The Australian Research Quality Framework: A live experiment in capturing the social, economic, environmental, and cultural returns of publicly funded research

Copyright @ 2008 Wiley Periodicals Inc. This is the accepted version of the following article: Donovan, C. (2008), The Australian Research Quality Framework: A live experiment in capturing the social, economic, environmental, and cultural returns of publicly funded research. New Directions for Evaluation, 2008: 47–60, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ev.260/abstract.The author regards development of Australia's ill-fated Research Quality Framework (RQF) as a “live experiment” in determining the most appropriate approach to evaluating the extra-academic returns, or “impact,” of a nation's publicly funded research. The RQF was at the forefront of an international movement toward richer qualitative, contextual approaches that aimed to gauge the wider economic, social, environmental, and cultural benefits of research. Its construction and implementation sent mixed messages and created confusion about what impact is, and how it is best measured, to the extent that this bold live experiment did not come to fruition

Provision for students with learning difficulties in general colleges of further education - have we been going round in circles?

This is a PDF version of an article published in British journal of special education© 2006. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com.This article discusses the current situation for students with severe learning difficulties in general colleges of further education. Findings are presented from a critical review of the literature and a small-scale preliminary investigation which set out to explore the idea that, despite radical changes to the special school sector and to the structure and organisation of further education, provision in colleges of further education for these students is poorly focused. Students with severe learning difficulties experience provision that is, at best, circuitous and repetitive and that, at worst, leads individuals back into dependence, unemployment and social segregation. Using the outcomes of interviews and the scrutiny of inspection reports, a searching critique of current practice and an interesting set of recommendations for ways in which the situation could be radically reviewed and improved is provided

Improving Librarians’ Occupational Performance Through Stress Management Strategies: An Overview

Abstract Librarians occupational performance include their task, contextual and adaptive performance which are practical and strategic tools for achieving libraries’ set objectives. Stress management strategies are activities, readjustments, methods and techniques that are employed in managing, dealing, coping, reducing and eradicating the harmful effects of stress. The paper discussed improving librarians’ occupational performance through stress management strategies as an overview. It was established that stress management strategies help librarians in dealing, handling and coping with stress and its harmful effects. Librarians can achieve high occupational performance when they are stress free. The paper explored an overview of librarians’ occupational performance, stress, concept of stress management strategies, individual stress management strategies and organisational stress management strategies and ways stress management strategies improves librarians’ occupational performance. Based on the established facts in the discourse these recommendations are made: the library managements should create awareness programmes to sensitise librarians on the need for daily stress management practices; stress management programmes should be created for librarians in the library; body fitness and training centres should be established in the library complex; and librarians should frequently consult psychologists and physiotherapists for professional advice and care when stressed

20160626: Department of Mathematics

These items include materials from the department of Mathematics at Marshall University. Many of the items within this collection are undated, however, one notable item includes the History of the department of mathematics, prepared by Elizabeth Hines Czompo, 1869-1976. This is not an exhaustive list. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents

ISTS E-Newsletter, May 2005

In this issue: --A Message from Your President --ISTS Fall Conference News, Message From Our Past President --ISTS Members in the News --Science Education News from the Department of Education --Announcements --Your ISTS Leadership Teamhttps://scholarworks.uni.edu/ias_istsnews/1005/thumbnail.jp

20140926.2: Botany Department, 1962-1964

These items include materials from the College of Science at Marshall University from 1962-1964. Items were received in 2014 and include notable materials from or about the undergraduate program in biological sciences (brochures), the physiognomy of vegetation, (Wisconsin), Camp McCoy maps. This is not an exhaustive list. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents

UNH Faculty Abroad Series, Fall 2011

Eun Kyeong Cho UNH Department of Education September 27, 2011 Early Childhood Education and Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Lessons from South Korea Alynna Lyon UNH Department of Political Science October 18, 2011 Strategic Humanitarian Intervention: The U.S. and Libya Gregory McMachon UNH Department of History November 22, 2011 Digging Up the Past: Archaeology and International Engagement in Turke