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How do secondary schools in England talk about modern languages? A corpus‐assisted discourse analysis of school websites

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Situating the study within an ecological perspective on language education, this article examines how secondary schools in England present Modern Languages (MLs) on official school websites. Focusing on 44 schools in Local Authorities with the lowest percentage average entry for the Languages pillar of the EBacc, we built a text database ...
Zhu Hua, Yunpeng Du, Elin Arfon
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CULTURAL TOURISM AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [PDF]

The cultural tourism covers a wide range of interdependent activities, connected with other economic branches, which play a major role in the developing tourism industry. The people's increasing amount of leisure time, the tourists' changing interest and
Ioan Franc, Valeriu, Istoc, Elena Manuela   +1 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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Network Structural Characteristics and Influencing Factors of the Intercity Expansion of Chinese Time-Honored Brand Enterprises

Redai dili
Chinese time-honored brands not only have the attributes of commodity economy but also cultural value, which is an important carrier of urban consumption.
Wan Chunlin, Liu Dajun
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
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Tourism sector decarbonization and policy effectiveness in China: a subsectoral environmental performance analysis

Frontiers in Environmental Science
Tourism’s expanding ecological footprint presents a growing governance challenge, particularly in rapidly developing economies such as China, where sectoral growth coincides with ambitious climate targets.
Asif Khan, Asif Khan, Asif Khan, Sughra Bibi, Hanliang Li, Dahai Mu   +5 more
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Destroying the Ethnosphere? How Tourism Has Impacted the Sherpas of Nepal

, 2014
Tourism is perhaps the most salient and impactful process of globalization today. As we are increasingly more mobile, traveling with endless comfort and ease, we explore the far reaches of the planet as ambassadors of our own culture and as agents of ...
Ginder, Joshua H.
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The extension of the taxon cycle model to island plants: insights from the Canarian vascular flora

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Taxon cycle models describe eco‐evolutionary patterns of lineage colonization, diversification, and decline across archipelagos, inferring an important role for competition amongst ecologically similar taxa in driving concurrent niche changes.
José María Fernández‐Palacios, Rüdiger Otto, Robert J. Whittaker   +2 more
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Caring relationships in times of crisis: the role of families during the Covid-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Sociology
IntroductionCaregiving is shaped by social system factors that influence the availability of formal and informal support and represents a key life-course experience linked to ageing and family roles.
Isabella Crespi, Marta Scocco
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Integrating Western and non-Western cultural expressions to further cultural and creative tourism: a case study [PDF]

, 2013
The term cultural industries was coined more than half a century ago, but at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the broader concept of creative industries, covering a wide range of cultural, design and digital activity, captured the imagination ...
Ainsley M., Aldiss B. W., Balshaw M., Catalani A., Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), English J. F., Fabiani J. L., Florida R., Giorgi L., Habermas J., Kirshenblatt-Gimblett B., Landry C., Landry C., Manchester City Council (MCC), Manchester City Council (MCC), Manchester City Council (MCC), Manchester City Council Cultural Engagement Task and Finish Group, McNulty R., Nightingale E., Picard D., Raymond C., Richards G., Richards G., Sarup M., Scott A., Shaw S., Smith L., Smith M., Stebbins R. A., United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Wurzburger R.   +31 more
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