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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"role of university"”.
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The role of university-business interaction in knowledge system and its effect on growth
Knowledge is recognised as the driver of productivity and economic growth, and its role is still being developed. The development of growth theory results in the focus of knowledge shifting from knowledge investment to knowledge spillover. In the meantime, links between knowledge actors are the …
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The role of university participation in integrated coastal zone management : a case study of the Ria de Aviero
The purpose of this investigation is to examine the efforts of the Universidade de Aveiro to create a public participation process and provide information for the management of the Ria de Aveiro, a lagoon system, in Portugal. This thesis examines whether universities are effective as coordinators …
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The unwritten edit : gatekeeping images of diversity in higher education
The university photographer plays a key role in producing photographs to show and sell the image of diversity through an institution's marketing materials. This research aims to understand the role of university photographers and the institutional expectations for them to produce diverse …
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University-industry-relations - their role in technological innovation:the case of biotechnology in the UK
Biotechnology is one of a series of new `generic technologies' that have been identified by western governments as possessing stategic economic opportunities. In this thesis I examine the characteristics of the technology and the government policies that have been developed to both promote and …
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Libraries and academic development strategies in South African universities
This dissertation examines the role of university libraries in academic support and development programmes in South Africa. It focuses on how libraries and librarians can assist under-prepared students whose educational backgrounds under apartheid have not equipped them for the transition from …
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Beyond Carbon Toward Liberation: An Urban Bioethical Case for a Socially and Environmentally Just University Health System
Awareness of critical public health issues stemming from historical and contemporary environmental injustice has been growing, yet institutions are still working to identify how to respond. How do we transform University Health System infrastructure, in the built environment and affiliated …
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The Imagined Reproductive Futures of Post-Graduate Students
… how thirty post-graduate students at the University of Saskatchewan enact their imagined reproductive futures. This ethnographic research was conducted using the methods of walkabouts, participant observation, and semi-structured one-on-one interviews, and finds that participants draw upon …
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Admission Crisis In Nigerian Universities : The Challenges Youth And Parents Face In Seeking Admission
<p>The need for access to university education has recently become vital in Nigeria as a result of an increase in the college-age population and an awareness of the role of university education in the development of the individual as well as the nation. Recent admission policies of Nigerian …
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Transforming think tanks into ‘policy hubs’: The creation of research−policy networks
The development of public policy has been dogged for many decades by two main issues: the use of evidence and knowledge generated through research, and the engagement of external policy actors or non-state actors in the policy process. The collaborative role of universities and think tanks has …
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Transforming think tanks into ‘policy hubs’: The creation of research−policy networks
The development of public policy has been dogged for many decades by two main issues: the use of evidence and knowledge generated through research, and the engagement of external policy actors or non-state actors in the policy process. The collaborative role of universities and think tanks has …
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Performing ethnography in a contemporary workplace : Disability discourse and the university administrator.
This thesis is concerned with the role of university administrators and the work they carry out in relation to disability. In a context of disability discrimination legislation and a developing culture of 'consumerism', administrators in the United Kingdom are increasingly charged with undertaking …
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The Dynamics of Student Teaching: Bringing Paraeducators Into the Discussion
… are playing an increasingly important role in the education of students with disabilities. At the same time, the task of supervising and managing the work of paraeducators is steadily becoming the responsibility of special education teachers. This investigation explores the role of …
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Understanding Knowledge Workers’ Perspectives on Knowledge Exchange Activities in the Context of Saudi Higher Education Institutions
… in extant understanding by exploring the nature of KE within Saudi public universities, generating an in-depth understanding of KE processes and their associated activities within academic roles. This research explores the main factors influencing academic engagement in these activities and their …
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Moral accountability in the MBA : a Kantian response to a public problem
We live in an age of public accountability. For university-based business schools, housed within institutions with responsibilities for fostering public wellbeing, public accountability represents major challenges. The specific challenge of this dissertation is interpreting that accountability in …
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From school to faculty: stories of transition into teacher education
… agenda in particular, has led to a discourse of competence-based preparation for teaching. The locus of all teacher education in Scotland has moved from ‘colleges of education’ and become firmly situated within university faculties or schools of education; achieving the Standard for Initial …
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General Knowledge? The Roles of the New Zealand University in a Knowledge Society
This thesis examines the roles of the New Zealand university in a knowledge society. Gaps in the literature of the New Zealand university in a contemporary context mean that the enquiry is informed by European and North American discussions of the educational requirements of a knowledge society. As …
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The potential of green space in schools to enhance biodiversity, ecological knowledge and student wellbeing
… disconnected from the natural world, a trend often attributed to rapid urbanisation and reduced daily contact with nature. Spending time in the presence of biodiversity is known to benefit mental health, physical health and wellbeing, and increase awareness of the natural world and …