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Creating space(s) for learning in prison: Developing an andragogical framework
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Learning in prison is too often excluded from wider discussions of educational experiences, processes and impact. This paper proposes, for the first time, an iterative andragogical framework to conceptualise learning spaces within prison contexts.
Morwenna Bennallick +3 more
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The cost of fiscal austerity: A synthetic control approach
Ekonomski VjesnikPurpose: This paper analyses economic and social impact of fiscal austerity policies on economic growth and income distribution. In response to the European public debt crisis, austerity measures were implemented in 2010 to decrease the budget deficit ...
Lorena Škuflić +2 more
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Austerity Policies, Public Expenditure, and Development from a Gender Perspective: What Is the Status of Mexican and Brazilian Women? [PDF]
Panoeconomicus, 2020 This article examines the impact of austerity policies on gender inequality in Mexico and Brazil. More specifically, it seeks to discuss the need to reconcile public expenditure with a development strategy that actually includes a gender ...
Martínez Oscar +2 more
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Unmasking austerity - lessons for Australia [PDF]
, 2013 Description Austerity policies have fuelled the fire of recession rather than stimulated growth. As a consequence nearly 5.5 million young people are now out of work in Europe and unemployment has reached crisis levels. This is the first of three papers
Dexter Whitfield, Whitfield, Dexter
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall +2 more
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Distancing and limited resourcefulness: Third sector service provision under austerity localism in the north east of England [PDF]
, 2015 Drawing on the concept of ‘austerity localism’, (Featherstone et al., 2012) this paper explores the impact of recent spending cuts and a revitalisation of the localism agenda on the work of locally embedded third sector organisations who work with ...
Donovan, Catherine +3 more
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Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
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The health gap and HRQoL inequalities in Greece before and during the economic crisis
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 ObjectiveThe aim of this study was twofold: (i) to assess the health gap among young socio-economic groups generated by the economic crisis in Greece and (ii) to investigate HRQoL (Health Related Quality of Life) inequalities using the Theil index ...
John Yfantopoulos +2 more
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
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Un-anticipated oil price shocks and fiscal austerity in OPEC+ nations
Financial InnovationThis study explores the extent to which OPEC+ nations have abandoned fiscal austerity in response to both anticipated and unexpected oil price fluctuations. To analyze this, we construct fiscal austerity indicators that reflect reduced budgets, increased
Xiaodan Zhu, Waqar Ameer, Kazi Sohag
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