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From adversity to university - the transformational power of a bespoke bridging module to support those affected by homelessness into higher education
Get PDFThis paper reports the findings of a small-scale project which
examines how a bespoke bridging module supported those affected by
homelessness into higher education. The module was developed on the
premise that a successful widening participation project needs to base
learning on the lived experience of the individuals. It aimed to support
individuals by valuing their personal experiences and developing
academic confidence through shared ownership of learning. The findings
draw on qualitative interviews with six participants who took part in the
bridging module. All had been affected by homelessness and many were
recovering from alcohol and/or drug addiction. A narrative
methodological approach was used, drawing on Brown and Gilligan’s
Listening Guide (1991), to explore how participants changed throughout
the course of the module. Out of the six who took part, five were
accepted onto higher education courses. In addition, all experienced
multiple personal benefits, including increased confidence, raised
aspirations, improvements in mental health, support with recovery from
alcohol/and or drug addiction, and new and renewed relationships. It is
concluded that a bespoke bridging module can be both powerful and
transformational for those who have been affected by homelessness
Book review Claire Cameron and Peter Moss (eds), Transforming early childhood in England: Towards a democratic education, UCL Press: London, 2020; 262 pp.: ISBN 9781787357174, £25.00 (pbk)
No full textThis is a refreshing and timely book that uses multiple perspectives on the state of early childhood
education and care (ECEC) in the UK. The words ‘hit’, ‘nail’ and ‘head’ come to mind when reading the analysis of the state of ECEC since the post-war period. The book paints a vivid picture of
efforts to develop and professionalise ECEC against a backdrop of indifference and indecision
from successive governments and reverses of any progress that has been made.
Transforming Early Childhood in England starts with mention of the COVID-19 pandemic and
the effect this may have on ECEC, and there is almost a juxtaposition between this and ‘unfettered
neo-liberalism’. It may be, as the book states, that the COVID-19 pandemic offers opportunities to
rethink and start again, but whether such opportunities will overcome neo-liberal dogma as well is
open to question. The book makes a good case for the ‘tinkering’ that ECEC has undergone.
Without any unified or serious endeavour, ECEC has become a fragmented consumer product left
to the invisible hand of the market. ECEC is, as the book states more than once, based on political
decisions, and decisions supporting ECEC have not been forthcoming
English Home Podcast Music
No full textOriginal music composed, performed, and recorded by Laura Ritchid on cello for the English Home Mazazine Podcast: https://podcast.theenglishhome.co.uk
Single‐stage microinverter with current sensorless control for BIPV system
Get PDFBuilding Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) microinverter system needs lower component
counts and high efficiency at low power levels. In this context, this paper proposes a singlephase Transformerless Single-stage Buck-Boost Microinverter with sensorless control for
the Grid-integrated BIPV system. The current estimation strategy is used to control the PV
system, which reduces the costs and volume of the system. The leakage current of the system is reduced within the limits. It operates at a high level of efficiency, using an optimized
number of active and passive components. In the absence of shoot-through problems, reliability is high for the proposed topology. MATLAB/Simulink simulation with a laboratory
experimental setup for the proposed inverter for the First Solar BIPV module is designed
to validate the results. Finally, the proposed inverter was compared to different Buck-Boost
inverters at a power level of 70
Leisure Studies Association Annual Conference 2021. Leisure identities, health and wellbeing: conference review
Get PDFThe Leisure Studies Association Annual Conference 2021 brought together scholars and practitioners from several disciplines to discuss leisure, health, and wellness, and the significance of leisure in creating a more equitable world. Alongside these main themes, oral presentations related to other areas of leisure were also included. Across the three-day online conference, there were 70 presentations from delegates across sixteen countries. These presentations, plus the panel session and keynotes, made a significant contribution to the leisure studies field. The conference was successful in terms of sharing research and expertise, generating discussion, dialogue, and debate, and considering future research collaborations
Importents
No full textImportents is Naomi Foyle’spoetic riposte to the zeitgeist. A ‘state of the nation’ address from a basement bunker in lockdown Brighton, her tenth pamphlet charts the converging crises of 2020 UK on a long arc of austerity politics, systemic inequalities and historical global injustice. Challenging political impotence with an impish intellect and heartfelt faith in humanity, these poems offer hopeful omens from British wildflowers to the toppling of the statue of a slave-trader. Topical, lyrical, caustic yet compassionate, in speaking poetry’s ‘slant truths’ to power, Importents summons the future we all deserve
An examination of transformation of evaluative and consequential functions through derived relations with participant generated values-relevant stimuli
Get PDFValues-affirmation interventions have demonstrated efficacy in increasing approach behavior in the context of
potential threat. In other words, writing about values seems associated with changes to the functions of previously aversive events. Evaluative conditioning and derived relational responding have been offered as possible
mechanisms by which values interventions change behavior. The current study aimed to extend the extant
literature by demonstrating derived relational responding and subsequent transformation of evaluative and
consequential functions with values-relevant stimuli. Participants were 34 undergraduate students. Participants
generated personally meaningful values-relevant stimuli after engaging in a values-affirmation task and were
subsequently trained through matching to sample to coordinate a subset of those stimuli to arbitrary stimuli. All
participants exhibited mutual entailment, and all but one exhibited combinatorial entailment, suggesting that
individuals learn to coordinate events with values quite readily. Further, there was evidence of transformation of
functions, both in terms of changes in ratings of derived stimuli and in terms of changes in approach and escape
behavior. These data are offered in support of continued scientific exploration of what values are, how they
emerge, and how they are best intervened upon
No differences in weightlifting overhead pressing exercises
Get PDFThis study aimed to compare the kinetics between the push press (PP), push jerk (PJ), and split jerk (SJ). Sixteen resistance-trained participants (12 men and 4 women; age: 23.8 ± 4.4 years; height: 1.7 ± 0.1 m; body mass: 75.7 ± 13.0 kg; weightlifting experience: 2.2 ± 1.3 years; one repetition maximum [1RM] PP: 76.5 ± 19.5 kg) performed 3 repetitions each of the PP, PJ, and SJ at a relative load of 80% 1RM PP on a force platform. The kinetics (peak and mean force, peak and mean power, and impulse) of the PP, PJ, and SJ were determined during the dip and thrust phases. Dip and thrust displacement and duration were also calculated for the three lifts. In addition, the inter-repetition reliability of each variable across the three exercises was analysed. Moderate to excellent reliability was evident for the PP (Intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] = 0.91–1.00), PJ (ICC = 0.86–1.00), and SJ (ICC = 0.55–0.99) kinetics. A one-way analysis of variance revealed no significant or meaningful differences (p > 0.05, η2 ≤ 0.010) for any kinetic measure between the PP, PJ, and SJ. In conclusion, there were no differences in kinetics between the PP, PJ, and SJ when performed at the same standardised load of 80% 1RM PP