The making of Britain’s first urban landscapes: the case of late Iron Age and Roman Essex

This paper presents preliminary research into the social and economic impact of early urban settlement in Britain, focusing on the case-study area of Late Iron Age to Roman Essex. Through fresh analysis of ceramic assemblages from Colchester and Heybridge, we describe hitherto unrecognised socio-cultural groupings and identities through subtle differences in the deposition of pottery in the generations before and after conquest. The concluding discussion concentrates on problems that we still have to address in describing the economic basis of early urban society in Britain

Syngenta and Sustainability: Implications for Corporate Strategy

This poster was inspired by a case study developed by Syngenta, a global crop protection and seed company, in collaboration with Purdue University. As a company dedicated to promoting innovation, delivering value, and being a leader in its industry, Syngenta faces both challenges and opportunities with respect to the sustainability debate. This poster presents the major issues of sustainability in a global context, in an agribusiness context, and finally in the specific case of Syngenta. The concluding discussion represents the perspectives of a group of agribusiness professionals that discussed this case study in an executive education program on the Purdue University campus.Sustainability, strategy, agribusiness, Agribusiness, Food Security and Poverty,

End Use Energy Data Collection for Alaska Buildings Guidance Document

Alaska Energy AuthorityRecommendations / End use framework / Railbelt end use situation / Priorities for end use data collection / Sampling strategies / Concluding discussion / Annotated list of references and documents reviewed / Appendix 1. Excerpts from 1989 Railbelt End Use Stud

The myths and realities of Bayesian chronological modeling revealed

We review the history of Bayesian chronological modeling in archaeology and demonstrate that there has been a surge over the past several years in American archaeological applications. Most of these applications have been performed by archaeologists who are self-taught in this method because formal training opportunities in Bayesian chronological modeling are infrequently provided. We define and address misconceptions about Bayesian chronological modeling that we have encountered in conversations with colleagues and in anonymous reviews, some of which have been expressed in the published literature. Objectivity and scientific rigor is inherent in the Bayesian chronological modeling process. Each stage of this process is described in detail, and we present examples of this process in practice. Our concluding discussion focuses on the potential that Bayesian chronological modeling has for enhancing understandings of important topics

Hokey Religions: Star Wars and Star Trek in the Age of Reboots

Disney’s recent “decanonization” of the decades-old Star Wars “Expanded Universe” in preparation for the release of The Force Awakens once again raises the question of the triangular relationship between the corporate ownership of intellectual property, the mainstream audience to whom the blockbuster films are addressed, and the much smaller hardcore fanbase whose loyalty sustains a franchise during its lean years. Considering fandom investment in the processes of world-building and continuity construction across the landscape of SF media forms, this article will focus specifically on two key franchises in mainstream SF, each in its own way paradigmatic of the “merely” science fictional, and each of which has recently undertaken a radical revision of its “expanded universe”: Star Wars and Star Trek. A concluding discussion extends these observations to other two franchises: Superman comics and the long-running British television series Doctor Who

Through the Looking Glass: Weight Bias Revisited from a Symbolic Interactionist Point of View

The existence and possible causes of weight bias, stigma, prejudice and subsequent discrimination is well documented in professional journals and scholarly works. Comparatively little focus, however, has been afforded to research targeting the theoretical and practical means to address the social stigma of obesity. This brief literature overview substantiates the pervasive nature of weight bias that exists in our communities, schools, and the workplace, as well as explores the roots and nature of prejudice as it relates to the obese. The concluding discussion proposes that revisiting weight bias through the lens of symbolic interaction theory can yield valuable insight that, if applied to the development of meaningful education programs, can improve societal attitudes towards the obese as well as improve the attitudes of the obese towards themselves by replacing the distorted fun-house mirror reflected appraisals with a “looking glass self” that reflects accurate data

Lessons and lacunae? Practitioners’ suggestions for developing research-rich teaching and learning: Angles on innovation and change

This document is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Innovations in Education and Teaching International on 16 April 2018, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2018.1462226. Under embargo until 16 October 2019.This article explores a universal issue in higher education: how in practice can we secure the most productive relationships between the research universities pursue and the education they provide? It opens by drawing from three recent international literature reviews summarising research on research-teaching links, sometimes termed a ‘nexus’. It then proceeds inductively to analyse grounded empirical data from practitioners in an English post-1992 University. This data describes what participants think should change and where, to increase its amount and quality. To illuminate how things might change, the same data is then re-analysed deductively against six ‘lessons learnt’ from a 2012 review of literature examining the diffusion of innovative teaching and learning in higher education. Lessons are confirmed or lacunae pointed out, before the concluding discussion offers recommendations and observations for universities pursuing research-rich education.Peer reviewedFinal Accepted Versio

Policy Briefs at the National Level : Deliverable 7.2 of the CASI project

This CASI deliverable 7.2 first presents the issues examined and the process used in the national level policy briefs. Key insights from the policy briefs are presented next, followed by a reflection of the further analytical contributions of the outcomes. Finally, a concluding discussion includes an assessment of the usability of the policy brief process in future endeavours