Fit-for-purpose risks in conformity assessment of a substance or material – A case study of synthetic air

Measurement ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 110542
Author(s):  
Francesca R. Pennecchi ◽  
Ilya Kuselman ◽  
D. Brynn Hibbert ◽  
Michela Sega ◽  
Francesca Rolle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conformity Assessment ◽  
Fit For Purpose

scholarly journals Love in the time of Covid-19: a case-study of the complex laws governing weddings

Legal Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Rebecca Probert ◽  
Stephanie Pywell
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Marriage Law ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
General Law ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Impact

Abstract During 2020, weddings were profoundly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. During periods of lockdown few weddings could take place, and even afterwards restrictions on how they could be celebrated remained. To investigate the impact of such restrictions, we carried out a survey of those whose plans to marry in England and Wales had been affected by Covid-19. The 1,449 responses we received illustrated that the ease and speed with which couples had been able to marry, and sometimes whether they had been able to marry at all, had depended not merely on the national restrictions in place but on their chosen route into marriage. This highlights the complexity and antiquity of marriage law and reinforces the need for reform. The restrictions on weddings taking place also revealed the extent to which couples valued getting married as opposed to having a wedding. Understanding both the social and the legal dimension of weddings is important in informing recommendations as to how the law should be changed in the future, not merely to deal with similar crises but also to ensure that the general law is fit for purpose in the twenty-first century.

Fit for Purpose

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-42
Author(s):  
Erika Prager ◽  
Barbara M. Hall ◽  
Laurie Wellner ◽  
B. Andrew Riggle
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Doctor Of Education ◽  
Professional Goals ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Education Degree ◽  
Illustrative Case Study

Using an illustrative case study, this chapter explores the two-year design process of a practice-based Doctor of Education degree program in an online university. Emerging from the continuous improvement lens, the redesign process centered around the examination of the purpose of the degree in the context of meeting the educational needs of practitioners in the field. Principally, this program redesign led to greater differentiation between the practitioner-based EdD degree and the PhD to provide students with distinct options for meeting their personal and professional goals.

scholarly journals Prehistoric process in HE: A critical review of institutional processes for business–academic partnerships in management development provision

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Lee-Davies
Keyword(s):  
Management Development ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Third Stream ◽  
Institutional Processes ◽  
Commercial Markets ◽  
Academic Partnerships ◽  
Actual Outcome ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Fit For Purpose

This article sets out to capture the benefits of business and universities working together to create robust management development programmes for the competitive markets ahead. It attempts to illustrate the changes in business approaches to providing people with management development, given the increased mobility of individuals from company to company, the pressures on budgets in more restricted financial times and the benefits of partnering with university provision. Using qualitative data sourced from both business organizations and higher education institutions (HEIs), underpinning a more detailed pivotal case study, themes are extracted on the current provision from institutions to business, bringing to light the reality that desire and actual outcome are two different things. The systems created for institutions before their contemporary dealings with business are still used to serve current needs, and it is clear from early research and practice that they are not fit for purpose. The result is a slow service for business clients and a loss of potential third-stream income – valuable to HEIs in a new competitive market. In the light of this research, recommendations are offered for HEIs to become more competitive when trying to penetrate commercial markets for this income.

scholarly journals The benefits and dangers for churches and ministry institutions to work in a regulated environment, with reference to professionalising religious practice via South African Qualifications Authority and the National Qualifications Framework Act

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham A. Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
National Qualifications Framework ◽  
Fit For Purpose

Since 1994 and the coming of democracy to South Africa there has been a concerted attempt to develop a coherent, unified educational system that will redress the inequities of the apartheid systems. Significant to this ongoing process is the field of higher education, where relevant legislation has been enacted in order to bring coherence and consistency to the education system in the public and private sectors. Significant issues have arisen with regard to the provision made by private religious educational institutions, especially those who have experienced difficulties in being accredited by statutory bodies. This paper seeks to explore these issues and suggest ways forward that are appropriate within an emerging unitary system of education that is fit for purpose in Africa and particularly South Africa, taking as a case study the formation of the Association of Christian Religious Practitioners.

Fit-for-purpose pharmacogenomic biomarkers in drug development: a project team case study with ‘what-ifs’

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda C Surh ◽  
Lawrence J Lesko ◽  
Stuart Hobbs ◽  
Steve Gutman ◽  
Lori M Minasian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Development ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Fit For Purpose

Networking, Leadership, Empowerment

2009 ◽  
Vol 06 (02) ◽  
pp. 69-74
Author(s):  
I. T. Calliess ◽  
K. Treichel ◽  
J. Nikitopoulos ◽  
A. Malik ◽  
M. Rojnic Kuzman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Fit For Purpose

SummaryAs society’s expectations of mental health professional change radically, educational programs and policies need to keep pace with this change. Trainees and young psychiatrists have established their distinct identity and assured that educational policies are reformed to create competent mental health professionals who are fit for purpose in tomorrow’s world. In order for this to happen, it has taken over a decade of dedication, hard work and motivation from past and present psychiatric trainees and young psychiatrists to travel the journey from having a vision of an international network to develop the existing highly structured network. Networking and empowerment facilitated by national and international young psychiatrists’ organizations has allowed young psychiatrists to participate in decision-making processes and create frameworks for their own professional development. This paper outlines the principles and objectives that underpin the existing networks of national and international young psychiatrists’ organizations. It also describes the various educational and networking activities undertaken by these organizations and uses the case study from Croatia to describe the role of these networks in the formation of national associations of young psychiatrists and trainees.

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