School matriculation as an indicator of success in an accounting programme at Technikon Natal

Bibliography: leaves 83-87.The high failure rate of students at Technikons is of great concern to all who are involved in tertiary education. If the current entrance requirements, which are predominately based on matriculation results, are failing to select successful students, these entrance requirements need to be investigated to determine if they are accurate predictors of success. The research reviews the current entrance requirements to Accounting programmes offered at Technikon Natal, and tests the reliability of these requirements, namely matriculation results, as predictors of success in the programmes. Predictor variables such as overall matriculation results, individual subjects or combinations of subjects are considered. The research used students registered for an Accounting diploma at Technikon Natal from 1996 to 1998. The progress of these students was monitored over the period of three years required to complete the Accounting programmes. Overall matriculation results, measured by Swedish points, and subjects studied for matriculation were used to determine if a correlation exists between these results and the number of subjects passed in each year of study. The overall conclusion is that students who have 26 Swedish points and above and/or Accounting matriculation results of a HG-D or SG-C pass more subjects in each year of the three-year Accounting programme than those students who have not achieved these results. The concurrent study of Accounting, Mathematics and Economics was significant for the second and third year of study. A degree of caution is necessary here as students with lower results were also successful in the completion of the Accounting programmes within three years

Reflexive Practice in Live Sociology: Lessons from researching Brexit in the lives of British Citizens living in the EU-27

This paper brings reflexivity into conversation with debates about positionality and live sociology to argue for reflexivity to be reimagined as an enduring practice that is collaborative, responsible, iterative, engaged, agile, and creative. We elaborate our argument with reference to examples and contemplations drawn from our experiences researching what Brexit means for Britons living in the EU27 for the BrExpats research project, which was informed from the outset by reflexive practice. We outline three (of a number of) potential strategies for engaging in reflexive practice: reflexive positioning, reflexive navigating, and reflexive interpreting or sense-making. We acknowledge that these are not separate actions in practice but are conceptually distinguishable aspects of an ongoing reflexive practice, informed by our understanding of the cognitive relationship between reflexivity and practice theory

An investigation of prescribed managerial accounting and finance textbooks used by B.Com accounting students at some universities in South Africa.

Thesis (M.Ed. (Department of Education)) - University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2008.The selection of textbooks used at tertiary institutions in South Africa, in the discipline of Accounting, is an area where there is a lack of published studies. Factors citied by academics for selecting prescribed textbooks are the cost of the textbooks, comprehensive coverage of relevant topics and applicability to the South African context. Other criteria, such as readability, are often not taken into consideration. Students feel that the prescribed textbooks are prescribed for the wrong reasons and find them difficult to read and learn from. The research reviews the Managerial Accounting and Finance (MAF) textbooks used at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and other universities. Observations about the textbooks, from staff and students are considered from interviews

International Migration and Social Theory

This is the introductory chapter from Karen O'Reilly's book, International Migration and Social Theory, 2012, Palgrave Macmillan [© Karen O'Reilly], reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan. This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here: http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/international-migration-and-social-theory-/?K=9780230221307Examining how migration has been theorized and using empirical examples to explore hot topics, this book shows how migration cuts to the heart of notions of identity, home and belonging

What does Brexit mean for British citizens living in the EU27? Talking Brexit with the British in Spain

In this interim research report from the BrExpats research project, Professor Karen O’Reilly (Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths) draws out the initial themes from her conversations with Britons living in Spain about what Brexit means for the British living in the EU27. The research on which the report is based was carried out in Spain, October 2017. • British abroad are a far more diverse group than are represented by the mass media, politicians and commentators. • Our research is generating an overwhelming response. • Brexit is affecting people now - financially and emotionally. • There is a lot of fear, anxiety and confusion, for British abroad over how to legally secure their future residence rights. • Registering, the Padron, and Residencia: the facts. • Brexit is causing British abroad to ask fundamental questions about their identity. Key areas of concern • What their residence rights will be. • What the cut-off date will be for the right to remain. • What their health entitlements will be. • Whether the payment of social care benefits will continue. • Whether there will be continuing free movement. • If they return to the UK will they be able to bring partners or children born in other European countries with them? • Whether the EHIC will still be available. • If they own a home in Spain, how many months of the year will they be able to spend there. • About the right to work and the translation of professional qualifications . • Whether, if they choose to become a Spanish Citizen, they will be allowed to return to the UK in the future. • What voting rights they will have, and whether they will still be allowed to vote in local elections

What does Brexit mean for UK citizens living in the EU27? Talking Brexit with the British in Spain II

This report offers some interim insights into Brexit and how this is lived and experienced by British citizens living in Spain. It draws on research conducted by Karen O'Reilly for the BrExpats research project. Karen has been a regular visitor to Spain for research purposes since 1993, and is author of The British on the Costa del Sol. This report is mainly based on her most recent field trip in January 2018. • Most people Karen spoke to in Spain, in January, felt somewhat reassured by the December agreement. • The December agreement clarified some issues around right to remain and access to services, and these are addressed in the last section of the report. • However, many complex issues remain unresolved, such as for older people who are having to think about what care provisions there might be for them, people with complex family arrangements, and those with mixed nationality families. • There is a sense that, in terms of reassurance about one’s rights going forward, many people are simply learning how to go on under difficult circumstances. • During this January field trip, Karen spoke to people who had voted to Remain and people who had voted to Leave the EU. • She found that for both groups, and those in-between, Brexit taps into emotional responses around national identity. • Leavers and Remainers both seem to feel passionately about Britain’s role in the world, its future, and its people

Long read: let's ditch the stereotypes about Britons who live in the EU

Our images of Britons living in the rest of the EU are dominated by twin stereotypes: the sun-seeking, patriotic pensioner in Spain and the upper-middle-class English couple renovating a Dordogne property. Karen O'Reilly and Michaela Benson (Goldsmiths University of London) make a plea for the true complexity and diversity of the British diaspora to be recognised, and explain how these stereotypes feed into a wider notion of migrancy as deviant and problematic

Long read: let's ditch the stereotypes about Britons who live in the EU

Our images of Britons living in the rest of the EU are dominated by twin stereotypes: the sun-seeking, patriotic pensioner in Spain and the upper-middle-class English couple renovating a Dordogne property. Karen O'Reilly and Michaela Benson (Goldsmiths University of London) make a plea for the true complexity and diversity of the British diaspora to be recognised, and explain how these stereotypes feed into a wider notion of migrancy as deviant and problematic

What does Brexit mean for UK citizens living in the EU27? Talking Brexit with 18-35 year old UK citizens in southern Spain

This report documents the key findings from research carried out with 18-35 year old Britons living in southern Spain as part of the BrExpats research project. As it discusses: - All participants placed a strong emphasis on their flexibility, acceptance of change, having fluid plans, or ‘going with the flow’ - Generally, they feel whatever comes their way, they will cope with it However, Brexit is so uncertain that there is an element of holding tight for the moment while also making contingency plans such as applying for Irish citizenship, or making sure to be officially registered in Spain - This acceptance of change and flexibility, combined with a certain lack of financial and emotional investment in Spain, meant that while they felt strongly about Brexit, they tended not to articulate this in terms of what it meant for their individual lives, its personal impact, reflecting instead on what it means for Britain today - Sociologically speaking, in our contemporary world ‘choosing’, or embracing, flexible or fluid plans can be thought of as a pragmatic life strategy, as the experience of resilience and rapid, unexpected change becomes normal and habitualised

What does Freedom of Movement mean to British citizens living in the EU27? Freedom, mobility and the experience of loss

This report draws from research conducted by the BrExpats research team with a panel of 194 British citizens, living in 23 countries across Europe, who have been in touch with us throughout the project, telling us their stories and responding to our ongoing requests for information and feedback. It looks at what freedom of movement means in terms of European Union regulations, on the one hand, and how the notion of freedom of movement, as a right and an ideal, has been interpreted and enacted by British people living abroad, on the other hand. We explore: what freedom of movement, as a right to move and to reside, means to British citizens living in the EU; how they have implemented their rights; and what might be the practical and emotional consequences of losing these rights. Key points: • Freedom of movement is one of the four fundamental freedoms of the European Union, together with the movement of goods, capital, and services. It underpins the right of persons to move and reside freely within the territory of the member states. • While celebrated as a freedom, legally, freedom of movement is far more complicated and circumscribed than its name suggests, and the regulations around its implementation vary from one country to another. • The implicit bias in EU legislation towards workers and labour rights begins to explain the lack of understanding of how the loss of freedom of movement rights will affect people in practice. • In practice, British citizens living and working in the EU-27 are very diverse in terms of age, class, gender, ethnicity, employment status, and especially mobility patterns. They include those who have moved permanently for work alongside those who have retired in the EU; people who have moved temporarily for work or study; people who have moved to join family or to start new families; and people who live in one country and work, sell goods or provide services in another. • These British citizens embrace the concept of free movement far beyond its legal interpretation as something symbolising openness to new cultures and experiences. • Furthermore, they see freedom of movement as an individual and social good and are afraid this good is being lost without consulting them. • In even broader terms, there is a fear among some panellists that the qualities they associate with freedom of movement may be less forthcoming in a post- Brexit Britain, qualities like interest in other cultures, openness to new ideas and experiences, compassion and understanding for other peopl