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Overcoming Troublesome Knowledge in Threshold Concepts Learning: The Case of Theoretical Reasoning in Undergraduate Political Studies
(2018-06)
This paper investigates the challenges posed by troublesome knowledge in undergraduate politics learning. Theoretical reasoning is taken as the chief example of troublesome threshold concept in politics, and the problem ...
Transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) and the spill overs effects on the Gulf – cooperation council
(2017-02-13)
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP). The EU and the USA are negotiating the TTIP, a trade agreement that aims to remove trade barriers across different ...
National Sovereignty over Natural Resources, Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Development
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016-11-25)
Environmental interdependencies place undeniable pressures and challenges on the cardinal principle of state sovereignty and in particular on the principle of national sovereignty over natural resources. This chapter ...
The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF): Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?
(2016-08-22)
The UK government’s Green Paper, ‘Fulfilling Our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice’, presents both significant challenges and opportunities for universities. Whilst the quantitative element ...
Corporate Social Responsibility in Cameroon: The Hydro Electricity Sector
(2016-04-14)
Corporate social responsibility concept is relatively new in Cameroon. That is why a majority of the large companies do not have either CSR policies in place or a team that deals with corporate social responsibility issues. ...
Legal Nature of Emails: A Comparative Perspective
(2016-02-21)
There is currently a conflict between laws and the market in their treatment of email. Laws mandate that emails are not protected as property unless copyrightable or protected by another legal mechanism. But the market ...
Social Media and the Student Experience
(2015-10)
The static paper-based School noticeboard is a thing of the past. There is no longer a need, or desire, for small groups of students to congregate around a central location. Advertised events are no longer printed on to ...
Get Real: Using authentic assessment techniques to improve law degree academic performance’
(2015-09-17)
Authentic assessments are closely aligned with activities that take place in real work settings, as distinct from the often artificial constructs of university courses. The undergraduate law degree differs from many other ...
Virtual Worlds – a Legal Post-Mortem Account
(2014-12-31)
This paper addresses the lack of legal literature in the area of death and virtual worlds. It sheds light on the legal status of different in-game assets, assessing whether these could fit within the notions of property ...