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“They say we're a rights‐respecting school but nobody knows what that really means”: Children's rights implementation in a Scottish secondary school

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Education has been an enduring feature of international human rights law since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 and is the only human right that is compulsory for children. Appearing in all major human rights treaties, including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, education is multidimensional and a multiplier of ...
Amy Hanna
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Book review. Gan, Wendy (2018). Comic China: Representing Common Ground, 1890-1945. Philadelphia: Temple University Press; and Tam, King-fai and Sharon Wesoky (2018). Not Just a Laughing Matter: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Political Humour in China. Singapore: Springer.

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2019
This review covers two new books on Chinese humour: Wendy Gan Comic China: Representing Common Ground, 1890-1945; and King-fai Tam and Sharon Wesoky Not Just a Laughing Matter: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Political Humour in China.
Jocelyn Valerie Chey
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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
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Political ridicule and humour under socialism

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2015
Socialism produces distinct forms of humorous ridicule that are relatively rare in capitalist, bourgeois democracies. These forms are arranged in a hierarchy that reflects the distribution of power in this type of social and political order, one which ...
Christie Davies
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Book review: Jonathan Waterlow (2018). It’s Only a Joke, Comrade! Humour, Trust and Everyday Life Under Stalin (1928-1941). Oxford: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2020
The book “It’s only a joke, comrade! Humour, trust and everyday life under Stalin (1928-1941)” is a historiographic study of humour created and used by ordinary Soviet citizens in the pre-war period of the Soviet history. The analysis of multiple sources
Ksenia Shilikhina
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The collective and individual expressions of humour in social media spaces

The European Journal of Humour Research
This article seeks to establish a theoretical framework for considering how the collective and individual expressions of humour in social media spaces have been used and presented in the socio-political context of Jordan after the 2011 Arab Spring. This
Yousef Barahmeh
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Humour as Negotiation: Digital Cultures of Friendly Political Humour on the Chinese Internet

, 2022
This thesis works on the digital cultures of friendly political humour on the Chinese internet, examining the potential of humour in bridging communication and negotiating the hegemonic relationship between the online public and the state. Previous research mostly emphasises the more extreme cases of digital humour in China, understanding them ...
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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
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Possibilities and limits of political humour in a hybrid regime

The European Journal of Humour Research
This article focuses on the Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party (MKKP), which can be defined as a joke party. MKKP uses humour to criticise the corruption flourishing around the governing party Fidesz as well as its simplified and racist form of political ...
Anniina Hyttinen
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What is a curriculum for life? Using youth participatory action research and applied arts to understand and amplify undergraduate students', children's and young people's mental health and wellbeing recommendations for education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Mental health is a critical issue globally, with young people being one of the most affected groups. Young people have campaigned vehemently for a ‘curriculum for life,’ arguing that their education is failing to meet their needs (British Council, 2022).
Lisa Stephenson, Helen Young
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