Evaluating social pedagogy training and development in Lincolnshire

This report presents the findings and recommendations from an evaluation of social pedagogy training and implementation in residential homes in Lincolnshire. The social pedagogy training delivered by Jacaranda training in Spring 2015 was completed by 45 members of staff from three care homes in LincolnshireLincolnshire County Counci

Young Enterprise: Evaluating the impact of the Team programme

This report sets out the findings of the evaluation of the Team programme conducted by the International Centre for Guidance Studies at the University in 2016. The project adopted a mixed methodology which focussed on the experiences of staff, students and business advisers in a sample of twenty schools selected from a possible 40 which are funded for the Team programme as part of the DfE Character programme. The research findings are encouraging and show that the Team programme has a positive impact on the development of the knowledge, skills and attitudes required by young people to make a successful transition to learning, work and the adult world.Young Enterpris

Ethnic Politics and Political Violence in Post-2001 Afghanistan: The 2014 Presidential Election

© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis. This article evaluates the political dynamics of the 2014 presidential election to explore the sense of nationhood that could have formed in post-2001 Afghanistan and to gauge its strength. It examines frontrunner candidates–Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah’s–campaign rhetoric and processes they utilized to manipulate ethnic identities for political ends. Ethnic identities sharpened by ideological and political polarisation during the civil war (1978–2001), continue to play a critical part in the political economy dynamics of post-2001 era. With the popular patriotic idea of citizenship remaining weak, the abundance of ethnic identities provides a paradigm around which power contenders articulate messages that easily feed into popular perceptions of “us” and “other”. The article contextualizes representative and consociational democracy exploring whether these models of democracy offer any solution to social cleavages in Afghanistan. It argues that elites’ manipulation of ethnic identities and distribution of resources through ethnic shares (Bonn Conference 2001, National Unity Government (NUG) 2014) might reinforce ethnic boundaries, leading to deeper consolidation of ethnic divisions

The Effects of Vitamin D on the Renin-Angiotensin System

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: The current literature indicates that maintaining adequate vitamin D levels may be an important consideration in the treatment of hypertension, especially in individuals with vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency

Evaluation of the Chrysalis Summer School - 2008-2015

This report presents a mixed-methods Evaluation of the Chrysalis Summer School’s impact drawing on evaluation data from 2008-2015.Sir Roger Cholmeley’s School at Highgate and Future Foundation

Violence, Terrorism, and Identity Politics in Afghanistan: The Securitisation of Higher Education

This article investigates the securitisation of the higher education sector in Afghanistan by examining ‘hidden’ non-discursive practices as opposed to overt discursive threat construction. Non-discursive practices are framed by the habitus inherited from different social fields, whereas in Afghanistan, securitising actors converge from different habitus (e.g., institutions, professions, backgrounds) to bar the ‘other’ ethnic or social groups from resources and spaces which could empower these groups to become a pertinent threat, a fear, and a danger to the monopoly of the state elites over the state power and resources. The most prominent securitisation practices emerging from the data include mainly (1) the obstruction of the formation of critical ideas and politics; (2) the obstruction of economic opportunities; and (3) the obstruction of social justice. This article deploys a case study methodology and uses the Kabul University as its subject of investigation

A legal analysis on marital rape in Malaysia / Muhammad Syafiq Mohd Sahar, Mohamad Arif Aizuddin Masrom and Mohamad Zakwan Mohamad Anuar

The purpose of this research is to analyze the issue of marital rape in Malaysia from the legal perspective. In the first phase of the project, we discuss the current law and situation of marital rape in Malaysia. Then, we compare the law with other countries that have applied it such as Scotland and United States. The second phase of the project, we carried out field work in the context that we handle questionnaires to the respondents that relates to this issue and to the public in order to receive their feedback. The final phase of this project is where we conclude our research and recommend solutions that can be done by the legislature and authorities in Malaysia in order to handle this issue efficiently