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Showing 1 to 20 of 107 for “"professionalisation"”.
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Dreams of Europe: The professionalisation of women’s football in Finland
… leagues, little is known about processes of professionalisation in countries not at the centre of this phenomenon. This thesis therefore takes as its subject the professionalisation of women’s football in Finland, in order to explore the process in a country which enjoys a strong reputation …
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Shouldering Giants: Campaign Consultants and the Professionalisation of American Election Campaigns.
This thesis proposes that there is an inherent paradox in the American political cultural: that there is a strong distaste for any professionals spawned in the political process, despite that process being so complex (increasingly so) that professionals are required to navigate its courses on …
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Professionalisation or polarisation? : economic restructuring and changes in Cape Town's labour market
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the changes that have occurred in the economy of CapeTown, South Africa over the last half of the 20th century and what the possible effects of this change have been on social inequality. Literature on economic restructuring in cities all over the world …
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The professionalisation of teaching in higher education in the UK: perceptions and understandings
… of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) in 2003, professionalisation of teaching in Higher Education (HE) has had a championing organisation, whose remit includes the accreditation of initial teacher education qualifications and institutional professional recognition schemes, the two routes by …
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The professionalisation of learning, teaching and assessment in Higher Education through evidence-based practice
… activity into educational development and the professionalisation of learning, teaching and assessment in higher education (HE). This output constitutes an original contribution to knowledge about teaching in higher education within the following three broad areas:<br/>(a) the professional …
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An exploration of FE teachers’ attitudes, intentions and behaviours in response to the ‘Professionalisation Agenda’
… a range of education reforms referred to as the Professionalisation Agenda, aimed at developing the quality of teaching and training provisions in Further Education. This agenda, while overtly seeking to achieve parity of esteem of FE teachers with school teachers has reportedly given more work …
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The pen and the sword: the development of military periodicals and military professionalisation, 1790-1914
This thesis will answer a number of questions regarding the development of military periodicals from 1790 to 1914. It will explore why they emerged when they did, the different forms that they took, and how they fitted into the wider publishing environment. Alongside that, it will investigate those …
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From Inception to Professionalisation: the Evolution of Intercultural Dialogue in EU Mediterranean Policies (1990-2014)
… of consolidation’ (2001-2010) and a ‘phase of professionalisation’ (2010-2014). The main factor that shaped this three-phase evolution is identified in how EU policy-makers assessed the potential contribution of ICD to address the changing socio-cultural divide in the Euro-Mediterranean space …
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Corporate governance, professionalisation and performance of IPO firms. The role of founders and venture capitalists.
… firms going public and are influential in the professionalisation of the ventures especially in terms of human and social capital of its board of directors. It also argues that the board of directors represents a signal of firm quality in the initial public offering (IPO) market and should thus …
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Re-presenting herbal medicine as phytotherapy: a strategy of professionalisation through the formation of a 'scientific' medicine
… framework as a strategy in a process of professionalisation. Data were gathered from herbalists' own statements that provided the answers to how? and why? this occurred. Whilst it is suggested that much science is heavily influenced by its social and cultural enviromnent, the tenacious …
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The professionalisation of sports journalism, c1850 to 1939, with particular reference to the career of James Catton
There has been a considerable growth in research in recent years into the history of both journalism and sport, two hugely influential areas of popular culture. The two fields cover a wide spectrum of interests and there is much ground that is common to both. However, studies of journalism and the …
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The relevance of trait theory for the professionalisation of the new corporate professions: a case study of project management.
… The literature has sought to consider the professionalisation of project management, but this has largely been through the prism of the professional bodies and the institutional setting, with limited focus on the practitioner perspective. This current study has been influenced by an …
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A critical approach towards the professionalisation of the youth justice workforce: a research-led design of a mental health module
Over the last 15 years, the youth justice system has expanded and taken on a life of its own, accommodating novel and diverse occupational ideologies within a managerialistic and neo-liberalist agenda, to realise New Labour’s aggressive reductionist targets. One of the unforeseen consequences of …
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Exploring practitioner conceptualisations of professionalism and the impact of professionalism on the work of Australian ecotour guides
… the work of ecotour guides, and the impact professionalisation has on raising ecotour guides’ levels of professionalism. A review of literature and research across the topics of tour guiding, ecotourism and ecotour guiding revealed that professionalisation theory has not been engaged in the …
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Pills and Potions: A Study of Medical Retailing in Cardiff Between 1850 and 1900
… generally thought that from the mid-century, the professionalisation of medicine and pharmacy did much to block the trade of quack and irregular medicine vendors. However, as this thesis will discuss, Cardiff's medical retail market between 1850 and 1900 featured a diverse range of professional …
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Speak to me only with thine ayes? The representativeness of professional EU advocacy groups
… narrow conceptions of representativeness and professionalisation, ignoring organisational differences. First, representation does not rely only on member participation. Second, the representative claims of advocacy groups also have to be accepted by members and supporters as representing their …
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A comparative analysis of off-grid photovoltaic (PV) systems & businesses performance in The Gambia and Kenya
… Developing Countries, and assessing the role of professionalisation in enhancing the viability of micro and small enterprises (MSEs); (2) exploring the effectiveness of localised training as an essential element of technology deployment by Governments, the private sector, non-governmental …
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From the intransitive to the transitive: emerging the Australian tax profession as a profession in its own right
… and bestow professional inclusion and privilege. Professionalisation is a transdisciplinary phenomenon, aptly astudied through the lense of Institutional theory, which, at a societal level, Carillo and Zazzaro (2001) recognise has the power to influence economies and place controls on those who …
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Professionalising counter fraud specialists (fraud investigators) in the UK public sector: a focus upon Department for Work and Pensions, National Health Service and the Local Authority
This thesis seeks to examine and explore the professionalisation initiatives of the UK public sector counter fraud specialists (fraud investigators), with a focus upon the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), National Health Service (NHS) and Local Authority (LA). The conceptual framework used …
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