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This study explores the level of attention (‘issue-salience’) and use of language (‘policy framing’) related to tourism in political parties’ manifestos in Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish elections in the UK. The findings reveal significant increases in the salience of tourism as an election issue—as well as parties’ contrasting use of language when placing policy…

Home care should be about empowering people to live independent lives near the people and places that are important to them. It should be the way that we help people get back on their feet after a health or personal crisis. It should be the way that we save money by avoiding unnecessary hospitalisation and…

The rising cost of higher education to individuals and reduced graduate job prospects in many countries have renewed debate about the value of higher education. These have, however, focused on the private gain or rate of return of higher education to individuals, rather than on its broader public benefits. Even defenders of the intellectual, cultural…

Welfare state theory has struggled to come to terms with the role of the third sector. It has often categorized welfare states in terms of the pattern of interplay between state social policies and the structure of the labour market. Moreover, it has frequently offered an exclusive focus on state policy – thereby failing to…

This paper aims to replicate analysis conducted by Chowdry et al. (2013) which considers the determinants of participation in higher education (HE) in England. Using linked individual level data, for both participants and non-participants in HE, Chowdry et al. track 2 cohorts of young people from age 11 through to age 20. They demonstrate that…

This article reports on a study that examined the personal employment paths of six international academics at a British university. To complement previous accounts of difficult migration, it focuses on the successful experiences of such academics, in particular how proficiency in English facilitated their move into employment in higher education (HE), and the linguistic competences…

Mae’r Cyfnod Sylfaen (a gyflwynwyd yn 2008) yn cynnig cwricwlwm o ddysgu trwy brofiad, sy’n briodol yn ddatblygiadol, i blant 3 i 7 oed yng Nghymru. Nod y gwerthusiad annibynnol (dan arweiniad WISERD), a gomisiynwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru, yw gwerthuso pa mor dda y caiff ei roi ar waith, beth fu ei effaith, a ffyrdd…

Mae’r Cyfnod Sylfaen (a gyflwynwyd yn 2008) yn cynnig cwricwlwm o ddysgu trwy brofiad, sy’n briodol yn ddatblygiadol, i blant 3 i 7 oed yng Nghymru. Nod y gwerthusiad annibynnol (dan arweiniad WISERD), a gomisiynwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru, yw gwerthuso pa mor dda y caiff ei roi ar waith, beth fu ei effaith, a ffyrdd…