This paper describes a small scale collaborative research project designed to
promote undergraduate students’ academic literacy through proactive
methods of support embedded within the content of an early childhood
education module. Two of the professionals involved in the project offer

The past twenty years has seen growing academic and policy interest in the role of SMEs within a global context. There has been much debate surrounding the negative impact of globalisation on the international SME arising from increased competitive pressures.…

Presented at: Conference on Structural Reform and the Transformation of Organizations and Businesses, sponsored by the Ashcroft International Business School and the Athenian Policy Forum. Homerton College, Cambridge, 3-6 September 2003.

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Purpose: The aim of this paper is to assess both the philosophical underpinnings and contributions to knowledge made by research in the field of strategy in the five years between 2002 and 2006.

Design/methodology/approach: The paper begins with…

Can dialogue reveal hidden truths? This is what prompted Bronwen Rees and
Andrew Armitage to experiment with the dialogical process to explore how
realities and knowledge about our organisations are created.

The 1980s saw an increase in learning support assistants (LSAs’) in colleges for further
education to support post-sixteen learners with learning difficulties and disabilities (LDD).
LSAs’ were appointed on an ad hoc basis with little or no experience, or relevant

The closing decades of the twentieth century saw a dramatic shift from institutional to community-based care for the mentally ill. This paper describes a study of the social representation of mental illness by mental health professionals working in Britain and…

Investigates informal leisure uses of technology, including developing home pages, building special interest sites, surfing the Net and participating in electronic communities.

Reinforcement of learning in practice may help students learn bioscience but is contingent on adequate support from staff nurses. A 'snapshot' of the situation in practice was obtained (2006/7), with context from lecturers. In Stage 1, surgical care nurses were…