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A Western Agenda for Access and Equity in Higher Education: The Evolution of Widening Participation
No full textWidening participation has become a widely adopted and populist position for higher education practitioners from western democracies to embrace. The social and economic value of broadening access to higher education has in the last 30 years begun to be appreciated. This appreciation has subsequently become an international economic rationalist argument as well as a catch cry for those who believe in the provision of educational opportunity for all persons. From the 1970’s, a dramatic expansion of participation in higher education has occurred across almost all middle-income and many low-income economies. This global expansion in higher education continues its substantial momentum, responding to wider calls for social justice, shifting demographic trends and population growth, and demands for economic development.
While many nations have adopted widening participation strategies as they strive for a knowledge-based society, the political and ideological dynamism driving this massification of higher education has largely emanated from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. This chapter examines the evolution of the widening participation agenda in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia, with a particular focus on the Australian experience. It is primarily concerned with educational opportunities for adults seeking access to and academic preparation for study at undergraduate level. While each nation has approached widening participation in different ways, a powerful driver in these western democracies has been ambitious humanist agendas of achieving greater equity of access and participation in higher education. While these agendas have arguably been eclipsed by increasingly neo-liberal economic motivations, despite fluctuations in government political priorities, the fundamental goals of widening participation have remained consistent
High resolution palaeoceanography and palaeoclimatology from late Quaternary laminated sediments from the Santa Barbara Basin, California Region
No full textThe study of recent laminated sediments from the Santa Barbara Basin shows that laminae type is determined by seasonal changes in meteorology, primary production and surface circulation. The Site 893 laminites are composed of silty-clays and diatomaceous silty-clays. The annual varve may be composed of couplets of terrigenous silt-rich and silt-poor laminae or triplets of silt-rich, silt-poor and diatom laminae. Silt-rich laminae record detrital input from winter rains. Diatom laminae mostly result from the aggregation and mass-sedimentation of upwelling generated blooms. Varves may contain multiple diatom laminae which record aspects of the seasonal cycle of primary production. These may record sedimentation under different oceanographic regimes, or multiple episodes of deposition within a single oceanographic regime. The abundance of diatom laminae during interstadials and glacials can be linked to changes in silicate availability and the composition of diatom laminae can be related to changes in upwelling strength.The ability of SEM-based analysis to discriminate between the terrigenous and biogenic laminae which form the annual varve is used to construct time-series of inter-annual and terrigenous and diatom ooze variability. Spectral analysis of laminae thickness variations indicates the presence of periodicities in both the terrigenous and diatom series of periodicities associated with the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) and El-Nino. Periodicities in the thickness of terrigenous laminae indicate oscillation (QBO) and El-Nino. Periodicicites in the thickness of terrigenous laminae indicate inter-annual variations in the strength of the winter Aleutian low pressure cell which exerts a strong influence on sediment delivery to the Santa Barbara Basin through modulation of rainfall. Periodicities in the thickness of diatom laminae indicate inter-annual variations in the strength of the summer North Pacific high pressure cell which drives upwelling generated primary production. Cross-spectral and phase analysis between time-series of terrigenous and diatom lamina thickness suggest an antiphase relationship at QBO and El-Nino periodicities, but an in phase relationship at bi-decadal periodicities.</p
INTERNACIONALIZAÇÃO E ESTRATÉGIAS DE MARKETING INTERNACIONAL DA RED BULL
No full textTCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro Sócio-Econômico. Relações Internacionais.No ambiente competitivo do setor de bebidas energéticas, as estratégias utilizadas pelas empresas podem se refletir no desejo pelo crescimento. Baseado nisto, a identificação de estratégias de crescimento torna-se uma ferramenta importante para a análise de estratégias e a formulação de objetivos. O principal objetivo deste trabalho é a identificação e análise da internacionalização e das estratégias de marketing internacional da Red Bull, utilizadas como métodos para se alcançar o crescimento da empresa. Esta analise foi realizada através da busca e coleta de informações em bancos de dados da empresa, publicações acadêmicas e demais fontes secundárias de pesquisa. Foi verificado que a Red Bull se utiliza basicamente da exportação como forma de inserção em mercados estrangeiros. Isto se deve ao fato de que, para garantir a qualidade de seu produto, toda a produção de bebida energética da empresa se concentra na Áustria, seu país sede. Sua expansão internacional iniciou-se através da distribuição do produto nos países europeus vizinhos devido a sua proximidade geográfica e similaridade cultural. Após um grande sucesso e aceitação popular, a empresa passa a exportar para mercados mais distantes, através da abertura de escritórios próprios encarregados das vendas e todo o processo de distribuição. Hoje, a marca está presente em 166 países e é líder mundial no setor de bebidas energéticas. Por fim, constatou-se que boa parte do sucesso atingido pela empresa em todo o mundo é devido ao intenso e poderoso investimento em marketing. A imagem da marca é permanentemente vinculada a eventos de grande porte, aos melhores atletas e equipes de diversos esportes e a programas midiáticos produzidos pela empresa, o que gera uma grande propagação e notoriedade à marca. Assim, a Red Bull se expande pelos mercados estrangeiros, utilizando-se de poderosas estratégias de internacionalização e marketing e mantendo a liderança no setor de bebidas energéticas
Bull at Billy Smarts Circus Ipswich
No full textBilly Smart's Circus animal probably a bull or cow photographed behind the scenes at Ipswich, 1960
David Miles, Bull of the Woods 1
No full textDavid Miles was chosen as a Bull of the Woods in February 1974. He was a sophomore majoring in business at Jacksonville State University. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega. (circa February 25, 1974)https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib-ac-histimg/45220/thumbnail.jp
Interview of Colin Bull by Brian Shoemaker
No full textKey Individuals Mentioned
1. Frank Debenham, physiographer on Scott’s Last Expedition and first Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute, p.1
2. Herbert Ponting, photographer on Scott’s Last Expedition, p.2
3. Wilson, zoologist and artist on Scott’s Last Expedition, p.2
4. Stan Paterson, surveyor in Greenland, p.2
5. Hal Lister p.2, 15
6. Fritz Loewe, p.3, 4, 28, 29
7. Georgi, p.3, 4
8. Sorge, p.3, 4
9. Raymond Priestley, vice-chancellor of Birmingham University, p.5, 6, 19
10. Lancelot Fleming, p.8
11. Commander C. J. W. Simpson, p.8, 13
12. Taffy (Jack) Oakley, p.10
13. Roy Homard, went on Bunny Fuchs’s Transantarctic Expedition, p.11
14. Gillian Bull (Dr. Bull’s wife), p.14, 26, 27, 54
15. Bunny Fuchs, p.11. 14
16. Barrie McKelvey, p.15, 16
17. Peter Webb, p.15, 16
18. Dick Barwick, p.16, 20
19. Bob Nichols, p.21, 22
20. Bob Dawson, p.22
21. Ron Balham, p. 22
22. Ralph Wheeler, p.23
23. Ted Thorne, p.23
24. Bob Clark, p.23
25. Dufek, p.24, 25.
26. Tyree, p.24, 25
27. Dawn Rodley, later became Dawn Beck, p. 23, 24, 25, 26
28. Dick Goldthwait, p.26, 27, 30, 49, 52, 54
29. David Elliot, p.30, 49, 50, 51
30. John Mercer, p.31, 49
31. Kaye Everett, p.31, 49, 54
32. Mainly Mort, p.31, 32, 38, 40, 51
33. Tom Jones, p.31
34. Lois Jones, p. 38, 39, 41
35. George Llano, p.31, 32
36. Lonnie Thompson, p.32, 37
37. Ian Whillans, p.33
38. Gerry Holdsworth, p.33, 34
39. Cedo Marangunic, Chilean who came from Santiago to work with Dr. Bull on the Sherman Glacier, p.33, 36
40. Wayne Hamilton, p.35, 36
41. Olav Orheim, Head of the Norwegian Polar Institute, p.36, 37, 42
42. Ann Davey, p.37, 38
43. Almut Iken, p.38
44. Kay Lindsey, p.39, 41
45. Eileen McSavenney, p.39, 41
46. Terry Tickhill, p.39
47. Paul Dalrymple, p.40, 41
48. Kelly Welsh, p.41
49. Jim Zumberge, p.43
50. Larry Gould, p.43, 52, 57
51. John Heap, p.49The media can be accessed at the links below.Audio Part 1: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Dr_Colin_Bull_1.mp3Audio Part 2: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Dr_Colin_Bull_2.mp3Dr. Bull was born in Birmingham, England, grew up in Herefordshire, and became a U.S. citizen in mid-1970s. When he was young, Dr. Bull read books regarding on Antarctic expeditions such as “South with Scott,” by Evans and “Mid-Ice” by Georgi on Wegener Greenland Expedition, which impressed him deeply. Dr. Bull attributes his interest in the polar regions to his association with Scott Expedition members – Fritz Loewe, Georgi and Sorge.
Dr. Bull received his PhD at Birmingham University in Condensed Matter Physics in 1951. Dr. Bull went on his first polar expedition to Spitsbergen in 1951 under Sir Raymond Priestley’s patronage. He also volunteered for the British North Greenland Expedition led by Commander C. J. W. Simpson between 1952 and 1954. During this period, he, Mike Banks and Taffy Oakley attempted to measure the thickness of the ice by gravity in the areas of St. John’s Fjord in Prince Charles Foreland. They traversed North Greenland for their magnetic recording, and he calls it “the slowest traverse of Greenland on record.”
When he came back to England, he lectured about the expedition and edited a book on the subject, which eventually became Venture to the Arctic, published by Penguin. A couple of books about the expedition were written by the members: North Ice by the leader Simpson and High Arctic by Mike Banks. He also went on the expedition to Norway to the Austerdalsbrae Glacier in 1955, and then 1958-1959, South Victoria Land, and 1960-1961, Sukkertoppen. In 1963-64, he went to Byrd Station and participated on the traverse out to the Whitmore Mountains.
In 1956 he married. Shortly afterward, he departed for New Zealand in order to take a lecturer position at Wellington University. Upon his arrival, Dr. Bull organized the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctica Expedition. The members of the first New Zealand Antarctica expedition of 1958-1959 led by Dr. Bull included Peter Webb, Barrie McKelvey, and Dick Barwick. Their research was conducted in the Dry Valleys near McMurdo. Dr. Bull named the Wright Valley after Sir Charles Seymour Wright of the Scott Expedition. Bull Pass, the McKelvey Valley, Webb Glacier and the Barwick Valley were named by this expedition.
While in New Zealand he made a concerted effort to take women researchers to Antarctica, but without success. Dr. Bull organized a follow-on expedition for the 1959-60 season that included a woman research member named Dawn Rodley. The U.S. Navy refused to fly her to the Dry Valleys, however. This was probably the first effort to include a woman researcher in a modern Antarctic Expedition.
In March 1961 Dr. Bull took a position as visiting professor at the Institute of Polar Studies, The Ohio State University. The position became permanent and he worked at OSU for the following 25 years. He was Director of the Institute from 1965 to 1969. He then became Chairman of the Department of Geology, and then in 1972, he became Dean of Mathematics and Physical Sciences and served on many polar boards and study groups since that time. Dr. Bull helped write the proposal to the family of Richard E. Byrd in 1972 requesting that they archive his papers at Ohio State. He promised to change the name of the Institute of Polar Studies to the Byrd Polar Research Center if they did. The family accepted and BPRC is today an established national institution.
Dr. Bull sponsored many scientific expeditions to the Antarctic and the Arctic during this period. He is especially proud that he sponsored 14 researchers for their doctorates and imported many other high quality researchers to Ohio State. In 1969 he sponsored the first female field expedition to the Antarctic led by Dr. Lois Jones and including Kay Lindsay, Eileen McSaveney and Terry Tickhill. He has been on most polar boards including the Polar Research board, and was also Chairman of the SCAR Working Group on Glaciology. He retired in 1986 moved to Bainbridge Island Washington where he is active in the polar tourist business and collecting and selling books from the Polar Regions. He has since made eight trips to Antarctica with tourist groups.
Major Topics
1. British North Greenland Expedition led by Commander C. J. W. Simpson between 1952 and 1954
2. Wright Valley and Sukkertoppen Ice Cap
3. The first female field expedition to the Antarctic
4. SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research)
5. INSTAAR
6. IAATO — International Association of Antarctic Tour OperatorsFunded by a grant from the National Science Foundation
Bull standoff
No full textCordova Ranch, Manzano Mountains, Valencia County, New Mexico, ca. 1973. An older bull challenges a younger one during the rotation of livestock
Bull standoff
No full textCordova Ranch, Manzano Mountains, Valencia County, New Mexico, ca. 1973. An older bull challenges a younger one during the rotation of livestock
Deformation within a strike-slip fault network at Westward Ho!, Devon U.K.: Domino vs conjugate faulting
No full textA Cognitive Architecture Based on a Learning Classifier System with Spiking Classifiers
No full textLearning classifier systems (LCS) are population-based reinforcement learners that were originally designed to model various cognitive phenomena. This paper presents an explicitly cognitive LCS by using spiking neural networks as classifiers, providing each classifier with a measure of temporal dynamism. We employ a constructivist model of growth of both neurons and synaptic connections, which permits a genetic algorithm to automatically evolve sufficiently-complex neural structures. The spiking classifiers are coupled with a temporally-sensitive reinforcement learning algorithm, which allows the system to perform temporal state decomposition by appropriately rewarding ``macro-actions'', created by chaining together multiple atomic actions. The combination of temporal reinforcement learning and neural information processing is shown to outperform benchmark neural classifier systems, and successfully solve a robotic navigation task
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