scholarly journals Female Researchers in Neo-Victorian Fiction

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-86
Author(s):  
Tammy Ho Lai-Ming
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
Victorian Literature ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Academic World ◽  
Victorian Novels ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Victorian Fiction ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

Abstract Neo-Victorian novelists sometimes use postgraduate students – trainee academics – who research nineteenth-century writers as protagonists. This article discusses four neo-Victorian novels, Lloyd Jones’s Mister Pip (2006), Justine Picardie’s Daphne (2008), A.N. Wilson’s A Jealous Ghost (2005) and Scarlett Thomas’s The End of Mr Y (2006), in which female postgraduate students take the centre stage. In Victorian literature, which mirrors the gender bias in the academic world and in society at large at that time, most scholars are male. The contemporary writers’ choice of female trainee academics is worth investigating as it speaks to the visibly changed gender make-up of contemporary academia. However, this utopian situation is complicated by the fact that the writers have chosen to frustrate the characters’ entry into the world of scholarship by having them leave the university environment altogether before the end of the novel. The fact that these females all choose to depart the university forms a contrast with notions of the university found in Victorian novels, in which leaving or not attending university might have detrimental effects on the characters.

COVID-19: implications for NHS Staff

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 193-197
Author(s):  
Alan Glasper
Keyword(s):  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
The World ◽  
Clinical Environments ◽  
Public Health Institutions ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The University

In light of the emergence in China of COVID-19, the novel corona virus, emeritus professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton discusses the role of the World Health Organization and other public health institutions in responding to potential new global pandemics and deliberates on the role of NHS staff in coping with infectious disease in clinical environments.

scholarly journals An immersive Arabic language course in Cairo moves online

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Heba Salem
Keyword(s):  
Arabic Language ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Community Based ◽  
American University ◽  
University Environment ◽  
The Us ◽  
Community Based Learning ◽  
Online Format ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The University

This chapter describes the my experience as the instructor for a course rooted in community based learning theory that was forced to move online in spring, 2020, due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The course, titled ‘CASA Without Borders’, allows Arabic language students in the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) program at The American University in Cairo (AUC) to leave the university environment and serve the community, while also benefiting from the experience both linguistically and culturally. This course was disrupted by the students’ mandatory return to the US from Cairo as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, and continued remotely in an online format. This chapter describes the CASA program and explains both the purpose of the CASA Without Borders course and its significance to CASA students and to the program. It also describes and reflects upon my experience of continuing the course remotely during the ongoing pandemic.

scholarly journals Transition of graduates from backpack‐to‐briefcase: a case study

2008 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 489-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter McIlveen ◽  
Dominic Pensiero
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Career Services ◽  
Content Type ◽  
University Environment ◽  
New Graduates ◽  
Career Service ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to overview the Backpack‐to‐Briefcase project which established a set of prototype career development learning strategies for Australian university career services, with the aim of contributing to their services for supporting students and graduates to make a smoother transition into graduate employment and the world‐of‐work.Design/methodology/approachA case study analysis of the development and implementation of three career development learning interventions is described. These interventions include: employability skills workshops for students; career mentoring for students; and services to small and medium sized employers to support their recruitment and induction of new graduates into their worksites.FindingsThe prototype interventions developed in the project extended the work of the university's Career Service. The interventions were judged as having the capacity to be readily implemented by university career services. A key outcome was the success of the graduate‐induction initiative which engaged small and medium sized employers traditionally unfamiliar with or unable to enter the graduate recruitment market.Originality/valueThis case study highlights the value of university career services' contributions to undergraduate preparation for the world‐of‐work, particularly in regional areas. Furthermore, the case study highlights the importance of inter‐departmental cooperation within the university environment, and the value of university‐industry collaboration toward the goal of improving graduates' transitions into the workforce, particularly in rural and regional areas.

scholarly journals The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by MT. Anderson & E. Yelchin

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arwen Thysse
Keyword(s):  
Public Libraries ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Medieval Studies ◽  
The World ◽  
Bachelor Of Arts ◽  
Third Person ◽  
Person Account ◽  
The University ◽  
Narrative Function

Anderson, M.T. and Eugene Yelchin. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge. Candlewick Press, 2018. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge throws the reader into a topsy-turvy wonderland with the gripping adventure of two unlikely heroes, Brangwain Spurge and Werfel the Archivist. These two historians find themselves caught in a myriad of misunderstandings as they meet at the crux of a diplomatic mission between their warring nations of elves and goblins. An elfin historian turned diplomat and spy, Spurge must confront his own deeply entrenched prejudices against goblins, while his enthusiastic and well-intentioned goblin host, Werfel, attempts to guide him through an unfamiliar culture. Through a series of entertaining mishaps and cultural misunderstandings, M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin use their vivid characters and narrative style to craft an enjoyable story with underlying messages about cultural conflict and the ways in which prejudice colours our view of others. Most commendable in this book is the authors’ brilliant use of visual and text media to craft a work showing how individuals can understand the same events in wildly different ways. The mixed media drawings not only add a striking visual force to the novel, but they also serve a narrative function by showing the world through the eyes and imagination of Spurge. It becomes clear that Spurge’s understanding of his experiences conflicts with the more objective third-person account of events, illustrating how Spurge’s view of the world has been heavily skewed by his institutionalized prejudices. As Werfel quite wisely says: “Isn’t it so fascinating how in different countries, we have different views of the same events?” This book is appropriate for the intended age group of individuals aged ten to fourteen, but it can also be enjoyed by older teens and adults. With its compelling design and timely messages, this book would be an excellent addition to school and public libraries.  Highly Recommended: 4 out of 4 starsReviewer: Arwen Thysse Arwen Thysse is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s Bachelor of Arts program and the University of Toronto’s Master of Medieval Studies program. She is also an avid musician, and enjoys children’s books.

scholarly journals How Theological Librarians Can Help Change the World

2021 ◽  
pp. 246-259
Author(s):  
Kerrie Burn
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Gender Gaps ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The World ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The University ◽  
Collaborative Initiative

The 1000 Women in Religion Project is working towards adding 1,000 biographies about women to Wikipedia, where only 18% of entries are about women. Knowledge and gender gaps on Wikipedia are well documented and exist despite the platform’s idealistic early goal of providing “free access to the sum of all human knowledge.” This paper details the Australian Women in Religion Project, a collaborative initiative under the auspices of the University of Divinity. The experience of the Australian project can be used as a model for similar projects in other parts of the world. Understanding Wikipedia’s policies around notability, reliability, secondary sources, and conflict of interest is important. There are many benefits to participating in Wikipedia projects like this and theological librarians are well placed to contribute. This is a practical way to highlight noteworthy women in religion while addressing issues of systemic knowledge and gender bias on platforms like Wikipedia.

scholarly journals Editorial

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Hannah Ditchfield ◽  
Shuhan Chen
Keyword(s):  
Conference Proceedings ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The World ◽  
Media Research ◽  
The University ◽  
Media And Communication ◽  
First Time

The first issue of for(e)dialogue is composed of a collection of papers given at the New Directions in Media Research (NDiMR) postgraduate conference in June 2015 at the University of Leicester. NDiMR is a one-day postgraduate focused conference organised by PhD students from the Department of Media and Communication. This conference has a similar aim and purpose of this journal as a whole which is to provide postgraduate students, PhD students and early career researchers with a platform and opportunity to develop and share their research and critically contribute to discussions of theory and methodology on a variety of Media and Communication issues. The NDiMR conference has been held annually since 2012, each year growing in size and attracting more delegates and presenters from across the world. However, this is the first time that some of the events’ presentation papers have been collected for a published conference proceedings.

scholarly journals PEER MENTORING IN ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN STUDENTS

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Elliott ◽  
Hanan Anis ◽  
Catherine Mavriplis
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Peer Mentorship ◽  
The World ◽  
Network Program ◽  
Mind Set ◽  
The University

Entrepreneurship in engineering is anintersection of two male-dominated domains and isparticularly prone to a gender gap. Entrepreneurshipeducation—the teaching of skills and cultivation of talentsthat students need to start businesses, identifyopportunities, manage risk and innovate in the course oftheir careers—is now a staple in many universities acrossCanada and around the world. However, theparticipation of women in such entrepreneurial programsremains quite low. This paper presents the novel Women'sStart-up Network program at the University of Ottawa.The objective of the program was to develop anentrepreneurial mind-set and competencies in femaleengineering and computer science students throughfacilitated peer mentorship training. Participants weresurveyed to determine the degree to which a peer mentortrainingprogram could increase participants’ knowledgeabout entrepreneurship and influence participants’entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intentions. This paperreports on the preliminary results of the program and theimplications for entrepreneurial learning and careerintentions among female engineering students.

“The flaming ramparts of the world”

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-243
Author(s):  
Melanie Hacke
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Ancient Rome ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Roman Poet ◽  
De Rerum Natura ◽  
Victorian Novels ◽  
Religious Consciousness ◽  
The World

The present article analyses Walter Pater’s novel Marius the Epicurean (1885), focusing particularly on the nexus between the story’s setting in Ancient Rome and its treatment of religion. Even though the abrupt ending of Marius’s Bildung suggests that Pater had not yet succeeded in reconciling his aesthetic philosophy with a religious life in community, the novel encourages its readers to adopt an eclectic religious consciousness. By examining Pater’s references to Lucretius’s De Rerum Natura, the article investigates how Pater used the Roman poet to reinforce this message, and to react against the materialism of post-Darwinian Britain. Moreover, it shows how Marius the Epicurean incorporates and subverts some of the motifs that can be found in popular Victorian novels set in Rome.

Dynamics of Suffering of Female Brazilian Psychology Students: Interfaces with the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Eduarda Carvalho Sobral
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Professional Relationships ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Risks ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Brazilian Society ◽  
Work Related Injury ◽  
The University

The asymmetric construction of gender roles in the Brazilian society contributes to the fact that, currently, women's experiences in the university environment are marked by gender bias. This situation was aggravated by the pandemic. The present research aimed to evaluate the dynamics of pleasure and suffering in the academic work of undergraduate psychology students at the University of Brasília, Brazil, as well as to identify the main strategies used by them to face it. The theoretical-methodological perspective adopted was the psychodynamics of work and female work. The research is characterized as descriptive, quantitative and qualitative. The Work-Related Injury Scale was applied to 196 female students and eight focus groups were held, with an average of 4 (four) participants each. As a result, in the quantitative stage, it was found that, in the three factors of the scale, a median result was obtained, which means a state of alert regarding the harm and psychosocial risks related to work. In the qualitative stage, six categories were identified: "Being a woman and being a student", "Intersections of suffering", "Impact of the pandemic at work", "Collective mediation strategies", "Individual mediation strategies" and "Socio-professional relationships". The results are discussed considering that women still have to deal with the triple workload overload, and that they do not feel safe to freely occupy the university environment, implying the need to promote more institutional listening and welcoming spaces, so that it is possible to build strategies to transform the organization of work. Shortterm actions are recommended so that the alert state in relation to risks at work is not aggravated.

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