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Supporting the progress and attainment of neurodivergent students
No full textThis panel discussion will explore how educators can make their curriculum and teaching more inclusive for neurodiverse students and students with learning differences. The speakers will share the strategies they are putting in place to ensure that their teaching is more accessible for these students, and ultimately support their attainment
When the rich do (not) trust the (newly) rich: experimental evidence on the effects of positive random shocks in the trust game
Get PDFWe study behavior in a trust game where first-movers initially have a higher endowment than second-movers but the occurrence of a positive random shock can eliminate this inequality by increasing the endowment of the second-mover before the decision of the first-mover. We find that second-movers return less (i.e., they are less trustworthy) when they have a lower endowment than first-movers, compared with the case in which first and second-movers have the same endowment. In addition, second-movers who experience the positive shock return more than second-movers who have the same endowment as the first-mover from the outset. First-movers do not seem to anticipate this behavior from second-movers. They send less to second-movers who benefited from a shock. Our findings suggest that in addition to the distribution of the endowments the source of this distribution plays an important role in determining the levels of trust and trustworthiness
Policy paper: Violences faites aux femmes: vers une compréhension politique du patriarcat
No full textLa violence à l’égard des femmes et des filles peut prendre de nombreuses formes à l’échelle mondiale, de l’absence d’autonomie personnelle à la violence sexuelle et à la violence domestique. Pour mieux comprendre comment la violence à l’égard des femmes affecte les femmes au Moyen-Orient en particulier, cette note d’orientation aborde divers cas de violence à l’égard des femmes kurdes dans la région du Kurdistan irakien (KRI). Une attention particulière est accordée aux mariages forcés/arrangés, à la violence fondée sur l’honneur et aux mutilations génitales féminines, qui forment un « trio patriarcal » d’oppression : un phénomène que l’auteur a identifié et étudié de manière approfondie. Les recommandations de la note d’orientation éclairées par cette recherche sont pertinentes pour les décideurs politiques de la région du Kurdistan irakien et au-delà, y compris les États membres de l’Union européenne qui ont été confrontés à des cas troublants de violence à l’égard des femmes dans les communautés immigrées et qui sont confrontés à des défis similaires en matière de droits des femmes. L’examen des violations contre les femmes est pertinent pour de nombreuses régions du Moyen-Orient et, plus largement, pour les sociétés et les communautés où les valeurs et les normes patriarcales produisent un milieu social où la principale justification de la violence à l’égard des femmes est la protection d’une construction sociale de l’honneur. Cette note d’orientation s’appuie sur des travaux de terrain menés dans la région du Kurdistan irakien ; 55 entretiens qualitatifs avec des décideurs politiques, des fonctionnaires des Nations Unies, des avocats, des universitaires, des militants, des membres de la société civile, ainsi que des femmes et des hommes victimes et auteurs de violences faites aux femmes ; et une enquête quantitative menée auprès de 200 femmes et hommes pour connaître leurs opinions sur ce phénomène aux multiples facettes. L’objectif de cette note d’orientation est de donner aux institutions publiques chargées de surveiller le bien-être des femmes une meilleure idée des défis auxquels les femmes sont encore confrontées en matière d’égalité et de proposer des pistes pour relever ces défis. [...
Green financing for shipping industry: results of a marine professionals’ survey
Get PDFThe global shipping industry, like many others, is under growing pressure to be more sustainable. Regulation,
renewable energy advances and customer demand have created a golden opportunity to make shipping more environmentally
sustainable, which, however, entails significant funding. Traditional ship financing has been done largely on a secured
basis, with relatively few considerations around sustainability and environmental protection. This approach is ripe for innovation, given the industry’s significant environmental footprint. Evidence from other industries suggests that borrowers could benefit in pricing and structure from sustainable borrowing mechanisms, such as green bonds (where proceeds are dedicated to environmental and social investment). The trend is also increasing for sustainable loans, which can help to meet the growing demand for retrofit financing within existing vessels to meet CO2 emission targets. This paper aims to explore the attitudes of shipping industry participants, through the use of a survey, to green financing, that is, issuing unsecured and covered green, social, and sustainable bonds and other related financing instruments. These could effectively advance the environmental and social agenda in the industry, strengthening environmental, social, and governance (ESG) structures at the same time. Preliminary results suggest that there is considerable scope for improving knowledge and
awareness among marine professionals to bridge the sustainability gap
The right to freedom of thought under the American Convention on Human Rights
No full textThe right to freedom of thought is guaranteed by Article 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights, yet current jurisprudence interprets the right as a mere dimension of freedom of expression, also protected by Article 13. Contemporary neurotechnology research presents the possibility for human thoughts to be tracked, recorded, analysed and predicted. This applies pressure upon the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ current understanding of the right to freedom of thought. This chapter examines how Article 13 has been interpreted by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights at different stages of its jurisprudence. It then argues for an evolution in the interpretation of Article 13 whereby the right to freedom of thought is understood as a distinct right, separate from freedom of expression
How stage playwrights saved the British cinema, 1930-1956: the well-made screenplay
No full textExamines the film careers and work of British playwrights who worked as screenwriters between 1930-1956.
During the period between the 1927 Cinematograph Films Act and the 'new drama' of the 1950s, many British writers associated with the stage also wrote for films, bringing the techniques of the well-made play with them. Some, like Bernard Shaw, Noel Coward, and Terence Rattigan were screenwriter-stars, part of the publicity of the films they worked on – Pygmalion, Brief Encounter, The Way to the Stars. Others were less celebrated but had long, successful screen careers, such as R. C. Sherriff, author of Journey's End, who worked on films as different as The Invisible Man, The Four Feathers and The Dam Busters. Using the authors' original archives, this book follows the way in which these writers adapted their stage skills for the screen, contributing to the post-war 'Golden Age 'of the British cinema, and creating the classic form of screenplay that continues today
Improving dental treatment outcomes through direct communications between deaf patients and student dentists: SQUIRE report on a UMDP deaf dental care initiative
No full textIn 2014, the UW1 Mona School of Dentistry (UWI MSOD)
identified the Jamaican Deaf community as an underserved
population with regards to the provision of dental care.
The response of the School was to design and implement an
intervention programme through its public dental clinic, UWI
Mona Dental Polyclinic (UMDP), bolstered by the 2006 UNCRPD and CARICOM Declaration of Petion Ville in 2013. A protocol was created that covered all aspects of clinical operations for deaf patients, from infrastructure to patient care. UMDP has been running a Deaf Clinic since 2014. Now, seven years later, is an opportune time to review its processes and share an improved model for a dental Deaf Clinic with other
healthcare institutions. The SQUIRE Explanation and Elaboration paradigm was chosen as the analytic framework for the review. Our findings were that the student dentists experienced affective learning and came to value treating Deaf patients using direct communication in sign language. Another finding was that changes had to be made with regards to scheduling and communicating with patients about appointments. Additionally, the electronic patient records management system which was included in the intervention plan is not yet on stream and a low technology plan had to be created. The intervention achieved its primary goals
of improving dental health and creating a culture of good oral hygiene practices among the Jamaican deaf population. The evidence indicates that sign language competence of healthcare practitioners does indeed improve treatment outcomes and the quality of healthcare received by deaf patients. This valuable outcome of the intervention makes it worthy of duplication across CARICOM. This chapter describes and evaluates this intervention with an aim to providing a template for other health facilities regionally and internationally
Nachhaltiges Human Resource Management im Kontext der digitalen Transformation - Chancen und Handlungsfelder für die deutsche Versicherungswirtschaft vom Online-Vertragsabschluss bis zur digitalen Schadensbearbeitung
Get PDFThis dissertation deals with the increasing importance of sustainable HRM against the back-ground of the effects of digitalization in the german insurance industry. This places the focus on an industry reference that is missing in other research on the topic and is not taken into central consideration with regard to certain industry specifics.
Sustainable HR management is introduced as a solution approach for the challenges that german insurance companies are facing, particularly as a result of the digital transformation. The importance of artificial intelligence for the world of work is also taken into account. The aim of this dissertation is to develop a model for the implementation of sustainable HR management in the german insurance industry.
The dissertation first presents the current digitalization developments in the insurance industry, focusing on topics such as digital claims processing and the online conclusion of contracts. With a view to these topics, an empirical study is then evaluated.
With regard to the potential of sustainable HRM for german insurance companies, the dissertation shows that the implementation of sustainable HRM has not yet begun in practice. The dissertation therefore comes to the following conclusion: In order to overcome the future challenges in the insurance industry and, for example, to create human-digital teams and handle claims processing using AI, insurance companies would have to be at higher levels of digitalization, sustainability and sustainable HRM at the present time. For the future, insurance companies should therefore focus their business activities more strongly on sustainable HRM. The potentials and possibilities of how this can be achieved are presented and worked out as recommendations for action and potentials for practical application.
The sustainable HRM model was developed for this purpose, into which all nine recommendations for action were incorporated. In addition to the nine recommendations for action, this model can also take into account the digitalization of processes. The three sustainability criteria are also part of the model and also form the framework for implementation. The dissertation thus makes a fundamental contribution to the development of further practical examples for the implementation of digital-human teams in companies
Mandatory pay gap reporting for race and disability in the UK: a path to workplace equality?
No full textThe UK government has announced plans to introduce the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill, which will require employers with 250 or more employees to publish their disability and ethnicity pay gaps annually. This proposal builds on existing gender pay gap reporting requirements, and aims to help employers identify pay disparities and address their root causes. The rationale for extending pay reporting in this way is clear – focusing solely on gender overlooks the compounded inequalities experienced by individuals with multiple intersecting characteristics. By extending reporting to include ethnicity and disability, the government aims to shed light on the factors driving pay disparities and, through the threat of media and public scrutiny, encourage employers to eliminate structural barriers and discriminatory policies.
However, significant challenges exist in both the implementation and impact of this proposed scheme. In particular, it is unclear how employers can effectively and accurately collect information about their employees’ disabilities and ethnicities, and how data can be published without revealing identifying information about individual employees. Moreover, given trends from gender pay gap reporting, questions remain about whether employers will be sufficiently incentivised to reduce disparities, and whether the Equality and Human Rights Commission has the necessary powers and resources to ensure compliance with these new reporting measures.
This paper evaluates the necessity, feasibility, and potential impact of disability and ethnicity pay gap reporting. Through comparison with the existing gender pay gap reporting scheme, it examines whether this extension will drive meaningful change, or if instead it risks becoming a box-ticking exercise with limited practical outcomes
Investigating the impact of challenge and hindrance techno stressors on academic performance in online learning environments
Get PDFIn the post Covid-19 era, technology is now an integral part of the curriculum where in-classroom learning has been replaced by fully online and blended teaching. The rapid change to novel online learning environment, have left students exposed to the risks of techno stress. Given the dearth of studies on students, this research seeks to investigate the impact of challenge/hindrance techno stressors on students’ satisfaction, burnout and engagement. Ultimately, the impact of these intervening variables on academic performance is examined. 198 students were surveyed, and results demonstrate that hindrance stressors are negatively related to satisfaction and engagement while contributing positively to burnout. Challenge stressors are positively related student’s satisfaction and engagement. The findings also show that satisfaction partially mediate the relationship between both hindrance/challenge stressors and academic performance. Gender has been found to be moderating the relationship between hindrance stressors and burnout. Implications for higher education institutions are discussed