A Viking burial at Balnakeil, Sutherland

A full discussion of a young Viking male pagan grave with full consideration of its context and broader significance in the context of the Norse in the British Isles

Evidence of exchange networks: the combs and other worked skeletal material

Significant contribution to the study of skeletal material in the Norse period using large internationally significant assemblage from Norse site in Orkney

Participation in higher education: A geodemographic perspective on the potential for further expansion in student numbers

Higher Education in England has expanded dramatically in the last ten years with the result that currently more than 30 per cent of young people go on to University. This upward trend in the participation rate is almost certain to continue, following the recommendations of a national committee of inquiry, the Dearing Committee (National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education 1997). Participation rates vary substantially by region and by type of residential area, and an earlier paper by the present authors (Batey, Brown and Corver 1997) demonstrated the benefits of using a geodemographic classification system to explore the nature of this variation. The present paper builds on this foundation in order to examine the potential for further expansion of student numbers. A number of scenarios are developed which combine assumptions about factors that may determine the scope for expansion in particular regions and sub-regions. The results of this analysis are intended to inform current discussions about the implementation of certain of the Dearing Committee?s recommendations. References Batey, P.W.J., Brown, P.J.B. and Corver, M. (1997) ?Expanding Participation in Higher Education: A Geodemographic Analysis of Recent Experiences in the English Regions? paper presented at the 27th European Congress of the Regional Science Association International, Rome, Italy 16-29 August 1997. National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education, (1997), Higher Education in the Learning Society, London, HMSO.

Negative intrusive thoughts and dissociation as risk factors for self-harm.

Relationships between self-harm and vulnerability factors were studied in a general population of 432 participants, of whom 30% reported some experience of self-harm. This group scored higher on dissociation and childhood trauma, had lower self-worth, and reported more negative intrusive thoughts. Among the non-harming group, 10% scored similarly to the self-harmers on the dissociation and self-worth scales, and engaged in potentially maladaptive behaviors that are not defined as indicating clinical self-harm, but experienced fewer negative intrusive thoughts. This group may be at risk of future self-harm if they begin to experience negative intrusive thoughts. If negative intrusive thoughts are playing a causal role, then therapeutic approaches tackling them may help those who are currently self-harming

The metal finds and their implications

Major interdisciplinary study of metal artefacts from major Norse site in Orkney

Structural Insights into Metabolite-Sensing Messenger RNAs

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