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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton +4 more
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The Impact of Local Predatory Lending Laws on the Flow of Subprime Credit [PDF]
, 2006 Local authorities in North Carolina, and subsequently in at least 23 other states, have enacted laws intending to reduce predatory and abusive lending.
Ho, Giang, Pennington-Cross, Anthony
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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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Why the State Cannot “Abolish Marriage” A Partial Defense of Legal Marriage Based on the Structure of Intimate Duties [PDF]
, 2015 Does a liberal state have a legitimate interest in defining the terms of intimate relationships? Recently, several scholars have answered this question “no” and concluded that the state should abolish marriage, along with all other categories of intimate
Strauss, Gregg
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Making teaching more attractive: Promising evidence of impact from Australia
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Sustaining teaching as a respected and attractive profession is more critical than ever, particularly as teachers' work becomes increasingly shaped by standardisation and accountability—conditions that have shown minimal positive impact while eroding the professional agency essential to job satisfaction.
Jennifer M. Gore +5 more
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Climate Change, Intergenerational Equity, and International Law [PDF]
, 2008 Climate change is an inherently intergenerational problem with extremely serious implications for equity between ourselves and future generations and among communities in the present and the future.
Brown Weiss, Edith
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Curriculum decolonisation has become a prominent feature of equity agendas in UK higher education, yet there remains limited empirical and theoretical work on how such initiatives are evaluated, particularly within business schools. This paper presents one of the first multi‐institutional empirical studies examining how UK business schools ...
Sally Everett +2 more
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Fear of Financial Investors Unjustified [PDF]
In the midst of the international financial crisis, the German federal government passed the Risk Limitation Act in autumn 2007. In spring 2008 the Bundestag has finally decided on the law.
Alexander Fisher, Dorothea Schäfer
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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 +3 more
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The New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure [PDF]
, 1966 The amendments to the civil rules continue a process of transition from legal formulas toward adaptation to the practicalities of the various factual situations involved.
Cohn, Sherman L.
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