecting on the psychological impact of displacement and cultural struggles faced by the Diaspora, I noted that these experiences are not only related to the colonial legacy that underpins migration but are connected to the global structures that shape global politics that Lumumba and Sankara sought to challenge. This chapter calls for a renewal of engagement with the decolonial thought underpinning authenticity. Authenticity was at the core of Lumumba and Sankara's politics. Epistemic sovereignty, decolonising the mind and pride in African identity in Diaspora are worthy causes to pursue when building the legacy of Lumumba and Sankara and bridging the links between the African Continent and its global Diaspora
Speculative designs: Making geographical concepts
No full textA sense of vibrancy infuses accounts of geographical concepts, yet the prosaic endeavour of making them remains unexamined. Engaging Deleuze and Guattari, who regard concepts as composed of mutable matter with the ability to bring unexpected variations, this paper discusses attempts to deploy concepts less as semantic units belonging to a rarefied realm of theory than multimodal processes that facilitate experimentation with differently embodied and emplaced issues. Offering three critical figures to complement these efforts—the unevental, the unruly, the uncommon—the paper revisits the precarious design of a speculative research artefact to diversify practices and pedagogies of conceptualisation within geography
Making the invisible visible in city spaces: The hidden labour practices of market traders
No full textResearch on traditional street markets has demonstrated how markets facilitate the development of diverse social interactions among visitors and provide livelihood-building opportunities for market traders, especially for immigrant newcomers. In this article, we suggest that the literature has, thus far, tended to pay less attention to the everyday work practices of traders that are central to both their livelihood-building opportunities and the creation of street markets as important public spaces of social interactions. Through a case study of the Walthamstow market in East London, we study the labour practices of traders and the spaces they inhabit as workers, both inside the market and outside, to reveal the relatively hidden and underexplored work and skills that bring street markets into being. The ethnographic research findings show that the everyday practices conducted by traders involve night work, long working days and physically strenuous work activities. At the same time, traders are able to negotiate these precarious working conditions through their social relationships and processes of enskillment. We conclude that it is only by making the invisible visible that the labour and skills of those who make our urban spaces work can be recognised, (re-)valued and legitimised. This is not only important in providing ammunition for strategies to improve the generally precarious working conditions of traders, but it can also be used as leverage in coalition-building strategies to resist the additional threat of displacement that so many traders around the world face as the result of neoliberal redevelopment processes
Social Work Reflections
No full textSocial Work Reflections is a compelling testament to the significance and impact of social work. Recognizing the challenges practitioners face in an increasingly complex and evolving field, this edited collection brings together diverse perspectives from educators, practitioners and managers to showcase the vital role social workers play in advancing social justice and safeguarding society’s most vulnerable members.
Drawing on the expertise of academics, practitioners and individuals with the lived experience of social work services, this book aims to inspire progress and empower students, practitioners and managers at all levels of study and practice by emphasizing their value as drivers of individual and collective change
Artificial Intelligence in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Care: A Discussion Paper
No full textPurpose
The number of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer has increased over the past 30 years. Fundamental to this process has been the combined contribution from nursing and other health care professionals.
Methods
The authors discuss artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies to support the care of AYAs with cancer in the United Kingdom. Two innovative projects are highlighted: (1) the development of a living lab and (2) a virtual clinical placement for undergraduate nursing students, currently being undertaken through higher education institutions and a cancer association in the United Kingdom that will embrace AI and digital technologies for the care delivery for young people with cancer.
Results
Evidence suggests AYAs with cancer face specific vulnerability in the social domain; fragile employment, finance, delayed education, and lost personal relationships remain a substantial problem. To combat these social inequalities, case 1 specifically focuses on these social aspects to build a community and combat the challenges and barriers experienced. Case 2 addresses the challenges of ensuring undergraduate nurses have exposure to AYAs with cancer to encourage more qualified nurses to have an interest in this area of care and seek a professional career within this specialty moving forward.
Conclusions
The discourse presented here sets the foundations for future (applied) research, ensuring that future practitioners and educators are equipped with the skills and knowledge pertaining to the integration and use of AI and eHealth technologies in the clinical environment.
Implications for Nursing Practice: This discussion paper presents two examples of the use of AI and technologies in AYA cancer care for nurses and other health care professionals. These examples are from work that is currently being developed and rolled out throughout the United Kingdom
Points of Interception Thinking – From Higher Education Governance to Pregnancy Care
No full textA reflection piece that calls for 'points of interception thinking' as an approach to impact through interventions in systems such as higher education and healthcare to challenge assumptions about where, when, and by whom decisions are made. It introduces the concept of procedural priming at systems level, whereby expectations are shaped in advance of the stage at which decisions are made
Copper-rich fluids arising from sulfide resorption by hydrous arc melts
No full textIncreasing global demand for copper (Cu) related to the energy transition requires that we understand the mechanisms by which Cu is enriched in the upper crust via magmatism. Porphyry Cu deposits (PCDs) are associated with arc volcanic systems and form under rare circumstances by precipitation from Cu-rich magmatic fluids. Here we develop models to delineate the magmatic conditions under which the Cu concentration and flux may be maximised in exsolved hydrous magmatic fluids. We show that ubiquitous sulfide saturation is a critical limitation on the Cu and sulfur load of exsolved magmatic fluids, owing to the strong partitioning of Cu into sulfide. Sulfide saturation in arc magmas may usually only be avoided under the most hydrous or oxidised conditions, which the global volcanic rock record suggests is not commonplace. However, thermally mature arc crust is likely to develop deep crustal cumulate zones in which sulfides may accumulate over time. When sulfide-undersaturated water-rich mafic melts percolate through these zones they may resorb sulfides during reactive flow. On volatile saturation, Cu-rich fluids will be generated that are viable precursors to PCDs
Where have all the business women gone? Women and business in the 20th century
No full textThis Special Issue (SI) explores the development of female entrepreneurship throughout the twentieth century. The articles employ a mixed-methods approach to showcase various forms of female entrepreneurship, from self-employment and co-working in family businesses to innovators across underrepresented sectors, economic conditions, and institutional contexts in both Western and non-Western settings. The SI illustrates how qualitative and quantitative methods work together to provide new insights into how women pursued business opportunities in non-Western environments characterised by different paths of industrialisation, regional diversity, and business structures. Focusing on the twentieth century—which has received less attention in the history of female entrepreneurship—the articles also engage with current debates on female entrepreneurship. We offer a systematic review of existing literature, highlighting key themes, methods, and findings from prior research, along with their limitations. We then emphasise the contributions of this Special Issue in filling these gaps and suggest directions for future research
Virtual reality for visions (VRV): a proof-of-concept study examining the development of a new treatment for distressing visual hallucinations in people with psychosis
No full textIntroduction Visual Hallucinations (VHs) (seeing things that others do not, or visions) are a common feature of psychosis, causing significant distress and disability. Services rarely ask about these important experiences, and crucially there are no proven beneficial psychological treatments. There are at least two key challenges faced when treating VHs. First, people report not knowing why they see things others don’t, which leads them to feel alone and different from others. Second, they feel they cannot trust their own eyes to tell what is real or not, which can lead to fears they will be hurt or harmed by the VH, or even if they know the experience is not real, they may fear that they are losing their mind, or that they are not able to control or manage their experiences. For these reasons, they may struggle to put skills and strategies into practice when in the presence of the VH. Consequently, we have developed a novel treatment that addresses these core issues. First, we have a psycho-education and coping strategies package called Visual Unusual Sensory Experiences (VUSE) that uses the best aspects of digital technology (animations, videos) to explain why people have VHs and provides normalising information to help the person to feel less alone. It introduces coping strategies that are then tested in Virtual Reality sessions (VR for Visions VRV) where a representation of the visual experience is provided, enabling the person to safely develop skills and gain a sense of mastery and empowerment. We now plan to test this approach in a proof-of-concept study to help determine if this will help people use these skills in the real world and so help reduce distress, improve functioning and quality of life. We will address uncertainties in the feasibility of developing and delivering this treatment and inform its future use in a larger trial.
Methods and analysis The study is a single arm feasibility trial (n=16) evaluating VUSE+VRV and treatment as usual. The study is recruiting people with psychosis and distressing VHs in one NHS Trust and uses independent but non-blind research assistants to undertake assessments before, during and after treatment (at baseline, 6, 12 week) and at follow-up (16 weeks). Quantitative information on recruitment rates, adherence and completion of outcome assessments (VHs, other psychiatric symptoms, quality of life and perceived recovery) will be collected. Qualitative interviews will capture service-users’ experience of therapy. Analyses will focus on feasibility outcomes and provide initial estimates of intervention effects. Thematic analysis of the qualitative interviews will assess the acceptability of the intervention.
Ethics and dissemination The trial has received NHS Ethical and Health Research Authority approval (25/EM/0077). Informed consent will be obtained from all participants. Findings will be disseminated directly to participants, and services as well as through open access peer-reviewed publication(s).
Trial registration number ISRCTN11350954