Perspectives on the impact of early parent loss in adulthood in the UK: narratives provide the way forward

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-318 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Early Parent ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Parent Loss ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

scholarly journals Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice Editorial 8.3

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 2-4
Author(s):  
Geraldine E. Lefoe ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Welcome to the third and final issue of Volume 8 of the Journal of University Teaching and Learning (JUTLP) in 2011. As the year draws to a close we are seeing some striking changes to the higher education sector internationally. In England budget cuts have seen the closure of the twenty-four Higher Education Academy subject centres at the same time as the establishment of student fees. In Australia the cap has been lifted across the board on the number of students that can be enrolled in universities with the resultant projected increased student numbers. The focus in Australia is on social inclusion yet in England the concern for the introduction of fees is just the opposite, these will be the very students who may now be excluded. The changes in both countries see new measures of accountability and more complex regulations put in place. Will this cause people to rethink the way we teach and the way students learn? For the Higher Education Academy in the UK, new directions see the hosting of a summit on learning and teaching with a focus on flexible learning, an indicator of new directions for many institutions. In Australia, we see a renewed opportunity to investigate such changes through the opening of the Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) and its role of recognising the importance of learning and teaching through grants and awards schemes. We hope in 2012 we’ll hear more from our authors about the impact of these transformations, as well as those changes occurring in other countries around the world, on teaching practice in our universities.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Susan Nancarrow ◽  
Alan Borthwick
Keyword(s):  
British Empire ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Allied Health Professions ◽  
Meaningful Comparison ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training ◽  
The Way

This chapter introduces how the book compares the allied health professions, both as a collective and as individual disciplines, in Australia and the UK. Australia and the UK were chosen as a basis for comparison because the allied health professions have emerged in each jurisdiction from similar philosophies, regulatory structures and training approaches, which allows meaningful comparison. The different funding and system contexts provide a comparative basis to understand the impact of different features on allied health professionalisation. It starts from the position of the similarities between the allied health contexts in both countries. Politically, neo-liberalism has been influential in driving the healthcare funding models and accountabilities in both nations, though different healthcare funding systems have facilitated varied flexibilities within the allied health workforces in each context. The modern allied health professions were heavily shaped by the formal organisation of labour that emerged within the colonies of the British Empire as a result of the Industrial Revolution. This book is largely focused on the way in which the allied health professions have emerged and developed within a Western context.

The allied health collective

2021 ◽  
pp. 27-56
Author(s):  
Susan Nancarrow ◽  
Alan Borthwick
Keyword(s):  
Allied Health ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Heterogeneous Group ◽  
Allied Health Professions ◽  
Professional Project ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Individual Professional ◽  
The Way

This chapter examines the concept of allied health as a confederation of constituent professions. We examine: the way that different jurisdictions define the allied health collective; the rationale for those groupings; and the impact of inclusion (or otherwise) of the groupings on the individual professional project of specific allied health professions. Concepts that will be explored include the considerations around a heterogeneous group of occupations attempting to work together to achieve a single professional project. It also also explores the international contexts of the allied health professions and the relevance of the specific comparisons between Australia and the UK.

Defence Acquisition

2017 ◽  
pp. 150-166
Author(s):  
Derrick J Neal
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Transformational Change ◽  
Fundamental Change ◽  
Disruptive Technologies ◽  
Professional Organisation ◽  
The Future ◽  
Mind Set ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Through the lenses of Strategy and Change management academic theory this chapter presents a view of the evolution of defence acquisition using the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) as the vehicle and assesses the impact of disruptive technologies. The chapter proposes a number of changes that need to be embraced by the defence acquisition community if it is to be able to meet the needs of the nation now and in the future. The chapter concludes that the UK MOD must accept that the old model is now flawed and that in order to bring about the necessary changes a shift in mind-set is a sine qua non and that this change will take time. The envisaged way forward with a fundamental change in the way defence capability is acquired will result in a smaller, more agile and more professional organisation if, and only if, the required transformational change can be implemented effectively.

The impact of role identity on student expectations

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Davis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Peer Relations ◽  
Role Identity ◽  
Student Expectations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Student Role ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the viewpoint that student role identity, its dimensions and salience, impact strongly on student expectations of college-based higher education (CBHE) within the UK. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on doctoral research undertaken within the context of CBHE in the UK and is further supported through engagement with a range of pertinent literature. Findings – The paper suggests ways in which the individually constructed student role identity may impact on the expectations of the experience of CBHE. In so doing, the paper highlights the way in which expectations of higher education recursively influence, and are influenced by, perceptions and actions played out from within the student role. Research limitations/implications – The empirical research, from which the paper draws its theme, was undertaken in one large institution. The author recognises that a wider, longitudinal study would be beneficial in recognition of the diversity of provision in the CBHE sector. Practical implications – The paper proposes that greater awareness of the way in which students construct and moderate their perceptions and understandings of studenthood would be beneficial to a range of strategic considerations, such as promotional information, partnership activity, peer relations and the nature of pedagogies and learning architectures. Social implications – The paper foregrounds the political remit of CBHE as a progression route for “non-traditional” students, and considers the varied understandings of the meaning of the student role adopted by students attending colleges. Engagement with issues of multiple roles, identity salience and variable role porosity highlights social and pyschosocial issues faced by many such students. Originality/value – The paper considers role identity in the context of Kurt Lewin’s conceptualisation of life space and uses this framework to highlight issues that may face students and colleges in raising awareness of student expectations. It challenges the homogenous conceptualisation of the term “students” through consideration of the psychic state at a given moment in time.

Behavioural insight and the labour market: evidence from a pilot study and a large stepped-wedge controlled trial

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Michael Sanders ◽  
Guglielmo Briscese ◽  
Rory Gallagher ◽  
Alex Gyani ◽  
Samuel Hanes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Stepped Wedge ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Behavioural Sciences ◽  
The Way

AbstractIn this article, we describe two experiments measuring the impact of a collection of interventions informed by behavioural sciences to reduce unemployment. In a small-scale pilot study (n = 2,383) run in partnership with a Jobcentre in the UK, we found that small changes to the way jobseekers interacted with employment advisers showed promising effects. Based on these findings, we refined our intervention and tested it in a second, larger trial (n = 88,033) across 12 Jobcentres in the UK. We found that our intervention significantly increased off-flow from benefits. These experiments demonstrate that policies and programmes aimed at reducing unemployment can benefit greatly from a deeper understanding of the behaviours of jobseekers and employment advisers. Further, we suggest that this approach could have positive implications for other areas of public policy.

School/Industry Links at the Primary Level: Engaging the Small Business

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-249
Author(s):  
Norma Iredale
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Return Rate ◽  
The West ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Curriculum Changes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Over the years greater stress has been placed in the UK upon industry links and the work-related curriculum in schools with the emphasis moving away from aspects that are purely vocational. More importantly, this area of work is seen as providing a focus for the encouragement of knowledge and understanding of business and industry, as well as how they operate. More recently there has been a move to encourage partnerships between education and industry. This feature has become common not only in the UK but in a number of other countries in the West which are experiencing the effects of post-industrialism. The links that are encouraged are considered to be of benefit to all those involved, and indications are that participation in activities of this type has increased. This paper considers how industry links with education have evolved over the years and to determine the way in which primary schools have become involved in these activities.1 The impact these activities have made and how they stand today in the light of recent curriculum changes is discussed. Information gained from the survey is disclosed and particular attention is drawn to the responses from primary schools. While the return rate overall was relatively low, placing some doubt on the results, the indications are that the data reflects the prevalent situation.

The ‘distribution question’: measuring and evaluating trends in inequality

2019 ◽  
pp. 187-198
Author(s):  
Stewart Lansley
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Top Incomes ◽  
National Debate ◽  
Long Term Trends ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

This chapter examines the role played by key data sets and statistical analysis in the growing debate about inequality in the UK and elsewhere. It reviews the evidence from studies of long term trends in the share of top incomes in the UK and other countries, and the remarkable impact of the findings on the politics of the inequality debate. It shows the way the studies came to challenge key aspects of prevailing economic orthodoxy, and their profound influence on public awareness of how the economic cake is shared. It then examines the revived debate around the impact of rising inequality on economic growth and stability. Finally, it draws some lessons from the way UK official statistics on inequality have been used by government in the national debate about trends in the income gap.

scholarly journals Covid-19 and child criminal exploitation in the UK: implications of the pandemic for county lines

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Brewster ◽  
Grace Robinson ◽  
Bernard W. Silverman ◽  
Dave Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Drug Supply ◽  
Continuity Of Operations ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Criminal Exploitation ◽  
Supply Model ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

AbstractIn March 2020, the UK was placed in lockdown following the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Just as legitimate workplaces made changes to enable their employees to work from home, the illicit drugs trade also made alternative arrangements, adapting its supply models to ensure continuity of operations. Based upon qualitative interviews with 46 practitioners, this paper assesses how front-line professionals have experienced and perceived the impact of Covid-19 on child criminal exploitation and County Lines drug supply in the UK. Throughout the paper, we highlight perceived adaptations to the County Lines supply model, the impact of lockdown restrictions on detection and law enforcement activities aimed at County Lines, and on efforts to safeguard children and young people from criminal exploitation. Our participants generally believed that the pandemic had induced shifts to County Lines that reflected an ongoing evolution of the drug supply model and changes in understanding or attention because of Covid-19 restrictions, rather than a complete reconstitution of the model itself. Practitioners perceived that Covid-19 has had, and continues to have, a significant impact on some young people’s vulnerability to exploitation, on the way in which police and frontline practitioners respond to County Lines and child criminal exploitation, and on the way illegal drugs are being moved and sold.

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