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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

The relevance and efficiency analysis of functioning the scientific technical library at industrial enterprises

open access: yesБиблиосфера, 2018
The article is devoted to consideration of the scientific technical library activity relevance and efficiency on the base of a large nuclear machine building company (JSC «Afrikantov OKBM»).
S. M. Brykalov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Subsistence Agriculture in Transition Economies: its Roles and Determinants [PDF]

open access: yes
In line with recent suggestions about the potential positive effects of subsistence agriculture in fragile economies, this paper discusses and explains the effects of subsistence agriculture with emphasis on transition countries.
John Lingard, Philip Kostov
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Bridging home, school and community to address educational inequality: Supporting educational trajectories through community bridge work

open access: yesBritish 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

Hong Kong's non‐local undergraduate recruitment: Policies, institutional practices and student perspectives

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Beneath the Hong Kong government's enthusiasm for recruiting non‐local undergraduates—including students from the Chinese Mainland and other international regions—lies a longstanding gap in understanding the core meanings and drivers shaping the territory's expanding focus on inward international student mobility (ISM).
Fang Gao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-product biorefineries from lignocelluloses: a pathway to revitalisation of the sugar industry?

open access: yesBiotechnology for Biofuels, 2017
Background Driven by a range of sustainability challenges, e.g. climate change, resource depletion and expanding populations, a circular bioeconomy is emerging and expected to evolve progressively in the coming decades.
Somayeh Farzad   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Yezidis turn to European Court to resolve citizenship issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This article discusses the problems of the Yezidis living in southern Russia. For a number of years EHRAC and Memorial have been concerned with the situation of about 2,000 Yezidis living in southern Russia.
Knights, Samantha
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University strategy in transnational higher education: The strategic approaches of newly established and ‘small’ international branch campuses

open access: yesBritish 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

Advancing design strategies in smart stimulus‐responsive liposomes for drug release and nanomedicine

open access: yesBMEMat, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of stimulus‐responsive liposomes designed for controlled drug release and nanomedicine. The innermost circle represents different liposomal structures, including unilamellar, multilamellar, and multivesicular liposomes. The middle layer illustrates the responsive phospholipid components.
Yuchen Guo   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

DEVELOPMENT OF PHARMACY NETWORK IN SOVIET TAJIKISTAN IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY

open access: yesПаёми Сино
The organization and implementation of activities within a pharmacy network are crucial for a country's healthcare system, as they ensure that both the population and medical institutions have accessto essential medications.
S.D. YUSUFI, A.R. NURZODA
doaj   +1 more source

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