A qualitative study of willingness to use a proposed male contraceptive pill and an exploration of attitudes towards a male contraceptive pill among a group contraceptive users in an English region., BACKGROUND. Small scale trials of male hormonal contraception have…

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…

Presented at the 21st Conference of the Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE), held in Granada, in Summer 2006., One of twenty-five papers exploring our contemporary reading of what is global, the way we comparatively understand this world of new…

Problematic aspects of intercultural communication are considered in the context of: an increasingly internationalized market for higher education; the globalization of knowledge; the compatibility of distinct national higher education cultures; and the capacity for successful cross-cultural cooperation. This is exemplified…

This paper arises from current proposals to reform the Coroner Service in England and Wales. In it, we explore the extent to which inquests offer the opportunity to increase our understanding of the situation of older people who are “found…

This paper identifies issues in developing a three-year duration, work-focussed undergraduate degree programme with a model of inquiry-based learning supported through online communities of inquiry. On the course, students examine their current work-practice to identify issues and then plan, implement…

Earlier versions of this paper were presented at the conference
of the Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics
in June 2008, and at the Quality in Postgraduate Research
conference held in Adelaide in April 2008., Although postgraduate research is

First year students often feel ill-equipped academically and emotionally, hindering their
integration and adjustment into university life. This report describes a standardised
orientation program for first year undergraduate students focusing on peer and academic
support based on…

The management of space in UK higher education has become a critical issue given the cost of
maintaining the estate and the importance of attractive campus buildings in student recruitment.
Making alterations to existing building structures is expensive and disruptive.…

I describe the development of a group in North London that aimed to increase the involvement of carers in the development and monitoring of mental health services across the borough. I enabled the carers to evaluate their experiences of the…