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[Review of] Ronald D. Dennis. The Call of Zion: The Story of the First Welsh Mormon Emigration [PDF]

, 1989
Like so many accounts of immigration, this has both a dark side and a light side. The latter is primarily a story of courage and determination and final success.
Davies, Phillips G.
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The impact of the current student loans regime on Muslim student engagement and retention in English higher education

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, Yusraa Maryam, Sumeya Loonat   +2 more
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The Passion to Fly and to the Courage to Lead: The Saga of Amelia Earhart – Leading Women into Flight [PDF]

, 2019
Truly a 20th Century leader, Amelia Earhart’s success was not only in breaking aviation records, but overcoming barriers for women. She set an example of courage, achievement, and not being afraid of envy, criticism, ignorance and indifference.
Iodice, Emilio F
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Leaving children behind for cross‐border education: Unveiling the emotional agency of international post‐graduate student mothers

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite growing interest in the internationalisation of higher education, the experiences of international student parents, particularly international student mothers, remain largely marginalised in research and policy. This paper examines the emotional agency of international student mothers who leave their children behind in their home ...
Anh Ngoc Quynh Phan, Ha Ngan Ngo, Chloe Le   +2 more
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Open climate science is brave climate science

Environmental Research Letters
The pivotal role of climate science in advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals underscores the urgent need for ample and open climate data sharing.
Lena M Thöle, Martin Wegmann
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Progress Toward Zero: The Climb to Sustainability - Interview with Ray Anderson [PDF]

, 2012
Overhauling a wasteful and polluting company takes insight, knowledge, commitment, and courage. In this quest to achieve total sustainability by producing its product with no carbon emissions or landfill matter, Interface is well on its way to its 2020 ...
Gingerich, Elizabeth
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Addressing racialised awarding gap in higher education: Insights from personal tutors

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Situated within a wider cross‐institutional research project, this article provides an in‐depth case study of one higher education (HE) institution, focusing on how personal tutors make sense of racialised degree awarding disparities for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, how they perceive their responsibilities, the challenges and ...
Benjamin Ajibade, Rick Hayman, Angela Hibbs, Josephine Gabi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ortaöğretim Öğrencilerinin Saldırganlık ve Cesaret Düzeylerinin Bazı Değişkenlere Göre İncelenmesi

Research in Sport Education and Sciences
Araştırmanın amacı, lise öğrencilerinde saldırganlık ve cesaret düzeylerini bazı değişkenlere göre incelemektedir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 2019-2020 Eğitim-Öğretim yılında Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı’na bağlı Trabzon ili Akçaabat ilçesi ortaöğretim ...
Mustafa Baş, Tarik Sivrikaya
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Feat of the Leningrad Militia in Defense of the City on Neva (1941–1944)

Управленческое консультирование, 2018
In the article many-sided activity of staff of the Leningrad militia in the years of war is analyzed (on the basis of archival materials of St. Petersburg and Department of special funds and rehabilitation of Information center of Ministry of Internal ...
V. P. Gridnev
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Do ESG Leaders Achieve Higher Firm Financial Performance? The Influence of Women Directors and Controversial Industries

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the growing pressure on companies to achieve high ESG performance while minimising ESG controversies, this study investigates how ESG performance and ESG controversies jointly affect firm financial performance (measured as ROA and ROE), considering the effect of the presence of women directors and of operating in controversial versus non‐
Alice Alosi, Emilia Filippi
wiley   +1 more source