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Introduction: Thinking about micro-regionalism in West Africa

, 2007
This collection seeks to complement and advance recent studies on regionalism in Africa and the implications that this has for the continent’s development. The two case studies on cross-border micro-regionalism in the borderlands of Mali-Burkina Faso and
Söderbaum, Fredrik,, Taylor, Ian
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‘It's all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity and decolonising in the neoliberal UK higher education system

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton, Barbara Adewumi, Laura R. Bailey, Jacob W. Moore, Lauren‐Marie Aba Amoah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Publication disparities in gender-transformative sexual and reproductive health in West Africa. [PDF]

J Public Health Afr
Lowe M, Bello K, Gyawu B, Krugu JK, Assoumane AI, Kandala NB, Sawadogo N.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘A double‐edged tool’: A psychological needs perspective of generative AI and postgraduate international students' engagement in UK higher education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The integration of generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) in higher education is reshaping student engagement, yet its impact on postgraduate international students remains underexplored. This study examines how generative AI shapes postgraduate international students' engagement through a psychological needs perspective.
Olatunji David Adekoya, Hakeem Adeniyi Ajonbadi, Chima Mordi, Peculiar Samuel, Hoang Nguyen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamics of trachoma infection in West Africa revealed by a hidden state model. [PDF]

PLoS Comput Biol
Carson J, Crellen T, Borlase A, Prada JM, Bailey R, Hollingsworth TD, Spencer SEF.   +6 more
europepmc   +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

Pre-colonial West African Christianity in the Senegal River Valley

African Theological Journal for Church and Society
Historical scholarship has often documented that Christianity was not present in West Africa until Europeans introduced it to West Africans around the fifteenth century. Yet history speaks differently. Many centuries before Europeans arrived on the West
Charonda Woods-Boone
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Microplanning for entomological surveys to sustain the onchocerciasis elimination effort in West Africa. [PDF]

Int Health
Sy N, Koala L, Seck A, Oumar AM, Surakat O, Atekem K, Ayisi F, de Souza DK, Heggen A, Tallant J, Mackenzie CD, Boakye DA.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

West Africa Magazine 2694, Saturday January 18th, 1969

, 1969
Issue 4 of West Africa Magazine(January 18, 1969) navigates Nigeria's economic outlook, ECA's 10-year milestone, and urbanization trends. Published in London/distributed in Apapa, it covers Awolowo's Commonwealth speech, African poverty, and city growth.
West Africa magazine
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Lessons from primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence school connectedness

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract School connectedness is critical to improving students' health, development and wellbeing. Research into primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence their sense of connectedness is essential for identifying practices that promote success.
Jordana F. Hoenig, Therese M. Cumming
wiley   +1 more source