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Learning to Stand on its own Two Feet: The Office for Students and the Crisis in Higher Education in England

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 206-210, January/March 2025.
Abstract In order to address an ever‐growing crisis in higher education in England, policy makers need tools capable of meeting the challenge. Yet the Office for Students has been roundly criticised for its shortcomings as a regulator for the sector, weakening the response to its plethora of problems.
Timothy J. Oliver
wiley   +1 more source

Industrial Validation and Mechanical Characterization of SMA Mixtures Stabilized with Recycled Polymeric Fibers from Waste Tires. [PDF]

open access: yesPolymers (Basel)
Calabi-Floody A   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Reinventing’ the Beach? Lessons from a Local Development Plan in the French Riviera

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Coastal squeeze is now so tangible both globally and locally that the focus of scientific debate has expanded from the erosion of beaches to the risk of their disappearance. In this context, it is crucial to explore local development plans that aim to preserve the long‐term existence of a beach.
Isabelle Bruno, Grégory Salle
wiley   +1 more source

States as Gender Equality Activists: The Evolution of Quota Laws in Latin America

open access: yesLatin American Politics and Society, 2015
Jennifer M. Piscopo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source

Committing to Justice: An Analysis of Criminal Law Reforms in Chile

open access: yes, 2004
From 1997 to 2001, the Chilean government enacted laws to transform its criminal justice system from one using a closed and secretive inquisitorial-type process to one employing a more open and transparent adversarial process. These criminal procedure reforms significantly changed the roles of lower court judges, prosecutors and public defenders and ...
openaire   +1 more source

‘Everything is a signal’: speaking circuits and noisy signs in the making of language‐oriented AI « Tout est signal » : circuits parlants et signes bruyants dans la création de l'IA orientée langage

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are often presumed to be capable of revealing unmediated truths about the world, including the truths language might hold, echoing the long‐standing assertion that language's primary function is to directly translate reality.
Beth M. Semel
wiley   +1 more source

Políticas Públicas sobre Envejecimiento en Chile: Revisión Narrativa 1990-2022

open access: yes
The article reviews public policies on aging in Chile from 1990 to 2022, based on the four pillars of the Comprehensive Policy for Positive Aging: healthy, safe, institutional, and participatory.
García, Viviana   +8 more
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