Public–private partnership in higher education provision in Tanzania: implications for access to and quality of education

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Referencial para avaliação da governança do centro de governo

A avaliação da governança do Centro de Governo embasada no presente Referencial fornecerá elementos que possibilitarão fazer um diagnóstico do estágio de desenvolvimento em que se situa o sistema de governança. Essa avaliação, ao perpassar os componentes do modelo, fornecerá uma fotografia do estado de governança em que se insere o Centro de Governo brasileiro

Decisão Normativa n. 127, de 15 de maio de 2013

Dispõe acerca das unidades jurisdicionadas cujos dirigentes máximos devem apresentar relatório de gestão referente ao exercício de 2013. Especifica a organização, a forma, os conteúdos e os prazos de apresentação, nos termos do art. 3º da Instrução Normativa n. 63/TCU, de 1º de setembro de 2010.Inclui anexo

Building bridges to the community: the Kirkham Family Connectors (KFC) Prison Programme

Families represent a form of social capital that can influence effective reintegration depending on the strength of the bond, and the nature of the relationship. An innovative training programme delivered at HMP Kirkham was designed to mobilise the strengths of prisoners, in the period prior to their release, by engaging family members as bridges to community resources and by a shared planning process designed to build stronger bonds between prisoners and their families. The conceptual framework for the Kirkham Family Connectors (KFC) project is based on the principles of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) and Assertive Linkage (assisting individuals in engaging with such assets). The project aimed to build prisoner resettlement capital by identifying what each prisoner's skills and strengths were, what enthused and engaged them, and to create partnerships with family members to establish accessible pathways to related resources in the communities to which they would be returning on their release. Evaluation data show that the programme generated hope and a sense of partnership among participants and key lessons for a strengths‐based intervention to support the prison‐community transition. All three of the participating groups – staff, prisoners, and families – reported positive engagement and an emerging sense of hope, and group cohesion through shared goals. There is considerable scope for both peer and probation staff delivery of the programme in the future, and for extending the scale and the scope of the project

Emotional Dysregulation as a target in the treatment of co-existing substance use and borderline personality disorders: A pilot study

Background: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Substance Use Disorders (SUD) are frequently co-morbid and their co-occurrence exacerbates the symptomatology and associated harms for both disorders. However, few intervention studies have examined the delivery of an integrated intervention for BPD and SUD within alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment settings. This single arm pilot study examined the clinical utility and outcomes of a 12-session emotion regulation intervention for clients with co-occurring SUD and BPD symptoms delivered in an outpatient AOD treatment setting. Method: Forty-five adult treatment-seekers (64.4% women, mean age 35.8 years [SD=10.4]) attending an outpatient AOD service, who exhibited three or more symptoms of BPD, engaged in a 12-session emotion regulation intervention. Clinical measures assessing alcohol and drug use, BPD symptoms, emotion dysregulation and acceptance, non-avoidance of thoughts and emotions, and psychological flexibility were collected at baseline, session six and session 12. Treatment engagement, satisfaction and rapport were also measured. Results: Fifty-one percent of participants completed the 12-session intervention. The results demonstrated that the number of drug using occasions in the past 28 days significantly reduced from baseline compared to session 12. Furthermore, a significant reduction was identified in BPD symptom severity, emotion dysregulation, and non-acceptance, experiential avoidance and psychological inflexibility from baseline to session 12. Conclusions: For those individuals who completed the 12-session emotion regulation intervention, there were significant reductions across a number of clinical outcomes. However, retention in treatment for this vulnerable client group remains a significant challenge in the AOD setting

Photocopy of TCU360 article

"Organizers of protests release list of demands" - In October of 2016, "Black Students and Allies of TCU" sent a letter to the chancellor outlining demands to be implemented to "encourage the incluseiveness of our campus and to change attitudes towards minorities on this campus." The TCU 360 article included a link to the transcript of the letter and demands