University research and the location of business R&D

We investigate the relationship between the location of private sector R&D labs and university research departments in Great Britain. We combine establishment-level data on R&D activity with information on levels and changes in research quality from the Research Assessment Exercise. The strongest evidence for co-location is for pharmaceuticals R&D, which is disproportionately located near to relevant university research, particularly 5 or 5* rated chemistry departments. This relationship is stronger for foreign-owned labs, consistent with multinationals sourcing technology internationally. We also find some evidence for co-location with lower rated research departments in industries such as machinery and communications equipment.

‘There wasn’t all that much to do … at least not here’: Memories of growing up in rural South West England in the early twentieth century

Stan was born in 1911 in a small village near the north Somerset coast. When recalling his life in the countryside, he felt that ‘there wasn’t much to do in the evenings … at least not here’. Drawing upon evidence from personal accounts of growing up in the south west of England in the early twentieth century, this article examines memories of youth in the countryside, with a particular focus on the leisure lives of young people and their experiences of rural space and place. In addition to adding to our knowledge on the lives of rural youth, this study also provides new insights into the complex relationship between people and their environment, and has implications for our understandings of the early formation of a distinct youthful identity in England. The countryside was not simply a backdrop in these recollections; rather, it was formative in how those that grew up in rural communities understood their experience of being young

'That famous manifesto': The Declaration of Arbroath, Declaration of Independence, and the power of language

In 2012 Graeme Dey, MSP for Angus South, told the Scottish Parliament: ‘The signing of the Declaration of Arbroath at the [Arbroath] Abbey and the American Declaration of Independence might be separated by more than 450 years, but the connection between those documents and therefore our two nations is beyond challenge.’ In order to promote American tourism in Scotland, Dey was calling to emphasise a popular notion that the idea of the sovereignty of the people, enshrined in the Declaration of Arbroath, heavily influenced the writing of the American Declaration of Independence. There is a significant amount of scholarship denying any link between these documents, yet this association is constantly referenced on both sides of the Atlantic. This article is not concerned with once again proving this association incorrect, but rather considering where it may have come from and why it continues to be propagated despite being categorically untrue. By examining the naming practices of the Declaration of Arbroath in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this article will show that the connection between the documents likely stems from an issue of terminology

In lostness possibilities are found: is it possible to define the value of lostness through contemporary art practice?

The talk focuses on methods that have become central to practice and the investigation of the overarching research title In Lostness Possibilities are Found: Is it possible to define the value of lostness through contemporary art practice? This is aligned with a couple of the questions raised by this conference: ‘Why are the methods you are using appropriate for your research aim? And why might they be more appropriate than other methods?

Making Meaning of Student Activism: Student Activist and Administrator Perspectives

College campuses have experienced a recent resurgence of student activism, particularly in response to some of President Donald Trump’s executive orders as well as controversial speakers like Ann Coulter and Milo Yiannopoulous. Student activism presents both challenges and opportunities for higher education leaders seeking to engage productively in these often complex and highly charged issues. We conducted a phenomenological study of ten student activists and eight administrators at three universities to examine the meaning and goals they identify in their experience of campus activism. Findings indicated students identify their activist involvement as highly meaningful, especially with regard to what they feel they learn in college. Similarly, findings indicated administrators found their experience with student activists to be highly consequential in terms of both career satisfaction and dissatisfaction. We also found communication differences between student activists and administrators, even on topics where they generally agree. Given the frequently high stakes nature of contemporary student activism, we present recommendations for practice in the context of understanding these communication differences

ASSESSMENT OF LOWER LIMB ASYMMETRY: DIFFERENCES DURING ISOMETRIC AND STRETCH-SHORTENING CYCLE TASKS

Assessment of limb function asymmetry is of interest to practitioners due to its role in return to play guidelines and reported links to injury. Dynamometry is one of the most commonly used methods of assessing muscle function, but the mode of contraction used is different to the stretch-shortening cycles experienced during real-life activities. The aim of this study was to compare measures of limb function asymmetry during isometric and stretch-shortening cycle tasks and investigate agreement between the methods. Different between-limb effect sizes were observed between limbs dependent on test used, with different ranges of asymmetry observed. Agreement between methods was very poor. These results show the importance of assessing asymmetry in a condition that is as similar as possible to the task of interest