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Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
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Book Review. Marzena Keating: Continuity and Change in the Irish Culinary History and Culture, 1922–1973 [PDF]
Estudios IrlandesesBy drawing on cookbooks, culinary pamphlets, women’s magazines, as well as semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted in the County Donegal and County Meath Gaeltachts, Marzena Keating explores the formulation of Irish culinary culture in the first ...
Lili Zách
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
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Kentron, 2019 The question of food is at the centre of many current issues (political, environmental, nutrition and health, religion, etc.). Though food can nowadays be considered as a challenge, it is also a popular topic, not only with
Typhaine Haziza
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The global teacher shortage continues to intensify, with disparate impacts across geographic and socio‐economic communities. In Queensland, Australia, where this study originates, post‐COVID teacher shortages have intensified workforce pressures, leaving several regional, rural and remote schools as some of the ‘hardest‐to‐staff’ in the ...
Matthew Readette +5 more
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Food, city and territory: some reflections from a socio-spatial point of view
City, Territory and Architecture, 2018 The purpose of this article is to highlight the relationship among food, city and space by adopting a social sciences viewpoint. Since the 1990s, not only in sociology but in the social sciences in general, the level of attention given to the role played
Nunzia Borrelli, Alfredo Mela
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Sociological view of food security
The Journal of Psychology and Sociology, 2020 Abstract. One of the most important socio-economic tasks of a society is to create decent living conditions for its citizens, primarily by satisfying a person’s urgent need for food according to rational nutritional standards, in order to maintain public health and regulate demographic processes in the country, as well as create conditions for the ...
G. P. Koptayeva +4 more
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Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón +38 more
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Tensions of Sustainability Logics: Performance of a Company Utilizing a Sustainable Business Model
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent years, companies have used sustainable business models to gain a competitive advantage. However, there are tensions due to the inconsistency between social, environmental, and economic logic in sustainable business models, making it difficult for companies to change. To understand the existing tensions and interactions between logics,
Ann‐Kristin Thienemann
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nonfood geographical indications (GIs) are increasingly emerging as collective sustainability strategies. They enable territories to transform cultural and productive heritage into sources of long‐term competitive advantage. While existing research recognises their regulatory and cultural relevance, limited attention has been paid to how ...
Giovanni Peira, Alessandro Bonadonna
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