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Life is too short to be serious all the time: Donald Duck presents unconventional motivations for publishing in academia
No full textIn this food for thought article, we introduce the ‘Donald Duck Phenomenon’ to consider ten unconventional reasons for publishing in academia. These include (i) symbolic immortality, (ii) personal satisfaction, (iii) a sense of pride, (iv) serious leisure, (v) cause credibility, (vi) altruism, (vii) collaboration with a friend or family member, (viii) collaboration with a hero, (ix) conflict or revenge, and (x) for amusement. The article was inspired by the lead author’s social media search for a co-author with the surname ‘Duck’. Through LinkedIn, the lead author, Associate Professor William E. Donald, who is based in the UK and specialises in Sustainable Careers and Human Resource Management, found a collaborator, Dr Nicholas Duck, based in Australia and specialises in Organisational Psychology. While the collaboration may appear somewhat ‘quackers’, per one of Donald Duck’s famous phrases, “Life is too short to be serious all the time, so if you can’t laugh at yourself then call me… I’ll laugh at you, for you”. We hope that this article offers some interesting insights, particularly for academics at the start of their scholarly journey, and acts as a way to stimulate conversation around unconventional reasons for publishing in academia
The impact of the University of Strathclyde on the economy of Scotland and the City of Glasgow
No full textThe interest in the economic impact of higher education has led to the early studies of both Scottish and UK Higher Education being updated and extended. However it isnow 12 years since the very first study of Strathclyde University (which arguably set the core policy agenda for subsequent work)10 was undertaken. It is timely to take afresh look at the University of Strathclyde's impact on Scotland. The current study was undertaken in Spring 2004 and focuses primarily on those aspects of the University of Strathclyde's contribution to the economy that cancurrently be quantified and measured in conventional economic terms such as output, employment and export earnings. Modelled estimates are made of the economic activity generated in other sectors of the economy, both throughout Scotland and also within the City of Glasgow, through the secondary or 'knock-on' effects of the expenditure of the University, its staff and its students. Overall the study presents an up-to-date and detailed examination of the University of Strathclyde's quantifiable economic contribution to both the City of Glasgow and to Scotland as a whole. The study was conducted by Ursula Kelly and Donald McLellan of the Information Resources Directorate of the University of Strathclyde working with Emeritus Professor Iain McNicoll, who served as Technical Adviser on the study
5:47:shot at dawn
No full textRead the story of the campaign to commemorate Private Peter Black in the digital comic download – 5:47 by Fruzsina Pittner, supported by The Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee Innovation Internship, and Iain Donald, Abertay University
5:47:shot at dawn
No full textRead the story of the campaign to commemorate Private Peter Black in the digital comic download – 5:47 by Fruzsina Pittner, supported by The Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee Innovation Internship, and Iain Donald, Abertay University
Author and literary critic Donald Shaw
No full textAuthor and literary critic Donald Shaw, b&w.https://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon_photo_morgue/1399/thumbnail.jp
Group Counseling of Trait and Factor Model Improves Career Decision Stability of Students of BPI IAIN Pekalongan
No full textThis research aimed to find out whether group counseling of trait and factor model can improve career decision stability of students of BPI IAIN Pekalongan. The type of research is quantitative with a quasi experiment design. The researcher employed one group pretest – posttest design with no control group. Data collection used the questionnaire of career decision stability developed from the theory of career of Donald Super. The t-test results retrieved the data of t score of 2.550 and the significance of 0.00. Based on the data, then the hypothesis test criteria are met i.e. t score is greater than t table i.e. 2.550 > 1.833 and the extent of significance or p<0.05 i.e. 0.000 < 0.05. The results indicate that group counseling of trait and factor model can improve students’ career decision stability
Donald Elder papers
No full textDonald Elder (1913-1965) was an editor with Doubleday, Doran and Co., which published the English translation of José Joaquín Fernandez de Lizardi's The Itching Parrot in Katherine Anne Porter's name. He was also the author of Ring Lardner, A Biography. The collection consists of correspondence between him and Porter. Important subjects include writers and writing and Porter's personal interests and opinions, as well as The Itching Parrot and Ship of Fools
"Letter with No Address" - Poem by Donald Hall
No full textDonald Hall reads his poem "Letter with No Address," an epistolary poem written for his late wife, the poet Jane Kenyon. Hall is a former U.S. Poet Laureate and the author of 16 books of poetry, as well as fiction.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/85036/1/letterwithnoaddress_donalhall.mp
‘OK, David’ – No 10 will be quietly satisfied with Tusk’s initial response to Cameron’s renegotiation demands
No full textThree out of four is often a good score in a contest, claims Iain Begg. Consequently, it is likely that No 10 will be quietly satisfied with the content of the letter published on 7 December by Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, giving his response to the four baskets of demands that David Cameron set out in his ‘Dear Donald’ letter
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