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Impact of Carnival Tourism: Carnival as Niche Tourism Product
No full textFrom Crossref book chapters via Jisc Publications RouterHistory: ppub 2025-02-21, issued 2025-02-21Publication status: PublishedLeei John - ORCID: 0000-0002-0980-6866
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0980-6866Item is not available in this repository.This chapter examines the growing prominence of niche and special interest tourism, driven by a demand for unique, tailored experiences that foster deeper connections with destinations. Focusing on carnival tourism, a key subset, it highlights its integration of heritage, culture, food, and events. Using St. Lucia as a case study, the chapter explores how strategic marketing and branding elevate carnival as a premier tourism product, driving sustainable growth, economic diversification, and cultural preservation.pubpu
Higher Education’s Care/Control of Refugee and Displaced Students
Get PDFMostafa Gamal - ORCID: 0000-0002-0280-1691
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0280-1691There is growing interest in higher education’s intersections with displacement, a term used here to encompass the movement of refugees, asylum seekers, and those from otherwise forced or precarious international migration backgrounds. In particular, higher education institutions’ infrastructure and student support services are sometimes leveraged in response to displacement crises. Here, we propose a conceptual distinction between higher education’s reception and recruitment of displaced students, which share similar characteristics yet function in structurally different ways. We then consider how the modern/colonial global imaginary informs higher education’s relationship to bordering regimes and the framing of displaced students. We suggest that in addition to being problematically positioned as ‘charity’ - and, to a lesser extent, ‘cash,’ ‘competition,’ and ‘labor’ - some displaced students are also produced as ‘threats’ by bordering regimes. This highlights the importance of recognizing the ‘care/control nexus’ – that is, how care simultaneously operates as a form of control in the context of humanitarianism. We suggest the concept of ‘implicated subjects’ can help those embedded in higher education institutions move beyond overly simplistic victim/perpetrator/bystander categorizations in relation to supporting displaced students. We also offer one social cartography and two sets of hyper-self-reflexive questions as pedagogical tools to examine the imprint of a colonial system on both our higher education institutions and those of us who work within them. We suggest adopting an ongoing practice of hyper-self-reflexivity in order to respond differently to the impacts of current displacement crises and better prepare us for those to come.https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/221212pubpub
Formulating the Edinburgh Wellbeing Pact: intersectoral practice, innovation and coproduction for health and social care change during and after COVID-19
Get PDFDonald Maciver - ORCID: 0000-0002-6173-429X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6173-429XPurpose
This paper aims to present a case study of the early “formulation” activities that laid the foundation for the Edinburgh Wellbeing Pact, developed during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pact aimed to foster partnership between service providers and citizens to prevent crises, empower individuals to manage their health and independence at home and strengthen the health and social care network in Edinburgh.
Design/methodology/approach
The study involved a retrospective review of documentary data, including reports, meeting notes, reflections and strategy documents. The analysis was led by the programme lead, who played a central role in the design and implementation of the Pact.
Findings
The formulation phase focused on building the Pact’s foundation through dialogues with citizens, staff, communities and stakeholders. It emphasised the development of the Pact’s vision and the establishment of key partnerships. This process was crucial for ensuring collaboration and guiding the transition from ideas to implementation. It led to the creation of key messages for staff, citizens and community partners. The formulation phase also facilitated the transfer of power and resources to citizens and enabled the creation of new funded initiatives, which introduced new service delivery models and strengthened collaboration between public and third sectors.
Originality/value
This case study contributes to understanding innovation in intersectoral practices, co-creation and co-production as strategies for addressing complex health and social care challenges. It provides insights for others engaged in similar initiatives.https://doi.org/10.1108/JPMH-10-2024-012124pubpub
Learners or consumers? Exploring the grade gap between widening participation and non-widening participation students
No full textSian Jones - ORCID: 0000-0002-2399-1017
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-1017Karl Johnson - ORCID: 0009-0007-6064-9150
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6064-9150VoR added 20/06/2025.Students from widening participation (non-traditional) backgrounds are increasingly entering higher education, yet they are typically awarded lower grades than non-widening participation students. This gap was explored from a social identity theory perspective to examine two key student identities that impact performance: university student (positive impact), and educational consumer (negative impact). Students were studying in a mass-consumer cultural context, Scotland, United Kingdom. A moderated moderation model was used to test the hypothesis that a consumer identity would have a negative impact on the relation between university student identity and grades, and that this would be more harmful for widening participation students compared to non-widening participation students given their increased social identity conflicts. An online questionnaire was completed by 133 widening participation and 100 non-widening participation students (85% women, mean age 22.6 years). As expected, the model was significant. For widening participation students, the positive relation between university student identity and grades reduced (disappeared) when students had a stronger consumer identity. For non-widening participation students, however, there were no relations among the variables, thus the hypothesis was partly supported. These findings suggest that a consumer identity contributes to the grade gap between these student groups, and that institutions should support students to resist developing an educational consumer identity in mass-consumer cultural contexts.22pubpub
ALLIANCE report for the CPG on Deafness - Dementia Assessments for people with Deafness, Deafblindness or Visual Impairment
No full textChristine Johnson - ORCID: 0000-0001-8573-5396
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8573-5396A working group of the Cross-party Group on Deafness aims to improve care pathways and support for people with dementia who also experience Deafness, Deafblindness or Visual Impairment, including BSL users. This working group, also supported by the Cross-party Group on Visual Impairment, is developing the first framework of sensory care standards for Scotland.
The framework of sensory care standards will centre around several core areas, one of which will be sensory assessment.
Identifying Deafness, Deafblindness or Visual Impairment before people are assessment for dementia is important, because it enables tailored communication which meets people’s needs. This fosters informed decision making and independence. It also enables GPs and other health and medical professionals to select different memory/dementia assessment tools – rather than using standard tools that require people to see and hear.
Not identifying or considering Deafness, Deafblindness or Visual Impairment means that assessments and support planning are unlikely to be appropriately tailored to the needs and rights of individuals.
The working group wanted to know if or how sensory assessments feature as part of any dementia assessment pathway in Scotland, or during post-diagnostic support. We explored the practices of health and medical professionals who carry out memory/dementia assessments for people who are Deaf, Deafblind or who have a Visual Impairment, including BSL users, and the eye and hearing care specialists who assess sight and hearing.
From August to October 2024 the ALLIANCE collected responses to four online surveys, each one targeted at a specific group of health and medical professionals in Scotland.
The major findings from this research are that there are large variations in practice in the assessment of dementia for people with Deafness, Deafblindness and Visual Impairment, including BSL users. There is also a lack of integrated care pathways between dementia assessments performed by GPs and other health and medical professionals, and sensory assessments from eye and hearing care services. Our findings include:
Only 6% of GPs and 12% of other health and medical professionals specified that they would assess both sight and hearing as an integrated part of assessing memory/dementia. Methods used to assess dementia risked missing Deafness, Deafblindness or Visual Impairment.
GPs and other Health and Medical Professionals were largely unaware of memory/dementia assessments specifically design for people who are Deaf, Deafblind or have a Visual Impairment, and this included assessments for BSL users.
A respondent who is also a professional with lived experience of supporting a relative with Deafness and now advanced dementia through diagnosis and post-diagnostic support, stated that if appropriate assessment tools had been used much earlier in the process, poor outcomes could have been avoided:
“Provision is drastically lacking for deaf/blind dementia patients […] deafblind manual [users] are not considered – the hearing community typically thinks that it’s all the same language.”
Based on the research findings, the ALLIANCE has published a report for the Cross-party Group on Deafness containing 26 recommendations to improve care pathways and support for people with dementia who also experience Deafness, Deafblindness or Visual Impairment, including BSL users. These recommendations will inform future work by the sensory care and dementia working group on developing the first framework of sensory care standards for Scotland.https://www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/blog/news/dementia-assessments-for-people-with-deafness-deafblindness-or-visual-impairment-report-published/pubpu
Amedspor in Turkish football: multi-dimensional resistance against multi-dimensional racism
No full textYasin Duman - ORCID: 0000-0003-1367-1842 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1367-1842Item is not available in this repository.This study examines Amedspor’s role in Kurdish resistance to racism in Turkey, focusing on grassroots mobilization, identity and belonging, and rights-based struggle. Based on ten in-depth interviews with Amedspor’s managers and fans and content analysis of secondary data sources, the research shows how state repression paradoxically strengthened Kurdish solidarity around the club. We argue that the systemic nature of racism, where prevailing ideologies of Turkish superiority marginalise and criminalise Kurdish identity, echoes historical patterns and goes beyond ethnic discrimination. Amedspor’s struggle exemplifies the resilience of marginalized communities through activism and solidarity, challenging established racial hierarchies. This research contributes to the broader discourse on racism and colonialism in Turkey. While the study acknowledges limitations in focusing solely on Amedspor’s male team, it calls for future intersectional research on experiences of its female team and other marginalized teams fighting diverse forms of racism.https://doi.org/10.1163/29502292-bja100073pubpub
Critical review of healthcare financing and a survey of system quality perception among healthcare users in Nigeria (2010–2023)
Get PDFKelechi Eric Alimele - ORCID: 0009-0000-8888-3298
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gZJC4g6cgMgi9cJhwLZalmdEPQGrdh72L7YuOWM7pps.Nigeria aims to enhance its healthcare quality index score of 84th out of 110 countries and its Sustainable Development Goals Index ranking of 146th out of 166. Due to increased population, disease burden, and patient awareness, healthcare demand is rising, putting pressure on funding and quality assurance. The Nigerian healthcare financing and its impacts are complex; this study gives insights into the trends. This questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey (conducted from June to August 2023) and 2010–2023 health budget analysis examined healthcare finance patterns and user attitudes (utilisation, preference and quality perceptions) in Nigeria. Data from government health budgets and a stratified random sample of 2,212 from nine states, obtained from the socioculturally diverse 237 million population, were analysed with a focus on trends, proportions, frequency distributions, and tests of association. Results show that the average rating of healthcare experiences did not vary significantly over the last decade. Healthcare system quality was rated mainly poor or very poor; structure (74.09%), services (61.66%), and cost (60.89%). While 87.36% used government healthcare facilities, 85.00% paid out-of-pocket, and 72.60% of them were dissatisfied with the value for money. Despite a preference for government facilities (71.43%), respondents cited high costs (62.75%), poor funding (85.65%), inadequate staffing (90.73%), and lack of essential medicines (88.47%) as major challenges. The budget analysis reveals an average government healthcare fund allocation of 82.75 per person annually. Nigeria allocates only an average of 0.37% of GDP and 4.61% of the national budget to healthcare, comprising a maximum of 13.56% of total health expenditure. This study emphasises the urgent need for policy reforms and implementations to improve Nigeria’s healthcare financing and service quality. Targeted interventions are essential to address systemic challenges and meet population needs while aligning with international health services and best standards.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.00046155pubpub
Hearing The Voice of the Baby Through Participatory Arts: Enriching the Lundy Model of Participation
No full textItem is not available in this repository.Caralyn Blaisdell - ORCID: 0000-0002-5491-7346
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MU-BEING: MUSIC THERAPY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE FROM MULTICULTURAL BACKGROUNDS IN SOUTH KOREA
Get PDFThis study began with reflective questions regarding the fundamental meaning of music therapy in a multicultural context. The purpose of this study is to explore how music therapy can support the well-being of young people from multicultural backgrounds, how young people and their communities experience music therapy, and what role the therapist’s beliefs, values, and attitudes play in the process. Five young people participated in ‘Mu-Being,’ a music therapy programme developed from the values of Person-Centred Practice and an understanding of the unique contexts of young people and their community. A multimethod based on a multi-paradigmatic approach, consistent with the project’s motivating values and ideas evolved: it included measuring multidimensional well-being, interpretive phenomenological process guided by lifeworld existentials, and arts-based work. The improvement in the social aspects of well-being highlights the role of music therapy practice in challenging and unprecedented contexts. Young people’s music, histories, and the ways in which they participated played a key role in collaboratively developing the conditions for flourishing. Mu-Being facilitated a safe, creative space for young people to experiment and integrate their identities and needs, a transcendent time to cross various existential boundaries, and transformative relationships through shared musical experiences with the local community. Reflective music composition as a way of knowing demonstrated the potential of music to explore aspects of experience that are difficult to identify through numbers and text. The project places music therapy practice at the intersection of well-being theory, personcentred practice framework, and arts-based inquiry, and its transdisciplinary nature fosters multifaceted discussions and resources that can contribute to the development of programmes encompassing the authentic voices of young people and their context; offers an understanding of how person-centredness can be realised in practice; demonstrates how data from various sources can be used together to explore music therapy experiences and their impact
‘I didn’t think I would ever recover from failing’: tutoring to reduce the poverty-related student attainment gap.
No full textCatriona Oates - ORCID: 0000-0001-9043-3122
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9043-3122Record updated with VoR 14/04/2025.This article adds to the developing contemporary research base on the provision of 1:1, or small group tutoring, to overcome the academic attainment gap for under-resourced young people. Using open-ended interviews this research explored the rich lived experience narratives of participating students, tutors, and stakeholders. The tutoring programme was designed and delivered against the background of COVID-19 and the policy focus, in Scotland, on the poverty-related attainment gap. Students reported a number of benefits; such as being able to make mistakes and ask questions they might not in the classroom; and the pace and atmosphere of tutoring was more conducive to their learning, compared to the classroom. This article adds to the developing contemporary research base on the provision of tutoring, to m the academic attainment gap for under-resourced young people. Using openended interviews, this research explored the rich lived experience narratives of participants in the programme. Analysis reveals that students were highly appreciative to be offered tutoring; that the importance of effective learning relationships between tutor and tutee is paramount; that good tutor/tutee/stakeholder relationships enabled misconceptions to be identified, monitored and individual learning needs met and supported. Attendance and engagement were particularly high for care-experienced, or previously non-attending students.4pubpub
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