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Between public service and market: Portraying the bifront university in a platformized world

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper contributes to the international debate on the changes affecting recruitment and orientation processes toward higher education. Based on qualitative research involving 19 Italian public universities, the study analyses the transformations in communication, recruitment and orientation activities within platformization and increasing ...
Marco Pitzalis, Ciro Cangiano, Alessandro Lovari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mobilizing Foucault in studies of lifelong learning

, 2008
   Over the last twenty years there has been increasing interest in the work of Michel Foucault in the social sciences and in particular with relation to education.
Fejes, Andreas,, Nicoll, Katherine,
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Bridging home, school and community to address educational inequality: Supporting educational trajectories through community bridge work

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the role of community stakeholders in supporting the educational trajectories of students experiencing socio‐economic disadvantage in the Irish context. Building on international and national policy debates, the study examines how community‐based organisations, statutory services and outreach initiatives work alongside ...
Aoife Joy Keogh, Deirdre McGillicuddy
wiley   +1 more source

Educating for Peace

AS: Andragoška Spoznanja
In an era of rising global insecurity and social fragmentation, adult learning and education (ALE) plays a criti­cal role in peace-building and community resilience.
Isabell Kempf
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of the current student loans regime on Muslim student engagement and retention in English higher education

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, Yusraa Maryam, Sumeya Loonat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Norwegian Adolescents’ Multidimensional Understandings of Wellbeing: A Qualitative Study

Behavioral Sciences
Adolescence is a period of significant physical, cognitive, and social change, during which various challenges can affect wellbeing. Understanding adolescents’ own perceptions of wellbeing is crucial for developing effective support strategies.
Sultana Ali Norozi, Anne Torhild Klomsten   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

An investigation of the potential of technology supported environments to support professional and lifelong learning

, 2000
As tertiary education moves towards greater accountability, and the emphasis is on the development of transferable skills, pedagogies and learning activities need to be reconceptualiased and redesigned.
Oliver, Ronald G, Ronald Oliver (9823925), C McLoughlin (9858386), McLoughlin, C   +3 more
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Catalog of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

, 2023
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNT's course catalog for Spring ...
University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
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How do secondary schools in England talk about modern languages? A corpus‐assisted discourse analysis of school websites

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Situating the study within an ecological perspective on language education, this article examines how secondary schools in England present Modern Languages (MLs) on official school websites. Focusing on 44 schools in Local Authorities with the lowest percentage average entry for the Languages pillar of the EBacc, we built a text database ...
Zhu Hua, Yunpeng Du, Elin Arfon
wiley   +1 more source

“Social Media Saved Me”: Exploring the Perceived Impact of Social Media Use During COVID-19 on the Psychological Resilience of Students Transitioning into Higher Education

Education Sciences
The COVID-19 pandemic had a global impact on students transitioning into higher education. During quarantine measures, students often turned to social media for connectedness and peer support in an adverse time.
Laila S. Jacobs, Thomas M. Leeder
doaj   +1 more source