Scots Wiki – moving forward

How do you recover after a crisis? This session will reflect on the work done by and with the sco.wiki community to recover and rebuild after the negative international press attention that surrounded the wiki in 2020. I’ll talk about on- and off- wiki community development, partnership development, the challenges that still face the project, and hopes for the future. I’ll also reflect on care in volunteer management, and why we should always remember that there are real people behind keyboards. As Scotland Programme Coordinator for Wikimedia UK, I’ve been involved in supporting the community post-crisis, and have been impressed and heartened by the volume of work which has taken place since sco.wiki hit the headlines. I’d like to take this opportunity to tell the story of a group of editors and Scots speakers who are determined that the wiki should survive, grow, and thrive. Abstract id. 11: In the lead-up to the launch of Abstract Wikipedia, a sufficient body of linguistic information, based on which the text within for a given language can be generated, must be in place so that different sets of functions, some working with concepts and others turning these into word sequences, can work together to produce something natural in that language. To achieve that information body's development requires more thorough consideration of a number of linguistic aspects sooner rather than later. This session will thus discuss aspects of language planning with respect to Wikidata lexicographical data and natural language generation, including the compositionality and manipulability of lexical units, the breadth and interconnectedness of units of meaning, and the treatment of variation among a language’s lects broadly construed. Special reference to the handling of each of these aspects for Bengali and those linguistic varieties often grouped with it will be presented.

Outstanding students volunteering during covid-19: comparative research among several Israeli colleges

Voluntarily work is very significant. Due to the significance of such work, the researchers explored the attitudes of outstanding students at the Arab Academic College for Education in Israel and students at other colleges in Israel towards voluntarily work during the COVID-19 crisis. Students filled in two scales. The first scale included 34 items. It collected data on the motives of volunteering. The second scale involved 10 items. It collected data about the benefits of volunteering in the future. The researchers used quantitative research methods. Data were collected from 100 students. The researchers used descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The results indicate that there is a correlation between the feelings of outstanding students at the Arab college and other excellent students in other colleges; they feel that by volunteering they express their values and talents, and that they are granted independency in making decisions and salient reasons for volunteering: creating a better society, meeting the expectations of the programme coordinator, feeling good, volunteering in a field in which they will closely engage in the future and identifying the goals of the programme and the project in which they are participating. Keywords: Volunteering, outstanding students, Arab Academic College for Education, COVID-19

Strengthening Internationalisation of the Curriculum in Higher Education

Internationalisation has become a buzzword in institutions of higher learning today. Universities are challenged to find ways of making their curriculum have international dimensions. This chapter presents a case study on how to enhance internationalisation in an engineering programme piloted at a university of technology in South Africa. Daniel Stufflebeam's Context, Input, Process and Product evaluations model was used as a theoretical framework. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews with the Dean of the faculty, Head of department and a programme coordinator. The findings suggest that a mobile profession like engineering requires purposeful integration of internationalisation in order to increase graduates' chances of being active participants in a global economy.

Changing World: Music and Youth

Lights, camera, action! It is all on from here, there is no turning back now. It is the dreaded fear of forgetting lyrics you know inside out, or messing up a simple dance routine where you have been over the steps a thousand times just before you step out on to the big stage. These are pressures all singers and performers from professional, aspiring or experienced know of, but understand it is the learning from these experiences we become stronger and better equipped in our craft. Much is to say about life with its ever-teaching experiences and growth in learning who we are and what we have to give. In this article, I will endeavor to take you on a journey introducing key people who have been positive driving forces in helping me navigate my way through life. You will begin to see why music and youth go hand in hand for me as you become familiar with my family, background and journey. Blessed I am with having the opportunity to work closely with youth of all ages in my community, as a teacher of life skills and valued based programs ages from the new entrance to the intermediate level. I am also currently working as a facilitator and Programme Coordinator for a Careers and Peer mentoring based programme, both delivered to College level students. My positions place me in the necessary environment to be of positive influence with building positive relationships with rangatahi. Apart from my love for teaching I am also a music recording artist. My love for teaching about values and principles and passion for music go hand in hand. The passion I have for both music and teaching youth has been inspired by influential teachers I have in my own family. Both professions allow me to speak life, allow me to share experiences, shed light, bring forth issues I feel need to be heard and brought out into the open. Using music as a medium to teach and communicate through, enables me to reach youth in a more special, unique and creative way. The reason I have decided to embark on this journey of Music and youth as I feel there to be a great need for good role models in music. Role models who use their gifts of song and music to nurture, uplift and empower rangatahi. It is with hopes my talents and gifts in Music and teaching will help the future growth of rangatahi.

Handbuch Barrierefreie Kommunikation

Barrier-free communication includes all measures to reduce obstacles to communication in various situations and fields of action. Due to disabilities, illnesses, different educational opportunities or drastic life events, people have very different needs in terms of how texts or communications must be prepared for them in order to meet their individual requirements and access prerequisites. In this handbook, the topic of accessible communication is examined in interdisciplinary breadth and critically reflected upon. Current findings, proposed solutions and desiderata from research are juxtaposed with reports from practitioners and users who provide insights into how they deal with accessible communication and highlight current and future requirements and problems. Christiane Maaß, University of Hildesheim, is Professor of Media Linguistics at the Institute for Translation Studies and Specialised Communication and Head of the Research Centre for Easy Language. Isabel Rink, University of Hildesheim, is managing director of the Research Centre for Easy Language, programme coordinator of the Master's programme in Accessible Communication and a lecturer at the Institute for Translation Studies and Specialised Communication.

How to develop a clinic for sudden cardiac arrest survivors and families of non-survivors

The investigation of the aetiology of sudden cardiac arrest or death in a young person combines features of a traditional clinical medical examination with those of forensic medicine. Nuances of the immediate peri-event history, when available, can be paramount. New genetic tools have greatly improved the yield of such investigations, but they must be carefully interpreted by genetic specialists. The approach to surviving patients, their family members, and to family members of non-survivors is best achieved in a structured programme that includes all appropriate specialists and support personnel. As an example, this may include all appropriate paediatric and internal medicine specialists, a geneticist, a genetic counsellor, a clinical psychologist, nurse specialist(s), and a programme coordinator. This family-centred strategy affords the patient, if surviving, and all family members the necessary emotional and medical support while at the same time providing the necessary diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.

EPIET programme seeking a scientific programme coordinator

The European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET, http://www.epiet.org) is looking for a third scientific coordinator

ELECTIVE EXPERIENCES OF FOREIGN MEDICAL STUDENTS AT THE TEACHING HOSPITAL OF TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE, NEPAL

This paper has attempted to document and analyze the trend and experiences of foreignmedical students enrolled in the elective programme organized by the MedicalEducation Department (MED) at the Teaching Hospital of the Tribhuvan University(TUTH), Institute of Medicine in Kathmandu. Elective documents have been analyzedfor the period between 1997-2000 and a written questionnaire survey has beenadministered to a total of 73 foreign medical students who completed elective in theyear 2000. Over a period of four years a total of 268 students had undergone electiveposting in various departments of TUTH. More than half of the students (55%) camefrom European universities. More than 60% of respondents (n=73) considered theopportunity to see variety of patients as the main strength of the elective programme.Overwhelming majority of respondents (95%) rated the learning experience as goodor excellent. The most favoured department was the Internal Medicine. The studydemonstrates the unique value of elective in enriching student learning in medicaleducation. The traditional belief that all students should have a uniform curriculumthroughout their training has been largely challenged.1The insights gained couldperhaps, inspire medical schools to seriously think about introducing elective provisionas an essential component of their undergraduate curricula.1. Medical Education Department, TU Institute of Medicine.Address for correspondence : Dr. D. S. Pant, MD, MHPED,Assistant Director & Elective Programme Coordinator,Medical Education Department, TU Institute of Medicine,P.O. Box: 1524, Kathmandu, Nepal.Email: [email protected], Home Page: www.nchped.org.npKey Words: Elective terms, overseas elective, elective experience in developingcountries, core and elective options, undergraduate medical elective.