A guide to using Open Educational Resources (OERs) in marketing education

This Guide is an example of an Open Educational Resource (OER). It is freely accessible and downloadable, has been released under an open license (Creative Commons) and is digitised to allow for ease of access, re-use and re-purposing. It sets out to answer three questions: • What are Open Educational Resources (OERs)? • How do I develop OERs? • Why should I bother with OERs? The content covers: • Introduction: About this Guide • What are Open Educational Resources? • What types of OER exist and where can I find them? • What are the advantages of OER engagement? • What are the challenges with OER engagement? • How can I develop OER? • References Each section concludes by signposting the reader to further associated reading

Business education jargon buster

This Business Education Jargon Buster is one outcome of a HEFCE funded, JISC/HEA managed, Open Educational Resource (OER) project. It is intended to be a re-purposable resource, of relevance not only to business education, but also adaptable to other subject areas and for generic application. It has been designed to take account of the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) and could be used to help you in seeking professional recognition against that Framework. Examples of this professional recognition might include postgraduate certificates, HEA fellowships and other forms of professional development at any of the UKPSF descriptor levels

The armed services : a career choice?

The aim of this research was to identify what factors were preventing secondary school students from enlisting as army officers to the same extent as they had in the past, and to measure the relative merits of significant others and organizational projection on the vocational development of youth. A sample of 485 male and female, sixth and seventh form students from seven Christchurch and four rural secondary schools in the Canterbury region were surveyed. Two questionnaires (one assessing the situational influences on students during vocational development, and the second assessing attitudes towards the armed services), and the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPD were administered. The findings indicated the usefulness of the VPI as an instrument for predicting and assessing suitable entrants into the armed services. Differences were found between informative and influential sources on students while making vocational choices; the role of parents (significant others) was influential and advertising (organizational projection) was informative. These two sources had the greatest impact. Results offered some support for the situational approach to career choice. Finally, it appeared that students are not joining the army because they are not informed and have a narrow image of what an army officer career entails. The recommendations that follow consist of: the broadening of the image that is portrayed through organizational projection; the maintenance of parental support for the armed services; and the possibility of using realistic job previews to deal with the false or incorrect expectations that students hold towards the army as an organization

2002 Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition

The Republic of Turingia and the Republic of Babbage have brought their case before this Court by notification of the Special Agreement as provided for by Article 40(1) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice

TGF beta 1 attenuates expression of prolactin and IGFBP-1 in decidualized endometrial stromal cells by both SMAD-dependent and SMAD-independent pathways

Background: Decidualization (differentiation) of the endometrial stromal cells during the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle is essential for successful implantation. Transforming Growth Factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1) canonically propagates its actions via SMAD signalling. A role for TGF beta 1 in decidualization remains to be established and published data concerning effects of TGF beta 1 on markers of endometrial decidualization are inconsistent. Methodology/Principal Findings: Non-pregnant endometrial stromal cells (ESC) and first trimester decidual stromal cells (DSC) were cultured in the presence or absence of a decidualizing stimulus. Incubation of ESCs with TGF beta 1 (10 ng/ml) down-regulated the expression of transcripts encoding the decidual marker proteins prolactin (PRL), insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) and tissue factor (TF). TGF beta 1 also inhibited secretion of PRL and IGFBP-1 proteins by ESCs and surprisingly this response preceded down-regulation of their mRNAs. In contrast, DSCs were more refractory to the actions of TGF beta 1, characterized by blunted and delayed down-regulation of PRL, IGFBP-1, and TF transcripts, which was not associated with a significant reduction in secretion of PRL or IGFBP-1 proteins. Addition of an antibody directed against TGF beta 1 increased expression of IGFBP-1 mRNA in decidualised cells. Knockdown of SMAD 4 using siRNAs abrogated the effect of TGF beta 1 on expression of PRL in ESCs but did not fully restore expression of IGFBP-1 mRNA and protein. Conclusions/Significance: TGF beta 1 inhibits the expression and secretion of decidual marker proteins. The impact of TGF beta 1 on PRL is SMAD-dependent but the impact on IGFBP1 is via an alternative mechanism. In early pregnancy, resistance of DSC to the impact of TGF beta 1 may be important to ensure tissue homeostasis