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Precise large deviation of claim surplus process in a nonstandard renewal risk model with constant premium rate [PDF]

, 2013
Yinghua Dong
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Inequalities in school spending across local authorities in England: A time‐trend analysis

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Investment in schools has wide‐ranging implications for society, from improving learning outcomes to economic growth and social cohesion. Addressing inequalities in school funding is important, as part of an effort to guarantee equal opportunities.
Lateef Akanni, Davara Bennett, Yu Wei Chua, Alexandros Alexiou, Oluwaseun B. Esan, Hanna Creese, Obioha C. Ukoumunne, G. J. Melendez‐Torres, Dougal Hargreaves, Benjamin Barr, David Taylor‐Robinson   +10 more
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‘A completely different space’: Teachers' perspectives on disadvantage, access to nature and outdoor learning

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examined teachers' perspectives on how children benefit from time in nature, how disadvantage shapes access and the role of schools in facilitating such access. Drawing on interviews conducted in 2022 with 25 UK primary school teachers who participated in Generation Wild, a nature connection programme for schools in economically ...
Nicola Parkin, Kersty Hobson, Wouter Poortinga, Mark Stead, Julia Newth, Jonathan Reeves, Merideth Gattis   +6 more
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School readiness and the good level of development: Policy constructions in English early childhood education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper critically analysed how school readiness has been historically and discursively constructed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) policy in England over the past four decades. Using Bacchi's ‘What's the Problem Represented to be?’ framework and Foucauldian concepts of governmentality, the paper explored how school readiness has shifted
Louise Kay
wiley   +1 more source

Volatility of Volatility and Tail Risk Premiums

, 2013
Yang‐Ho Park
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Parental involvement and engagement during COVID‐19 lockdowns: School staff and parents' reflections about children's learning at home

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Valuing parental engagement, as part of home–school collaboration, can benefit children's learning. This article focuses on parents and school‐based staff's (N = 120) experiences of children's learning occurring at home during the COVID‐19 lockdowns (2020–2021), both school‐mandated and other learning activities.
Ashley Brett, Bonny L. Hartley, Deborah Wallace, Adewale Magaji, Lorraine Smith, Rachel Wolfendale   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emotional nourishment begets academic coping during the primary to secondary school transition

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The transition from primary to secondary school is widely viewed as the most demanding in a child's educational journey. Despite a wealth of research on this transition, little is known about the children's ‘lived experience’ of it across different contexts.
Peter Wood, Dave Putwain, Pedro Freitas Fernandes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

British 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 Fatal Flaw: Unraveling Combinations of Barriers to Corporate Sustainability

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper deepens understanding of barriers to corporate sustainability by examining internal and external barriers in the food and beverage sector. Drawing on institutional theory, the study highlights how macro‐level pressures interact with meso‐level organizational dynamics.
Patricia Milić, Mitja Hafner‐Fink, Tomaž Čater   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source