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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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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
wiley   +1 more source

Media Conduction: Festivals, Networks, and Boundaried Spaces

International Journal of Communication, 2013
This article reports on extended qualitative fieldwork regarding media festivals, including those concerning both film and comic book culture. It is also an initial attempt to shape the trends and patterns suggested by this fieldwork into a theory of ...
Robert Moses Peaslee
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Worldwide, Many See Belief in God as Essential to Morality [PDF]

, 2014
This report examines whether people think it is necessary to believe in God in order to be a moral person. The results are based on surveys in 40 countries taken by the Pew Research Center in Spring 2011, Spring 2013, and Winter 2013 ...

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Life as an ethnic minority (EM) university student: Comparing mental health challenges among local and international EM students in Hong Kong

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract University students globally face growing mental health challenges, with ethnic minority (EM) students—both local and international—being particularly vulnerable. Yet, limited research compares their experiences or identifies shared and distinct stressors, especially in non‐Western contexts.
Wang Xinyi, Naubahar Sharif
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the Gap: Student Voices on Recruitment and Retention in Ecology

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Abstract Students entering ecology and environmental science face a variety of challenges, including limited awareness of career paths, lack of mentorship, and difficulties connecting with peers and faculty. These challenges are often amplified for students from marginalized backgrounds, who may also encounter microaggressions, underrepresentation, and
Alexis Ellis, Yeishmary M. Soto Muñiz, Darius Ledbetter, Frederick Nelson, Kristina Fite, Bryan Guevara, Jordyn Hardy, Ariel Rawson, Natasha Woods, Maria Miriti   +9 more
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Embodied Knowledge: Writing Researchers’ Bodies Into Qualitative Health Research [PDF]

, 2006
After more than a decade of postpositivist health care research and an increase in narrative writing practices, social scientific, qualitative health research remains largely disembodied.
Balsamo, A., Bartky, S. L., Battersby, C., Birke, L., Butler, J., Davis, A. Y., Denzin, N. K., du Pre, A., Ellingson, L. L., Ellis, C., Ellis, C., Ellis, C., Ellis., C., Foucault, M., Geertz, C., Geist-Martin, P., Gergen, K. J., Gray, R., Grosz, E., Haraway, D., Harter. L. M., Laura L. Ellingson, Marshall, H., Martin, E., Mies, M., Price, J., Reinharz, S., Richardson, L., Riley, D., Rose, G., Simmonds, F. N., Thomson, R. G., Trinh, T. M., Trinh, T. M.   +33 more
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Mid‐Domain Effect and Wooded Habitat Shape Mediterranean Reptile Communities

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
Analyzing a large number of reptiles observed across protected areas in Central Italy, we tested whether the mid‐domain effect explains hump‐shaped richness–elevation patterns. Species richness was best predicted by the combined influence of geometric constraints and woodland cover, revealing two contrasting species clusters and offering a robust ...
Daniele Dendi, Lauren De Nardi, Giovanni Amori, Luca Luiselli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Translating Circularity Into Strategy: A Governance Meta‐Capability Framework

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms struggle to transition to circular economy (CE) models, often citing external barriers. Yet some firms succeed, whereas others fail: Why? We argue that success depends on a specific governance capability—a meta‐capability that allows firms to (1) sense and strategically reframe CE imperatives, (2) seize opportunities by aligning diverse ...
Felix Carl Schultz, Vladislav Valentinov   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Net:Geography Fieldwork Frequently Asked Questions [PDF]

, 2004
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Dodge, Martin, Kitchin, Rob
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