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Optimising Drone-Assisted Logistics for Urban Last-Mile Delivery: An Overview of Applications, Methodologies, and Emerging Trends

The rapid evolution of drone-assisted logistics for urban last-mile (ULM) delivery has garnered significant interest from both academia and industry.
Antonio Pratelli, Massimiliano Petri, Lorenzo Brocchini   +2 more
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University strategy in transnational higher education: The strategic approaches of newly established and ‘small’ international branch campuses

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Newly established international branch campuses (IBCs) commence operations without a student body, and even after several years, many institutions fail to grow beyond 500 students. Despite having unique strategic needs, small IBCs are largely overlooked in the higher education literature.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

Connecting the dots: investigating the relationships between customer preferences, innovation and last-mile delivery adoption: a mediated model

This study investigates the relationship between customer preferences, innovation, and last-mile delivery (LMD). Particularly, it examines the significant roles and relationships among delivery pricing, flexible delivery preferences, delivery tracking ...
Dahmani, N., Garza-Reyes, J., Alsmairat, M. A. K., Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Alsmairat, Mohammad A. K, Elrehail, H., Dahmani, Nadia, Elrehail, Hamzah   +7 more
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‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
wiley   +1 more source

Powerful transformations: The experiences of higher education teaching staff who were first‐generation university students

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Historically, a university education has been seen primarily as a route for the middle classes to achieve professional qualifications while structural barriers have served to restrict entry to individuals from particular demographics. First‐generation students (FGS), often with low socio‐economic backgrounds, face multiple barriers to Higher ...
Helen Williams, Ellen‐Alyssa Gambles
wiley   +1 more source

‘I was treated as a deficit’: Immigrant teachers' career progression in Australia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Immigrant teachers have long been recruited through skilled and employer‐sponsored migration schemes to address teacher shortages in Australia, yet their career trajectories remain constrained by systemic inequities that limit their integration and professional development opportunities.
Ching Ting Tany Kwee, Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen, Tony Loughland   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reinforcement-Learning-Based Hybrid Truck–Drone Delivery Optimization

Drones
This paper studies large-scale last-mile delivery using a heterogeneous fleet of trucks, onboard drones in a hybrid truck–drone mode, and independent drones.
Youyao Gao, Tongchang Liu, Huan Jin
doaj   +1 more source

Looking for hopeful purpose in England's environmental education policy: An analysis of the National Education Nature Park

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The intertwined crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation represent profound global challenges. Education holds a unique role in enabling all young people to navigate uncertainty, participate meaningfully in decision‐making and contribute to more just and sustainable ways of living.
Julie Robinson, Elizabeth A.C. Rushton, Emma Towers   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-Modal Last-Mile Delivery Optimization With Smart Micro-Hubs: A Branch-and-Price Approach With Valid Inequalities

IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems
The rapid growth of e-commerce and urban logistics has intensified the challenges associated with last-mile delivery, necessitating the integration of autonomous delivery vehicles (ADVs), drones, and smart micro-hubs for cost-effective and sustainable ...
Kassem Danach, Ali Raad, Abbass Nasser
doaj   +1 more source

From liquid learning to weaving learning: Negotiating meanings of Children's learning in family travel

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's learning increasingly extends into everyday informal settings, but what counts as learning in these contexts remains insufficiently understood. Focusing on family travel as a mobile and socioculturally situated informal learning context, this study adopts a sociocultural perspective and uses liquid learning as a sensitising concept ...
Zhuxian (Zoey) Li, Elaine Chiao Ling Yang, Truc H. Le, Charles Arcodia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source