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System failure? Exploring the interplay of fear of failure, competition, cooperation and sense of belonging in education in England and Flanders

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Fear of failure is damaging in a host of ways yet is rife in many schools. Drawing on self‐worth theory, we explore whether fear of academic failure is higher in education systems with features that increase students' experiences of competition. To do this, we compare two very different education systems: England, where, for instance, national
Carolyn Jackson, Mieke Van Houtte
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating Precarity Between Law and Profit: Migrant Riders in Italy, Poland, and Spain

Social Inclusion
This article examines how platform‐mediated food delivery work shapes the socio‐economic inclusion and exclusion of migrants in Italy, Poland, and Spain.
Francesco Pasetti, Eleonora Celoria, Gianluca Iazzolino, Katarzyna Rakowska   +3 more
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To protect and preserve? Explaining the gap between structural and superficial racial equality regimes in North Atlantic Rim universities

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how UK and US universities manage racial equality regimes through governance structures that prioritise institutional reputation over substantive racial justice reform. Drawing on Bourdieu's field, habitus and capital theory, the study demonstrates how universities neutralise racial justice efforts through bureaucratic ...
David Roberts
wiley   +1 more source

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

British 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, Ecem Karlidag‐Dennis, Richard Hazenberg, David Conway   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changing Patronage and Informality Configurations in Ukraine: From the Shop floor Upwards

Studies of Transition States and Societies, 2020
This article examines hegemonic norms of political and moral economy in Ukraine today acting at the level of the workplace. My research is based on fieldwork I conducted in a large industrial city in the east of Ukraine from January to June 2019.
Denys Gorbach
doaj  

The effects of the Saakashvili era reforms on informal practices in the Republic of Georgia [PDF]

, 2014
Since the 2003 Rose Revolution, the Georgian government implemented a number of major institutional reforms which have succeeded in modernising Georgia’s state institutions, reducing corruption and ‘formalising’ the public sector.
Aliyev, Huseyn
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What characterises well‐connected schools? Exploring centrality in inter‐organisational school networks

British 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

The effects of increasing openness and integration to the MERCOSUR on the Uruguayan labour market. A CGE modeling analysis [PDF]

Uruguay is a small economy. Its integration to MERCOSUR has increased the exposure to regional macroeconomic inestability. The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of regional integration on labour market and poverty. We estimated wage differentials
Carmen Estrades, Maria Inés Terra, Marisa Bucheli, Silvia Laens   +3 more
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Making teaching an attractive profession: What are the challenges and opportunities for minority ethnic teachers in England?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the challenges and opportunities surrounding the recruitment and retention of minority ethnic teachers in England. Drawing on interview data from 33 teachers and school leaders of diverse ethnic backgrounds, it investigates whether racialised barriers identified in earlier research have shifted in the current context of ...
Antonina Tereshchenko, Feyisa Demie, Stephen Gorard, Yiyang Gao, Beng Huat See, Nadia Siddiqui   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing Labour Market Information System for Informal Sector in Pakistan [PDF]

The Pakistan Development Review, 1994
The informal sector (IFS) is seen as having the potential to adequately respond to the growing unemployment problem in Pakistan. Easy access, and low skill and investment requirements of a variety of activities in this sector correspond well with the stock and annual additions to the labour force and the available financial ...
openaire   +1 more source