Two steps forward, one step back: Achievements and limitations of university-community partnerships in addressing neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage

This article discusses a partnership initiative that involved a major Australian research university (University of Melbourne), a local government and a network of local community service organisations. The partnership projects aimed to promote public access to university infrastructure for poor and marginalised residents, enhance the local value of research and teaching activities, and create employment opportunities. The article draws on an evaluation of the partnership, which focused on four keynote projects. It found that the partnership appeared to achieve positive outcomes for residents but was limited by tensions associated with the university’s ambivalent commitment to the value of such partnerships. These tensions remained difficult to resolve because they signalled present contestation over the foundational values of contemporary public universities.Keywords: university-community partnerships, neoliberalism, neighbourhoods, community developmen

Mental Health Care for Clients who are Incarcerated: a Systematic Literature Review

The purpose of this systematic literature review was to explore the question: “What scholarly literature exists which explores the interrelated themes of treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders in the presence of a Personality Disorder?”. Using the databases PILOTS: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress , PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO and working within specific inclusion and exclusion criteria, seven peer-reviewed articles met the criteria and were reviewed. Each article was coded and five interrelated treatment themes emerged: 1) behavior is functional, 2) acceptance of self, 3) cognitive reappraisal, 4) collaboration, 5) healthy expression. The research shows that humans who experience trauma are best rehabilitated through a corrective experience rather than a correctional one. The difficulties in locating enough studies to complete this systematic literature review indicate that more research needs to be done in developing best practices to treat clients who are incarcerated

Mental Health Care for Clients who are Incarcerated: a Systematic Literature Review

The purpose of this systematic literature review was to explore the question: “What scholarly literature exists which explores the interrelated themes of treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders in the presence of a Personality Disorder?”. Using the databases PILOTS: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress , PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO and working within specific inclusion and exclusion criteria, seven peer-reviewed articles met the criteria and were reviewed. Each article was coded and five interrelated treatment themes emerged: 1) behavior is functional, 2) acceptance of self, 3) cognitive reappraisal, 4) collaboration, 5) healthy expression. The research shows that humans who experience trauma are best rehabilitated through a corrective experience rather than a correctional one. The difficulties in locating enough studies to complete this systematic literature review indicate that more research needs to be done in developing best practices to treat clients who are incarcerated

Workshop Training: Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations for New Administrators and Labor Representatives

U ovom radu napravljena je aplikacija za učenje matematike na uređajima s operacijskim sustavom Android. Aplikacija ima teorijski dio gdje je objašnjeno gradivo iz matematike, te interaktivni dio gdje se korisnici mogu međusobno natjecati. Interaktivni dio je ujedno test s kojim korisnici mogu provjeriti usvojeno znanje jer se u igri postavljanu pitanja iz gradiva koje je obrađeno u teorijskom dijelu aplikacije. Interaktivni dio je napravljen pomoću platforme Firebase.The result of this work is an Android application for learning matematics. The application has a theoretical part where users can learn selected parts of matematics. Application also has interactive part where users can compete with each other. The interactive part is also a test where users can check there knowledge about topics that were explaned in theoretical part. The questions in the game are about topics that were explaned in theoretical part of the app. The interactive part was created using Firebase platform

Civil society meetings in EU trade agreements: recommendations and lessons for EPAs

EU trade agreements increasingly involve civil society to discuss and monitor sustainable development. Evaluations of these civil society meetings vary widely from being mere talking shops to empowering platforms. The new EPAs have weak or no provisions on civil society involvement and should be strengthened in this regard. In order to maximise the full potential of these meetings, lessons can be drawn from the existing mechanisms

Book Review: Rethinking readiness: Deeper learning for college, work and life. Raphael Heller, Rebecca E. Wolf & Adria Steinberg, Eds.

Rethinking readiness: Deeper learning for college, work and life discusses deeper learning as a requirement for student readiness for college, the world of work and for general life principles.  The book was written in response to the concerns of higher education administrators and employers about the state of student readiness for college, the workplace and life in the United States.  Jobs for the Future, an educational policy think-tank studies the relationships between the needs of the employment market, and educational institutions and assist schools with evidence-based policy development. Keywords: Deeper learning, 21st century learning, college readiness, career readines