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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

Unemployment in Romania. A Retrospective Study [PDF]

Theoretical and Applied Economics, 2006
Unemployment started to be registered in Romania in 1991, and in 1994 was conducted the first investigation to evaluate unemployment by ILO standards. Registered unemployment in Romania rose continuously till 1999, and then it decreased, as a result of ...
Alina Badulescu
doaj   +1 more source

Employment status, unemployment duration, and health-related metrics among US adults of prime working age: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2018-2019. [PDF]

Am J Ind Med, 2022
Silver SR, Li J, Quay B.
europepmc   +1 more source

An extra time duration model with application to unemployment duration under benefits in Spain [PDF]

This paper postulates that the effect of unemployment benefits on the hazard rates changes considerably using a traditional duration model that uses only unemployment insurance (UI) data, or deals with unemployment assistance (UA) as a mere extension of ...
José Mª Arranz, Juan Muro
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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

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
wiley   +1 more source

The Cumulative Residual Entropy in Assessing the Duration of Unemployment

Ekonometria
Aim: The aim of the article was to use cumulative residual entropy (CRE) to assess the informational value of data on deregistration from the Poviat Labour Office in Szczecin (Poland) from 2007 to 2024. The events of declining cooperation with the labour
Beata Bieszk-Stolorz
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Cooperative learning strategies to raise attainment in mathematics with pupils aged 11–16 years: A systematic literature review

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Cooperative learning is a widely adopted teaching method to improve academic achievement. This review synthesises existing research on the use of cooperative learning within a school setting for pupils aged 11–16 years. Such a review has not been undertaken to date and will present an evidence base for educators considering implementation ...
Patricia Hampson, Zhe. Li, Allen Thurston   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vers une nouvelle géographie du chômage ?

Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2003
During the 1990s, regional unemployment disparities in Great Britain underwent a profound change. The traditional gap between the North and the South, which had widened during the 1980s, began to narrow significantly during the following decade.
Victor Sarafian
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Unemployment Dynamics, Duration and Equilibrium: Evidence from Britain [PDF]

This paper challenges the consensus on the nature of unemployment dynamics in Britain. We show that the argument that changes in unemployment arise mostly from changes in the duration of unemployment (rather than in the chance of becoming unemployed) is ...
Simon Burgess, H Turon
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