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Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...et al., 2009) identified 60 definitions of innovation in organisations alone. In part, at least, these differences are a result of the different concerns of different academic disciplines, the perspectives of different stakeholders in the innovation process and the different contexts in which innovation is considered. Whereas an economist may be concerned with the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...et al., 2017). This is similar to the international trend and is underscored by other research. For example, a study of British Cohort data revealed a strong association between childhood reading and increased attainment in literacy and numeracy in adolescence (Sullivan & Brown, 2013). In addition, as teachers know intuitively, and other studies have shown, reading for...
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Influence of temperament
Education & Development

Influence of temperament

...et al., 1989, p. 510) As an illustration of this notion of the goodness of fit between the child’s temperament and parental behaviour Lerner et al. (1989) discussed some of the evidence concerning temperament and maternal employment outside the home. Of course a wide variety of social and economic pressures will be influencing the decision to work outside the home....
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Which Poverty and Place: Why how we label different areas matters
Languages

Which Poverty and Place: Why how we label different areas matters

...been poor will remain poor. References Duffy et al. 2021. Unequal Britain: Attitudes to inequalities after Covid-19. London: The Policy Institute. Dorling, D. et al. 2000. The ghost of Christmas past: Health effects of poverty in London in 1896 and 1991. BMJ 321: 1547-1551. Paterson, L.L. & I. Gregory. 2019. Representations of Poverty and Place. Basingstoke: Palgrave....
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How do Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students experience their undergraduate dissertation module?
Education & Development

How do Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students experience their undergraduate dissertation module?

...et al., 2020). Furthermore, while 79% of White students obtained a first or a second upper class degree in 2021/22, only 60% of Black students and 70% of Asian students did so (Higher Education Statistics Agency [HESA], 2023). This awarding gap remains even when prior qualifications are accounted for (see, for example, Richardson et al., 2015). So it’s not because...
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We learn, together: exploring familial learning in home education
Education & Development

We learn, together: exploring familial learning in home education

...mode of education changed the education capital of whole families, in addition to just children and young people. In this doctoral, mixed-methods study, families (including young people) were asked to attribute value (High; Medium; Less; None) to several statements related to educational spaces, curriculum and educators [1]. The results were somewhat surprising....
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Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health

...of each compound. Despite some differences, all organophosphates share the same mode of action; they inhibit an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase (AChE). During normal brain function, a combination of electrical and chemical signals are passed between brain cells and to other body parts such as muscles. This is how thoughts, movement and many other important processes are controlled. After a signal has been ......
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Article 15 mins
Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change

...et al, 2021), shows how different values produce a different school experience. In this study, some leaders who saw themselves as inclusive, priortised the development of teacher engagement with research-based practice. They focused upon student achievement through assessment and the use of resources, whilst aiming to increase teacher capacity and expectations for all...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs