The complexities of failing (Social Work) students - a workshop for practice educators of Social Work students held at the University of Lincoln on Thursday 27th November 2014

This workshop for practice educators teaching social work students whilst on placement explored issues relating to failing students. Reasons why students might experience difficulties whilst on placement, early identification of problems, barriers to making a fail decision and resolution of concerns were discussed. The session considered how to evidence and articulate concerns in relation to HCPC Guidance on Conduct and Ethics for Students and the appropriate PCF levels and how to develop appropriate intervention plans, using the University's concerns process or Fitness to Practise procedures where necessary

Food Insecurity Awareness, Acknowledgment, and Actions on a University Campus

The purpose of this pilot study was to understand student awareness of food insecurities. Subjects for the study were students enrolled in a Foundations in Human Sciences course at a university located in East Texas (n=55). Students were asked to complete an online survey concerning knowledge of food insecurities, impacts of budgeting on food buying, previous personal food insecurity, skipped or had less nutritious meals due to the cost, and the food pantry on campus

AFPCorp: a corpus of advertisements for financial products

This article presents the AFPCor, a corpus of advertisements for financial products compiled in order to facilitate the study of discourse used in this text type. AFPCor comprises thirty press ads in this sector from the UK and a further 30 from Spain, sourced over a similar period of time which, by its very (bilingual/bi-cultural) nature, enables comparative work between the two languages and cultures involved (British English and Castilian Spanish) to be carried out. Future plans for expansion include one phase in 2011 covering press ads within the same product sector and medium, to facilitate diachronic studies, and a further collection of TV adverts for the same product type, in order to study differences in discourse produced by a change in media.

Investigation of Tribochemical Reactions Using the Model System of Methyl Thiolate on Copper Foil in Ultrahigh Vacuum and Ab-Initio Calculations

Advancement in the understanding of tribochemical systems suffers from several obstacles that hinder the progress in advancing an understanding of the fundamental processes involved in the evolution of friction and wear. Characterizing ephemeral chemical states within a buried interface is an experimental challenge and work in this dissertation uses a model system, methyl thiolate on copper foil, that undergoes tribo-activated decomposition to investigate the rate of change of the chemical components in the interface. The elementary steps in the tribochemical reaction were identified and consist of a shear-induced decomposition of methyl thiolate species to produce gas-phase hydrocarbons and form surface sulfur, which is mechanochemically transported into the sub-surface copper region resulting in changes in the friction coefficient. A method has been developed to analyze the changes in sliding-induced gas-phase product formation and friction coefficient as a function of the number of passes over the surface with a tribopin. Finally, the Vienna Ab-Initio Simulation Package (VASP) is used to calculate the methyl thiolate decomposition energies on Cu(100) as a function of load and the results are compared to the extended-Bell model

A Macroscopic Examination of Expedient Tools: Comparing Replicated Collections and Precontact Collections to Aid in Determining Site Type

This thesis project was utilized to examine the use of expedient tools, or stone tools made with little to no production effort, through macroscopic means to determine if specific activities were being enacted on a site. CRDA8-Site5 (36GR0418) functioned as an Early, Middle, and Late Woodland lithic reduction and tool production locus, based on the recovery of 2,442 precontact artifacts, including lithic debitage, chipped stone tools, and polished, ground, and pecked stone tools (PGP). The lack of artifact rich features with datable charcoal and additional artifact types, such as faunal remains, left little to give insight into further site purpose. By allowing more analysis to occur on expedient tools, the ability to more acutely define site activities presents itself. The project took place in two parts. Part one included the replication of the use-wear produced on expedient tools from various materials within the parameters of controlled production. Part two of the project was comprised of using the comparative collection to macroscopically identify use-wear patterns on the expedient tool collection from all three phases of the CRDA8- Site5 (36GR0418) collection

Air Force Media Use and Conformance with Media Richness Theory: Implications for E-Mail Use and Policy

Communication has become a major aspect of a manager\u27s job. When communicating, they are faced with many choices of what media to use - some include face-to-face, telephone, e-mail, or written. Managerial effectiveness can improve if managers make appropriate media choices. Thus, it is important to study how Air Force managers perceive media and what kind of choices they are making based on those perceptions. Media Richness Theory suggests that media choices are affected by content reasons, situational reasons, and symbolic reasons. This study examined Air Force managers and found they conform highly with Media Richness Theory in their media choices. Their perceptions of media richness also closely agreed with MRT. However, higher level managers did not conform better than lower level managers as MRT would suggest. This study supports Media Richness Theory and the model used to apply it. The results indicate that Air Force managers are making effective media choices. This gives implications for using newer media such as e-mail and creating policy for such media which is a paramount issue today

Institutional Factors that Pertain to Commuter Student Success

The purpose of this study was to explore what institutional factors affect retention and student success at a Florida public, 4-year university for commuter students. This study included institutional factors controlled by the university that affect retention with students who commute to the institution. Commuter students compose over 80% of enrollment at the nation’s college and university campuses. This mixed-method study included both a survey and focus groups. In the first part of the study, quantitative data were collected, using the Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI). The survey analysis of the data collected using the SSI indicated that the scores for the scales were not statistically significant in determining whether or not a student would choose the university again. In the second part, focus groups were conducted to better understand student satisfaction with the institutional factors. Four main themes emerged from data analysis: (a) location and other reasons to attend the institution, (b) connectedness to the institution, (c) institutional factors that assist with progression toward degree, and (d) obstacles to graduation. Four major conclusions were addressed: students who participated in this study had higher levels of satisfaction with library services and academic advising services than with other institutional factors, commuter students were not participating in student organizations or social activities on campus because they needed to balance external obligations with their academic careers, that students in the focus groups appeared to have an instrumental view of their college experiences and are focused on what they needed to do to complete course and degree requirements, and commuter student desired to have increased regular interactions with faculty teaching courses in their major fields. In conclusion, because commuter student are the majority population on many campuses, college administrators and faculty will need to continue providing opportunities for commuter student engagement and academic success