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Employability Programmes in higher education: Supporting students through tangible, transitional and transformational approaches

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As the UK higher education sector becomes increasingly market‐driven and focused on preparing students for the graduate labour market, universities must define and contextualise employability and their role in supporting students beyond academia.
Michael Maher   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Party system institutionalization and the quality of democracy in eastern Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Almost two decades have passed since the Third Wave of democratization brought an avalanche of new, relatively unstable democracies into being in Eastern Europe.
Casal B\ue9rtoa, Fernando
core  

What characterises well‐connected schools? Exploring centrality in inter‐organisational school networks

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Within the educational literature, inter‐organisational school networks are commonly considered instruments for administration, management, and school improvement, but are rarely scrutinised as objects of study themselves. Conversely, in organisational studies, this perspective is given more prominence.
Ignacio Wyman, Paul Wilfred Armstrong
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Analysis of the European Union and the United States of America Democracy Promotion Strategies in Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Central and Eastern European African Studies
This research addresses the question of external efforts to promote democracy in Nigeria. Samuel Huntington observed that the ‘Third Wave’ of democracy catalysed a rise in global democracies following the 1970s, notably influencing sub-Saharan Africa by
Christopher Amrobo Enemuwe
doaj   +1 more source

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

The Recurrence of Political Conflicts in Zanzibar: The Ultimate Resort to Consolidating a Democratic Culture?

open access: yesJournal of African Politics
Six general elections have been held in Zanzibar after the reintroduction of multi-party politics in 1992. A longitudinal analysis of the Zanzibar political context indicates that from the first general election, which was held in 1995, to the sixth ...
Richard Mbunda
doaj   +1 more source

Economic reforms and the deficit of democratic legitimacy in Honduras [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
For the last decade Honduras underwent two critical developmental processes, that is, the consolidation of its democracy and a comprehensive program of economic reforms.
Cuesta, J.D. (José)
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Strategies teachers use to support students' self‐regulation skill development in mainstream primary schools: A scoping review

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This scoping review has explored the interventions and approaches used by teachers in mainstream (general education) primary schools (students aged 4–11) to support self‐regulation skill development in the classroom. The review followed the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA‐ScR) guidelines for reporting and was guided by the Joanna ...
Kim Griffin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Has EU Enlargement Been, and Will It Continue to Be, a Success? An Evaluation of EU Enlargement's Effects on Policies Pursued by Candidate Countries [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, I discuss whether enlargement has been a successful external policy of the European Union (EU). In particular, I evaluate the policy’s success based on its effects on the policies candidate countries have pursued. I argue that the prospect
Hlavac, Marek
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Operationalising global education in teacher education and training: A model for contextualising terminology

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite a growing international consensus that students need to be provided with the type of education that effectively prepares them to engage in and contribute to their globalised world, and that teachers need to be appropriately trained to facilitate this teaching and learning, ‘global education’ continues to be hindered by a lack of ...
Sarah‐Louise Jones   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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