Educating for the Cooperative Society

2019 ◽  
pp. 355-373
Author(s):  
Suzanna Tomassi
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
The West ◽  
Cooperative Society ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter investigates the relationship between industry and academia from the perspective of industry. In addition to the theoretical review, it is based on feedback from industry leaders on how they see the role of their organizations in wider society. This chapter utilizes case studies to examine the relationship between specific companies, their academic partners, and the wider society. It focuses on the UK experience reflecting the location of its author. It specifically looks at the links between Coventry University, a British public institution located in the West Midlands, and its selected partners: the Unipart Group, Horiba MIRA, Interserve, and KPIT in India. It also refers to a bespoke Global Leaders Programme which is an exclusive, extra-curricular offering, designed to enhance students’ leadership and soft skills and prepare them for future employment after graduation. Wherever possible, the author aimed to obtain feedback from the industry representatives to assess their views on the impact of their companies on the wider society. In the same spirit, relevant colleagues from Coventry University were asked for their feedback to ensure that both perspectives were fairly captured. The examples given, and indeed, the philosophy behind the projects could be transferred to other countries and applied to other industries.

The right to healthcare

2020 ◽  
pp. 195-208
Author(s):  
Ann Marie Gray
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Human Rights Act ◽  
Human Rights Act 1998 ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter explores the relationship between human rights and health and social care. It begins by setting out the main international mechanisms, at UN, EU and ECHR levels, and the obligations they place on governments. It then discusses the impact of international and domestic human rights instruments through an examination of developments in social care policy, and with regard to reproductive health care rights in Northern Ireland. It also highlights issues relating to devolution and the implementation of human rights in the UK and in particular the role of the Human Rights Act (1998).

Contested Britain

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
The Social ◽  
Fundamental Cause ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Cultural Constraints ◽  
The Relationship

This book offers a powerful and distinctive analysis of how the politics of the UK and the lived experience of its citizens have been reframed in the first decades of the 21st century. It does so by bringing together carefully articulated case studies with theoretically informed discussion of the relationship between austerity, Brexit and the rise of populist politics, as well as highlighting the emergence of a range of practices, institutions and politics that challenge the hegemony of austerity discourses. The book mobilises notions of agency to help understand the role of austerity (as politics and lived experience) as a fundamental cause of Brexit. Investigating the social, economic, political, and cultural constraints and opportunities arising from a person’s position in society allows us to explain the link between austerity politics and the vote for Brexit. In doing so, the book goes beyond traditional disciplinary approaches to develop more interdisciplinary engagements, based on broad understandings of cultural studies as well as drawing on insights from political science, sociology, economics, geography and law. It uses comparative material from the regions of England and from the devolved territories of the UK, and explores the profound differences of geography, generation, gender, ‘race’ and class.

The Role of Perfectionism in Student Suicide: Three Case Studies from the UK

2010 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Bell ◽  
Nicky Stanley ◽  
Sharon Mallon ◽  
Jill Manthorpe
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Fear Of Failure ◽  
Theoretical Support ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

A number of studies have investigated the relationship between suicide and perfectionism but none to our knowledge have been based on studies of completed suicides. This article aims to provide important insight into the potency that certain profiles of perfectionism can claim in the path to suicide by presenting three case studies from a U.K. study of student suicide. Collectively, these case studies provide theoretical support for existing frameworks and are consistent with other literature which emphasizes those forms of perfectionism that engender severe self-criticism and self-doubt and fear of failure as most destructive.

scholarly journals Impact and the Research Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-35
Author(s):  
Debbie Savage ◽  
Gareth Loudon ◽  
Ingrid Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Design History ◽  
Research Environment ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

How to successfully create impact from academic research is the focus of much debate. Discussions often centres on the role of discipline, researcher skills and behaviour, or institutional systems to capture impact evidence, but little consideration is given to the relationship between research impact and the research environment. Focussing on the Impact Case Studies submitted to Unit of Assessment 34: Art & Design: History, Practice and Theory, this research used Content and Narrative Analysis to review a sample of the most and least successful Impact submissions as ranked by Times Higher Education. The aim was to identify the characteristics of high-scoring Impact Case Studies to inform strategies for supporting the generation of research impact, but what emerged was evidence of a nuanced relationship between research environment and research impact. For Research and Management Practitioners, these findings highlight a need to extend beyond the development of training, advice and databases and respond directly to the core purpose and ethos of research impact. This can be achieved through the cultivation of an open, flexible and dynamic research environment capable of responding to institutional and researcher needs in order to allow impact to flourish.

Rethinking Public Service Broadcasting: The PRA and the BBC

2018 ◽  
pp. 81-100
Author(s):  
Charlotte Bedford
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Institutional Environments ◽  
The West ◽  
Public Service Broadcasting ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
The Impact

This chapter examines a partnership project in the West Midlands region which developed prison radio beyond Radio Feltham. It particularly analyses the role of the BBC in the process and the impact of the activity on establishing and formalising the Prison Radio Association (PRA). Developed through the combined influence of national broadcaster and independent prison radio activity, the chapter argues that the PRA is representative of new forms of Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) within changing media and institutional environments, achieved in partnership, and demonstrating the enduring importance of PSB values. It is evident that the partnerships and relationships forged during this period played a major role in the establishment and ongoing development of the PRA.

Tanneries and Treescapes: the Influence of the Tanning Industry on Woodland Management

2018 ◽  
pp. 249-257
Author(s):  
Christine Handley ◽  
Ian D. Rotherham
Keyword(s):  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Tree Bark ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Tanning Industry

The relationship between supply and demand for wood, timber and bark in different markets, geographical areas, and times is complex, but there are common themes. These relationships have influenced the form, structure and management of woodlands; and their legacies can be seen today. Using examples from the UK and the USA, these common themes are considered and some complexities arising from responses to local economic conditions highlighted. Bark is sometimes described as a waste by-product of other wood and timber industries. However, it is clear that with the high economic value of the tanning industry as a whole, and the central role of leather goods in society for centuries, the impact on woodlands to ensure a ready supply of tree-bark for tanning varied but could be immense.

Devolution of competition policy under the Scotland Act 2016 after Brexit: straining at the edges of the current settlement?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arianna Andreangeli
Keyword(s):  
Competition Policy ◽  
Intergovernmental Relations ◽  
Current System ◽  
Phase 2 ◽  
Joint Decision ◽  
Scottish Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to examine the challenges that Brexit brings for the devolution of certain aspects of competition policy to Scotland. According to section 63 of the Scotland Act 2016, Scottish Ministers can ask the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to carry out a phase 2 market investigation after having sought the agreement of their Westminster counterparts. This article will explore the consequences of Brexit for competition policy in the UK by placing the discussion against the broader background of the relationship existing between the central and devolved governments in the UK, with a particular emphasis on Scotland. After discussing, the nature and scope of the powers that have been devolved to the Scottish Government the article will examine the impact of Brexit on competition policy both in general and for these devolved aspects. It will be argued that the current system for the management of the inter-governmental relations between Westminster and Edinburgh may not be able to withstand the challenges brought by Brexit and affecting the role of the CMA and of the UK Government, respectively, in the fields of antitrust, state aid, and merger control. The article will conclude that Brexit has exposed how the current framework for intergovernmental relations may not be suitable to the demands of new forms of devolution that are not predicated upon the distinction between reserved and devolved matters, but depend on the joint decision-making between the UK and the Scottish governments. Thus, unless section 63 of the Scotland Act 2016 is to remain ineffective, it may become necessary to rethink the current ways in which Scottish and UK minister interact in areas where devolution means co-decision as opposed to one government ‘giving way’ to the other.

scholarly journals Emphasising mutual benefit: rethinking the impact agenda through the lens of Share Academy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Willcocks
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Mutual Benefit ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Museum Practice ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines the relationship between universities and museums in the UK. By focusing on two case studies, namely, Peckham Cultural Institute and the ‘Local roots/global routes: the legacies of British slave-ownership’ project, it illustrates some of the challenges and opportunities Share Academy has experienced. The early 21st century brought considerable changes to the way museums and universities were constituted and understood. Initiatives like the UK government-funded Renaissance in the Regions programme encouraged museums to broaden their audiences and think of themselves as lifelong educators, situating learning at the centre of museum practice. However, the chapter shows ongoing funding problems within the museum sector continued to contribute to an erosion of curatorial skills as specialist roles were replaced with more general posts.

Extreme Asia

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Martin
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Economic Success ◽  
The West ◽  
Multiple Factors ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Asian Cinema

This book explains and analyses the unprecedented rise in visibility of ‘cult’ Asian cinema in the UK, especially between the years 2000 and 2005. Considering multiple factors behind the cultural, critical and economic success of Asia cinema in the West, this book focuses specifically on the hugely influential and pioneering (if deeply problematic) Tartan Films (formerly Metro-Tartan) Asia Extreme brand. This book is structured as a series of case studies, examining different films, filmmakers and distribution events in order to sketch an historical overview of this developing film cycle, paying attention primarily to the marketing and critical reception of these films. The Asia Extreme brand incorporated multiple genres – primarily horror, action, and erotic thrillers – and also elided the differences between various national cinemas. The role of Orientalism in both the marketing and reception of films from Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea is also examined in detail.

scholarly journals Determining the presence of a long-term/short-term dilemma for SMEs when adopting strategic orientation to improve performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-110
Author(s):  
Simone Regina Didonet ◽  
Andrew Fearne ◽  
Geoff Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Orientation ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Strategic Orientations ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Business Approach ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This study seeks to discuss a potential ‘long-term/short-term dilemma’ for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which could cause tension when adopting two strategic orientations assumed to be complementary – market orientation (MO) and sales orientation (SO). Specifically, the objective of this study is to examine the role of MO and SO as mediators of the relationship between business approach and SME performance. An empirical study of 122 SMEs in the UK grocery sector is conducted. The results reveal that an apparent conflict or tension between market and SO seems to exist in practice. SMEs emphasise both strategic orientations as a way of framing their business approach. However, this emphasis does not hold when considering SME performance. The impact of business approach on performance only occurs through MO. There is no observable significance in the mediation of SO on this relationship. Theoretical and managerial implications for SME management literature and practice are developed.

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