1,348 research outputs found
The case for criminalising revenge porn consumption
No full textHelen Frowe and Jonathan Parry explain why it is appropriate to criminalise the consumption of revenge porn, which inflicts a serious moral wrong on its victims
Work-life balance in the seafaring industry: challenges faced by workers in non-traditional jobs
No full textThe UK's experience with labour market and vocational training
No full textThis report reflects upon the recent history of vocational education and training in the UK, relating changes in the labour market to changes in how VET is organised and delivered, in order to meet the skills challenge of the future. It then turns to the policy challenges that are currently being raised as to how VET can underpin and drive quality-orientated economic development, taking into account broader trends and the stakeholders that need to be engaged in this process
Renegotiating identity and relationships: men and women’s adjustments to retirement
No full textRetirement is frequently a period of change, when the roles and relationships associated with individuals' previous labour market positions are transformed. It is also a time when personal relationships, including the marital relationship and relationships with friends and family, come under increased scrutiny and may be realigned. Many studies of adjustment to retirement focus primarily on individual motivation; by contrast, this paper seeks to examine the structure of resources within which such decisions are framed. The paper examines the contribution that gender roles and identities make to the overall configuration of resources available to particular individuals. It draws upon qualitative research conducted with older people in four contrasting parts of the United Kingdom, and examines the combination of labour market and non-labour-market activities in which they are involved prior to state retirement age and as they withdraw from paid work. It explores how older people invoke various gendered identities to negotiate change and continuity during this time. The paper argues that gender roles and identities are central to this process and that the reflexive deployment of gender may rank alongside financial resources and social capital in its importance to the achievement of satisfying retirement transitions. Amongst those interviewed, traditional gendered roles predominated, and these sat less comfortably with retirement for men than for women
Farmers, farm workers and work-related stress
No full textThis research explores the ways in which stress affects farming communities, how this has changed in recent years, and the degree to which work-related aspects of stress may be assuaged by support interventions. A qualitative case study research approach was employed to address these issues, involving 60 interviews in five locations across England and Wales.In examining farming stress, a distinction is made between its intrinsic, extrinsic and workrelated dimensions. Whileinterviewees tended to associate day-to-day worries and acute stress with farming’s intrinsic demands (such as disease and adverse weather conditions), external causes of tension (such as competition and regulation), together with worries about finances and family, were associated with more sustained anxieties. By contrast, work-related aspects of farming stress, such as workload issues and farming practices, involved a combination of physical and mental health effects.Notably, work-related and extrinsic dimensions of stress have increased in recent years in relation to organisational and policy shifts, price fluctuations, mounting paperwork demands, workload intensification, and changes in agricultural regulation. These have prompted an escalation in the aspects of their work that farming communities feel powerless to control, and represent a major area for policy intervention. Principal farmers displayed the most visible manifestations of stress, linked at once to the intrinsic, extrinsic and workrelated dimensions of their work. By contrast, family farm workers and labourers often lacked autonomy over the way they worked, and work-related aspects of stress concerning workload and organisation made up a greater part of their experience. Increased paperwork demands emerged as a major cause of stress among interviewees, particularly forfarmers and their wives, who struggled to balance these with traditional farming priorities. Differences between farmswere also influential in explaining stress. Livestock farming embodied intrinsic pressures relating to stock crises and the unpredictability of animals, but more recently has come under intense economic pressure, prompting a rationalisation of working practices. Arable farmers found the organisation of activities, such as harvesting and planting, in a context of reduced and increasingly contractual workforces particularly challenging. Mixed farmers faced the dual stresses of balancing work activities with conflicting timetables, and the paperwork demands of a complex portfolio of farming. Smaller farms were struggled with intensified workloads, while larger enterprises had to comply with the demands of more inspection regimes.Support agencies need to overcome the stigma attached to asking for help among farming communities and offer a rangeof responsive and proactive services. Locally based support was more likely to be used and trusted, although concernsabout client confidentiality might deter those most in need from seeking help. Where existing local networks wereestablished, there was a strong argument for providers to plug into these and work towards publicising their efforts to ensure that support is provided most effectively. Critically, support must be multidimensional, reflecting the wide range of stressors and their impacts among farming communities
A new fireworm (Amphinomidae) from the Cretaceous of Lebanon identified from three-dimensionally preserved myoanatomy
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Independent living in later life
No full textThis report brings together findings from qualitative research undertaken by the Policy Studies Institute (PSI) during 2003/04 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). This explored factors influencing perceptions and experiences of independent living in later life and analysed pensioners’ service needs and accessing behaviour, in turn considering the relationship between independence and service use. These issues are timely given the projected rise in the proportion of the UK’s population which is over State Pension age in the near future. The research was also designed to provide refinement of the DWP’s Customer Segmentation Model for Today’s Pensioners, a tool depicting a sliding scale of support needs, differentiating pensioners into seven subsegments on the basis of key demographic criteria
An Historical Discourse, delivered in The Presbyterian Church of Pluckemin, at Pluckemin, N.J. on Tuesday, March 12, 1901, on the Fifteenth anniversary of its organization by Rev. Samuel Parry, Fourth Pastor Somerville, N.J.
No full textThis book is a Historical Discourse, delivered in the Presbyterian Church of Pluckemin, at Pluckemin, N.J. on Tuesday, March 12, 1901. This was the the Fifteenth anniversary of its organization by Rev. Samuel Parry, Fourth Pastor. The Somerville Publishing Company Electric Power Printing House 1901
Parry syllogisms
No full textParry discusses an extension of Aristotle's syllogistic that uses four nontraditional quantifiers. We show that his conjectured decision procedure for validity for the extended syllogistic is correct even if syllogisms have more than two premises. And we axiomatize this extension of the syllogistic
A manuscript copy of a collection for the Welsh triple harp by John Parry (Ruabon)
No full text A manuscript copied by the Swedish 19th-century harpist Adolf Sjödén (1843–1893), found in Adolf Sjödén’s music archive in Västernorrlands Museum, claims to be a copy of the original work by the Welsh 18th-century composer John Parry (Parry Ddal/Blind Parry, Ruabon) (1710–1782). The manuscript appears to be in the style of John Parry, with resemblances to his other published works for the Welsh triple harp, although many of the tunes in the manuscript are unique. Adolf Sjödén’s role as the copyist adds an additional layer of historical significance, and the manuscript provides a glimpse into the musical traditions of 18th-century Wales. The discovery contributes to the ongoing efforts to preserve and understand the rich cultural heritage of Welsh musi
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