Diritto e impegno civile. Una laurea honoris causa

2009 ◽  
pp. 383-389
Author(s):  
Bruno Veneziani
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Legal Scholar ◽  
Public Issues ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
Personal Profile ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University

- In the laudatio given on the occasion of the conferral of the honoris causa degree granted by the University of Bari, the author outlines the scientific, academic and personal profile of Sir Bob Hepple, a major legal scholar who has made a huge contribution to the development of legal studies in the UK and internationally. His knowledge and experience in several fields of law as well as in the judiciary sphere, his engagement in public issues both at national and international levels, the many institutional functions he played in his adoptive country (Great Britain) as well as in his native one (South Africa) and his collaboration within European and extra-European institutions, are all combined in his scholarship and in his activity of research in the field of employment law and of industrial relations. The author touches upon Hepple's many scientific works and outlines his outstanding contribution in offering perspectives of investigation and techniques of protection, at times original and innovative, in keeping with the objectives of social justice which are clearly identified and pursued throughout his work.

The BIALL-IALS Foreign and International Law Courses

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hester Swift
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Training Initiative ◽  
Foreign Law ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
Law Library ◽  
Law Training

AbstractHester Swift writes about the successful one-day courses on foreign and international legal research that have been run since 2009 at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) in conjunction with BIALL. These courses have been a collaborative venture between the Foreign and International Law Librarians at the Bodleian Law Library at Oxford, the Squire Law Library at Cambridge, and the IALS Library, together with law librarians from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies and the University of Cardiff. The courses have attracted delegates from many different sectors of the legal information profession. The post of Foreign and International Law Librarian, or Foreign, Comparative and International Law Librarian, is relatively new to the UK, but has a long history in the United States. The BIALL-IALS foreign and international law training initiative complements the cooperation of the Foreign Law Research (FLARE) Group.

'Holding the door open' for continuing education in the UK: Strategies for survival until its time comes again.

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-157
Author(s):  
Mark O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Tuition Fees ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
The Many ◽  
Historical Trajectory ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University

Higher education (HE) in the UK, as in other parts of the world, is now big business, with revenues measured in the many ?billions annually. Organisational and cultural changes that have accompanied this 'new world' for HE represent the rise of a 'business model' of the university that is far more engaged with income generation than in the even relatively recent past. However, while increases in tuition fees have not put off young people from applying for and taking up university places, mature student recruitment has dropped precipitously. Alongside this, commitments to community and lifelong models of learning have fared badly. Continuing education services, for example, are not well positioned to contribute significantly to their host universities' income streams. The trends accompanying these changes have also affected notions of skills acquisition and even how 'learning' itself is conceptualised. This paper briefly considers the historical trajectory of continuing education as well as potential strategies that might be mobilised to make its position in the modern university more secure.

scholarly journals Hans Walter Kosterlitz. 27 April 1903 — 26 October 1996

2013 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 171-192
Author(s):  
R. Alan North ◽  
John Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Carbohydrate Metabolism ◽  
Peptide Hormone ◽  
Laboratory Animals ◽  
Endogenous Opioid ◽  
Opiate Drugs ◽  
Entire Career ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
Experimental Skills

Hans Walter Kosterlitz will be remembered as the winner of an international race to identify the first endogenous opioid, enkephalin. He came to the UK from Berlin in 1934, one of the many scientific émigrés of that period who later so enriched biochemistry, physiology and pharmacology. His entire career was spent at the University of Aberdeen, where he developed a reputation first in carbohydrate metabolism and later in the pharmacology of opiates. His strong experimental skills, and particularly the use of bioassays on tissues from laboratory animals, allowed him to predict the effectiveness and abuse potential of opiate drugs. Most notably, this led to the isolation of the peptide hormone enkephalin, the first of a group of such peptides now often known as endorphins. This work was done in his seventies, after his official retirement, with an energy and enthusiasm that could leave younger colleagues physically tired but intellectually stimulated.

The Organization of Medical Education in Psychiatry and Neurology at the Dutch Universities, with Special Reference to the Neuro-Psychiatric Clinic at Utrecht University. An address delivered to the Medico-Psychological Association of Great Britain and Ireland on November 22, 1923

1924 ◽  
Vol 70 (289) ◽  
pp. 179-198
Author(s):  
C. Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Psychiatric Clinic ◽  
Young Doctor ◽  
University Professor ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University ◽  
Dutch Universities

The organization of the study of psychiatry and neurology at the Universities in Holland has been very difficult. Schreuder van der Kolk, the well-known reformer of psychiatry in my country, was Professor of Physiology at the University of Utrecht. The fruit of his work was the asylum of Meerenberg, exemplary at that time, very useful still, but he did not organize medical education in psychiatry. He died in 1862. It was not until 1871 that our “Society of Psychiatry” was constituted. The many petitions originating from this society brought about the first possibility of psychiatrical teaching by our “law on higher education,” of 1877. The director of the asylum in Utrecht, Dr. Van der Lith, got the title of a university professor. His lectures were not obligatory, and he retired in 1878. In Amsterdam an energetic young doctor, Arie de Jong, taught psychiatry from 1878 to 1881. When he retired psychiatrical teaching was no longer given in Holland. Organization of this branch of medical education had never existed. Examination in it did not exist. Asylum doctors were mostly recruited from military medical men, returned from our colonies, who desired to add the small pay of the asylum to their pension.

Understanding Law in Many Worlds: Socio- and Empirical Legal Research in the UK and Germany

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina Lange
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Real World ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Many Worlds ◽  
The Real ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis article discusses the Nuffield inquiry report ‘ Law in the Real World: Improving our Understanding of How Law Works’. It suggests that the report matters not just because of the many policy recommendations it puts forward for the development of empirical legal research. It makes also important reading because it constructs a particular account of socio-legal and in particular empirical legal research in the UK. The article highlights three issues which are central to the picture presented in the report. It suggests that further debate concerning theses issues - especially in a comparative context - can also help to move the socio-legal enterprise forward. These three issues are the relationship between theoretical and empirical research, a tension between openness and closure among the different disciplines involved in socio-legal research, and finally the relationship between institutions and individuals in advancing socio-legal studies.

scholarly journals Investments in power generation in Great Britain c.1960-2010

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Warren ◽  
Martin Quinn ◽  
Gerhard Kristandl
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Contributory Factor ◽  
Relative Role ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Uk

Purpose This paper aims to explore the increasing role of financialisation on investment decisions in the power generation industry in Great Britain (GB). Such decisions affect society, and the relative role of financialisation in these macro-levels decisions has not been explored from a historical perspective. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on historical material and interview data. Specifically, we use an approach inspired by institutional sociology drawing on elements of Scott’s (2014) pillars of institutions. Applying concepts stemming from regulative and normative pressures, we explore changes in investments over the analysis period to determine forces which institutionalised practices – such as accounting – into investment in power generation. Findings Investments in electricity generation have different levels of public and private participation. However, the common logics that underpin such investment practices provide an important understanding of political-economics and institutional change in the UK. Thus, the heightened use of accounting in investment has been, to some extent, a contributory factor to the power supply problems now faced by the British public. Originality/value This paper contributes to prior literature on the effects of financialisation on society, adding power generation/energy supply to the many societal level issues already explored. It also provides brief but unique insights into the changing nature of the role of accounting in an industry sector over an extended timeframe.

scholarly journals Forming Readiness in Future Navigators for Professional Activity in Maritime Universities of Great Britain

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Danylenko
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
English Language ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
International Convention ◽  
Maritime Education ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University

Abstract The article is devoted to the problem on training of maritime specialists in universities of Great Britain; in particular, it is a question of training navigators. It was noted that there are dozens of maritime educational institutions and a long tradition of training maritime specialists in the country. The system of maritime education in the United Kingdom is effective, and the level of training of specialists, including navigators, allows them to qualitatively perform their official duties on ships, which, in its turn, guarantees the safety of navigation. The peculiarity of professional training of navigators is that the educational program is focused on practical activities in accordance with the requirements of the rules of the International Convention on the Training and Certification of Seafarers, recommendations of the International Maritime Organization and other regulatory documents. It was found out that the UK Nautical Institute is working on the continuous improvement of the educational level of specialists operating maritime vessels. The article also discusses the training of navigators at the Maritime Centre of the University of London and at the University of Plymouth. The training of navigators on simulators is considered as a type of practical training and is conducted in accordance with national and international requirements for a computer simulator complex and software training complexes. The author of the article draws attention to the sufficient number of modern simulators, training equipment and laboratories, which are used to work out practical skills of future navigators. It has also been clarified that in all UK maritime higher education institutions the mandatory condition for successful completion of training is the completion of maritime professional practice. The number of hours for such practices is determined by the relevant regulations. The high ranking of British maritime education institutions attracts students from around the world. For international students there are comfortable conditions for admission, study and residence. They can improve their English language skills and take preparatory courses for admission.

scholarly journals A Decade of GOSAT Proxy Satellite CH<sub>4</sub> Observations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Parker ◽  
Alex Webb ◽  
Hartmut Boesch ◽  
Peter Somkuti ◽  
Rocio Barrio Guillo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Excellent Agreement ◽  
Seasonal Cycle ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Global Bias

Abstract. This work presents the latest release (v9.0) of the University of Leicester GOSAT Proxy XCH4 dataset. Since the launch of the GOSAT satellite in 2009, this data has been produced by the UK National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) as part of the ESA Greenhouse Gas Climate Change Initiative (GHG-CCI) and Copernicus Climate Change Services (C3S) projects. With now over a decade of observations, we outline the many scientific studies achieved using past versions of this data in order to highlight how this latest version may be used in the future. We describe in detail how the data is generated, providing information and statistics for the entire processing chain from the L1B spectral data through to the final quality-filtered column-averaged dry-air mole fraction (XCH4) data. We show that out of the 19.5 million observations made between April 2009 and December 2019, we determine that 7.3 million of these are sufficiently cloud-free (37.6 %) to process further and ultimately obtain 4.6 million (23.5 %) high-quality XCH4 observations. We separate these totals by observation mode (land and ocean sun-glint) and by month, to provide data users with the expected data coverage, including highlighting periods with reduced observations due to instrumental issues. We perform extensive validation of the data against the Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON), comparing to ground-based observations at 22 locations worldwide. We find excellent agreement to TCCON, with an overall correlation coefficient of 0.92 for the 88,345 co-located measurements. The single measurement precision is found to be 13.72 ppb and an overall global bias of 9.06 ppb is determined and removed from the Proxy XCH4 data. Additionally, we validate the separate components of the Proxy (namely the modelled XCO2 and the XCH4/XCO2 ratio) and find these to be in excellent agreement with TCCON. In order to show the utility of the data for future studies, we compare against simulated XCH4 from the TM5 model. We find a high degree of consistency between the model and observations throughout both space and time. When focusing on specific regions, we find average differences ranging from just 3.9 ppb to 15.4 ppb. We find the phase and magnitude of the seasonal cycle to be in excellent agreement, with an average correlation coefficient of 0.93 and a mean seasonal cycle amplitude difference across all regions of −0.84 ppb. This data is available at https://doi.org/10.5285/18ef8247f52a4cb6a14013f8235cc1eb (Parker and Boesch, 2020).

Finding Law in the 21st Century: An Introduction to the SOSIG Law Gateway

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 360-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Whittle
Keyword(s):  
Support Service ◽  
Resource Discovery ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Uk ◽  
New Research ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
The University

This paper provides an introduction to the SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway) Law Gateway a web based descriptive database of high quality legal information resources on the Internet (www.sosig.ac.uk/law). The Law Gateway is a new research support service being developed by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (University of London) in partnership with the University of Bristol as part of the UK's Resource Discovery Network initiative. The project seeks to provide access to the expanding range of global legal materials now being delivered over the Internet. In effect, the Law Gateway aims to offer the UK and international legal communities appropriate new ways to find, assess and access law in the new century.

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