Prevention of violence against women/girls so as to build safe-spaces for women in educational universities in Viet Nam

The objectives of this research were to address these gaps and to support gender-sensitive teaching and awareness in teacher training within universities that can change Higher Education (HE) environments and change teaching and educational activities in schools. The project had four key aims to address:1. Conducting a detailed needs assessment and analysis of current teacher-training programmes to identify how gender sensitive they are, such as if the programme raises awareness of women’s rights and if the textbooks or curriculum promote non-traditional gender roles.2. Evaluate the environment and current situation of gender inequality and GBV in schools by engaging with officials, lecturers, staff and female students at five pedagogical universities from all three regions of Viet Nam (North, Central and South).3. Develop and implement training materials on gender-related issues and gender equality (prevention and response to GBV) for students and lecturers at pedagogical universities in Viet Nam.4. Make recommendations to the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), as well as HEIs more widely, on the implementation of mainstreaming curricula on gender, gender equality and prevention of violence against women/girls (at all levels of education, but especially for pedagogical university students).To address these aims, and to improve the environment within universities in Viet Nam, establishing a safe-space for students, lecturers and staff’s physicality and mentality, the partners from the UK and Viet Nam had run in-person and online training workshops; and had a roundtable policy table with representatives of MOET. This research paper provides the findings from these training workshops and evaluation of the training workshops

Economic policies, labour unions, and voter turnout in the advanced industrial democracies

There is a large body of literature that examines the effect of labour unions on voter turnout. The empirical findings consistently point at the positive impact unions have on voter turnout. However, to the best of my knowledge no study accounts for the factors that affect union membership. Based on data from 20 advanced industrial democracies observed between 1960 and 2015, this study examined the socioeconomic factors influencing union membership that influence voter participation

The National Socialist Movement of the United States and the turn to environmentalism – Greenfingers or Brownshirts?

One of the largest North American neo-Nazi groups, the National Socialist Movement, became a prominent feature of protests especially around the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. Through a multimodal analysis of its visual propaganda and supporting texts, this chapter explores how a key anti-democratic extreme-right actor within the United States far right has circulated traditional fascist and National Socialist tropes via the language of environmentalism. The chapter explores how the traditional Nazi understanding of the linkages between people and place, known as Blut und Boden (Blood and Soil), meant that environmentalist language and concern of the landscape could be used to transmit complex ideas to those within and without the movement. It also examines how appeals to a greater environmental good, and threat to the environment, are utilised in ecofascist rhetoric. This includes consideration of how visual discourse around the environment helped create a sacred space, and how this helped develop the sense of a cultic milieu. It also shows how ‘eco-activism’, custodianship of ‘the land’ (and its border) and outdoorsmanship were used to create a welcoming environmental space that the movement staked a claim to, and which it used to try and draw people deeper into the milieu

British Council – Promoting Women’s Entrepreneurship in Indonesia (Research Report)

This report outlined findings from a project that sought to address this issue by focusing on women as entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs (female graduates working as in-house innovators). Delivered by the University of Northampton and Binus University, in partnership with two universities in small rural towns: the Universitas Pesantren Tinggi Darul ‘Ulum in Jombang (East Java) and the Universitas Alkhairaat in Palu (Central Sulawesi), this project sought to identify gender inclusivity gaps in entrepreneurial programmes in order to develop a diverse delivery model for entrepreneurship that is applicable to small and larger universities in Indonesia. The projects core aim was to create practical solutions to address the issues through the development of an entrepreneurship programme for universities in Indonesia that seek to address women’s pathways into employment and entrepreneurship. The overarching objectives of the project were to:•Develop a research-based model for a women entrepreneurship programme in public or private universities with different scales and locations. •Improve skills and increase access to opportunities that enhance women’s opportunities for work after completing higher and further education.•Upskill female students with relevant skills, including for employability or entrepreneurship, community outcomes, or soft skills.•Develop of a Social Impact Measurement Framework (SIMF) for long-term measurement of the social, economic and environmental benefits of the women entrepreneurship programme

The relationship between muscle oxygen saturation kinetics and maximal blood lactate accumulation rate across varying sprint cycle durations

This study evaluated the relationship between muscle oxygen saturation (SmO 2) and the maximal blood lactate accumulation rate (vLa max) during three test durations (10, 15 and 30 s) to validate the optimal test duration of vLa max protocol. Thirteen developmental trained males (age: 27 ± 6 years and peak power: 1133 ± 185W and 14.88 ± 1.61 W·kg -1) performed three maximal cycle tests (10, 15 and 30 s). Performance metrics were measured throughout; peak power, mean power, and cadence. vLa max was determined using blood lactate concentrations following each test. SmO 2 of the vastus lateralis was measured using a MOXY device via near-infrared spectroscopy, throughout all experimental conditions. The shortest test (10 s) produced a significantly (p = 0.005; p &lt; 0.001) higher vLa max (0.83 ± 0.15 mmol·L -1·s -1) than 15 s (0.67 ± 0.13 mmol·L -1·s -1) and 30 s (0.43 ± 0.06 mmol·L -1·s -1). Three relationships between SmO 2 kinetics and vLa max were observed: (1) a very strong inverse relationship (r = -0.994, p &lt; 0.001) between SmO 2 desaturation and vLa max time dependent kinetics, (2) a significant inverse relationship (r = -0.648, p &lt; 0.001) between SmO 2 time spent at the nadir and vLa max and (3) a moderate relationship (r = 0.508, p = 0.11) and similar time to attain the SmO 2 nadir (8.47 ± 1.50s) and vLa max (8.92 ± 0.77s). These results validate the 10-s test duration for determination of vLa max verified with mathematical modelling predicting peak vLa max occurs at ∼9 s. SmO 2 desaturation closely reflects the vLa max kinetics, with the time points of the SmO 2 nadir and peak vLa max closely corresponding. </p