Using the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy to foster teaching and learning partnerships

The Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education presents scope for deepening the conversations and achieving more productive collaborations between lecturers and librarians. These transactions are significant for the ongoing efforts to create and maintain a sustainable programme for information literacy within higher learning. It is suggested that librarians and lecturers might use the Framework as a kind of heuristic resource to bring to the surface or make visible the processes and practices in knowledge making that may be tacit or unintelligible for students. Based on a series of interviews with lecturers across different disciplines, this paper explores the synergy between the conceptual frames of the Framework and the lecturers' strategies to bring about the kinds of literacies that are valued as generic graduate attributes needed in the twenty-first century.DHE

Guest Artist: Annie Fullard, Violin

Kemp Recital Hall February 19, 2019 Tuesday Evening 8:00p.m

Guest Artist Masterclass: Annie Fullard, Violin

Center for the Performing Arts February 18, 2019 Monday Afternoon 2:00 p.m

The Movement for Hawaiian Independence

a special feature about the movement for Hawaiian Independence on ALOH

Perfect Circles: A Study of the Scattering Regions of Wolf Rayet Binary Stars

Although we have been able to develop an understanding of many aspects of stellar evolution and formation, a few key gaps remain. One is the fate of massive binary star systems composed of Wolf-Rayet (WR) and O-type stars. In these WR + O binaries, the stellar winds surrounding these stars collide, creating a complex interaction region in which light from the stars scatters and becomes polarized. To study these scattering regions, I employ a technique that allows me to map the polarization of the light emitted from these stars and track its variation over the binary orbit. I found that although we have some models for this behavior, they do not fully reproduce the observed data, suggesting these systems are more complex that previously known. The unexplained behaviors give clues to the complexity of these systems and shows how these models can be improved upon in the future. Understanding the structure and evolution of this scattering region could be the key to understanding the lives and eventual deaths of these stars

The impact of partial smokefree legislation on health inequalities: Evidence from a survey of 1150 pubs in North West England

BACKGROUND: The UK government claims that between 10 and 30% of pubs and bars will be exempt from proposed legislation to achieve smokefree enclosed public places across England. This arises from the contentious inclusion that pubs and bars that do not prepare and serve food and private members clubs, will be able to allow smoking. We aimed to survey pubs and bars across the North West of England to assess smoking policies and the proportion and variations by deprivation level of venues preparing and serving food. METHODS: We carried out a telephone survey of 1150 pubs and bars in 14 local authorities across the North West of England. The main data items were current smoking policy, food preparation and serving status, and intention to change food serving and smoking status in the event of implementation of the proposed English partial smokefree legislation. RESULTS: 29 pubs and bars (2.5%) were totally smoke-free, 500 (44%) had partial smoking restrictions, and 615 (54%) allowed smoking throughout. Venues situated in the most deprived quintiles (4 and 5) of deprivation were more likely to allow unrestricted smoking (62% vs 33% for venues in quintiles 1 and 2). The proportion of pubs and bars not preparing and serving food on the premises was 44% (95% CI 42 to 46%), and ranged from 21% in pubs and bars in deprivation quintile 1 to 63% in quintile 5. CONCLUSION: The proportion of pubs and bars which do not serve food was far higher than the 10–30% suggested by the UK government. The proportion of pubs allowing unrestricted smoking and of non-food venues was higher in more disadvantaged areas, suggesting that the proposed UK government policy of exempting pubs in England which do not serve food from smokefree legislation will exacerbate inequalities in smoking and health

Teacher supply and Covid-19

To avoid the negative effects of entering the labour market during a recession many graduates decide to defer entry into the labour market by enrolling into postgraduate study. One of the beneficiaries to this increase in demand for education are Initial Teacher Training Programmes. If we assume that Covid-19 affects graduates in a similar way to the 2008 crisis, but is less persistent, then we would expect roughly 1,800 more graduates to become teachers over the next two years. While this increase might seem modest compared to the 30,000 graduates who enrol into teacher training each year it is important to remember that policymakers have missed recruitment targets by nearly 3,000 places in recent years

Teacher recruitment rise is great but retention is key

Coronavirus and the looming economic hardship may boost the education profession's ability to attract graduates, but keeping them and turning this into sustainable growth will still be a challenge