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David Cameron is applying lessons from his party's historyin the Conservatives' 'Euro War' [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This week sees the annual Conservative Party Conference, the lead up to which has been characterised by strong language from leader and UK Prime Minister David Cameron on the UK’s relationship with the EU.
Bouçek, Francoise
core  

How can welfare regime and production regime theories explain differences in schools’ ability grouping policies? A comparative study using the PISA school survey

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research evidence is mixed on the consequences of ability grouping policies, but most research has found an overrepresentation of disadvantaged social demographics in low‐ability groups. However, researchers have neglected to explain why ability grouping policies vary between countries.
Monica Reichenberg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Portrait of a Party: The Conservative Party in Britain 1918–1945

open access: yes, 2014
It was once a truism of modern British historiography that the history of the Conservative party was grievously understudied. This has not been the case for some time: things began to change with the pioneering work of the late John Ramsden in the 1970s,
D. Jarvis
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Political brand identity: an examination of the complexities of Conservative brand and internal market engagement during the 2010 UK General Election campaign [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper seeks to build an understanding of the importance of internal communications when building a strong political brand. Using Kapferer’s brand prism as a conceptual framework, the paper explores UK Conservative Party members’ attitudes towards ...
Adams S.   +15 more
core   +1 more source

‘They just want the perfect kids on show’: The illegal exclusion of children with special educational needs and disabilities from primary schools

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Guidance from the Department for Education stipulates that permanent exclusions should only be used as a last resort and where there is potential for harm to come to anyone in the school setting. Suspensions are positioned as a tool to communicate to a pupil that their behaviour is in breach of the school's behaviour policy.
Megan Whitehouse
wiley   +1 more source

Good news! The Strasburg Court does not overrule UK laws after all [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The article argues that the Conservative party proposals to withdraw UK from the European Convention on Human Rights is not just legally illiterate but unsupported by empirical evidence that UK laws are regularly 'overturned' by decisions in the European
Ressel, James
core  

Youth activism in Poland: Perceptions, participation and diverging perspectives from young people and activists

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent years have seen a growing scholarly interest in youth activism (YA), a phenomenon often viewed as a positive development in response to declining civic and political engagement among young people. However, most of the research focuses on the activists themselves and gives less attention to how YA is perceived by the broader youth ...
Martyna Elerian   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

British Higher Education for International Students: New Challenges [PDF]

open access: yesСовременная Европа
The article focuses on the current developments and challenges in the international education sphere. The author analyses the UK position in the global international education market and the approaches to internationalization of higher education adopted ...
Elena M. Kharitonova
doaj   +1 more source

The Parliamentary arithmetic shows that the Cameron-Clegg coalition is almost immune to rebellions – it will last five years [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Most commentators in the press and from the Labour party have assumed that the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government will be plagued by internal dissensions in the House of Commons.
Dunleavy, Patrick
core  

Foreign policy beliefs and support for Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party

open access: yes, 2014
Similar to other recent Canadian elections, foreign policy did not feature prominently in the 2011 federal election campaign. In fact, many doubt Canadian public opinion on international affairs is linked to the actions taken by recent Governments.
Timothy B. Gravelle   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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