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The Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 284

The Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society

Higher education policy has increasingly gained a European dimension, with its own distinct influence over national education policies. Against this background, a major project was launched, the REFLEX project, which aims to make a contribution to assessing the demands that the modern knowledge society places on higher education graduates, and the degree to which higher education institutions in Europe are up to the task of equipping graduates with the competencies needed to meet these demands. The project also looks at how the demands, and graduates’ ability to realise them, is influenced by the way in which work is organised in firms and organisations. The REFLEX project has been carried out in sixteen different countries and consisted of a large scale survey among some 70.000 graduates. This report presents the major findings and draws important policy implications.

Immigrant Academics and Cultural Challenges in a Global Environment
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 310

Immigrant Academics and Cultural Challenges in a Global Environment

This edited volume brings together the voices of different academics to illuminate the role of culture in determining the character and quality of the social and professional lives of mobile academics. The book examines specific issues on cultural diversity and the management of the heterogeneous classroom and diverse teaching/learning contexts. Teaching, learning, and research are processes carried out in situated contexts and within constructed, inherited, and negotiated cultural milieu, contexts that invariably affect the performance of the immigrant academics in their new homes and host academic institutions. The chapters in this volume provide analyses, reflections, and synthesis of int...

The Work Situation of the Academic Profession in Europe: Findings of a Survey in Twelve Countries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 301

The Work Situation of the Academic Profession in Europe: Findings of a Survey in Twelve Countries

This book presents the analysis of the representative survey about the academic profession in twelve European countries. Higher education in Europe has experienced a substantial change in recent years: Expansion progresses further, the expectation to deliver useful contributions of knowledge to the “knowledge society” is on the rise, and efforts to steer academic work through external forces and strong international management are more widespread than ever. Representative surveys of the academic profession in twelve European countries show how professors and junior staff at universities and other institutions of higher education view the role of higher education in society and their professional situation and how they actually shape their professional tasks. Academics differ across Europe substantially in their employment and working conditions, their views and their activities. Most of them favour the preservation of a close link between teaching and research and feel responsible for both theory and practice. Most consider efforts to enhance academic quality and social relevance as compatible. The overall satisfaction with their professional situation is rather high.

The Changing Academic Profession
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 265

The Changing Academic Profession

This book provides an overview on the major findings of a questionnaire survey of academic profession in international perspective. More than 25,000 professors and junior staff at universities and other institutions of higher education at almost 20 countries from all over the world provide information on their working situation, their views and activities. The study “The Changing Academic Profession” is the second major study of its kind, and changes of views and activities are presented through a comparison of the findings with those of the earlier study undertaken in the early 1990s. Major themes are the academics’ perception of their societal and institutional environments, the view...

Reviewing European Union Accession
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 348

Reviewing European Union Accession

  • Categories: Law

The year 2017 has been an uneasy one for the EU, with so-called Brexit on the horizon and the rise of populist euroskepticism in a number of Member States. This year, with the tenth anniversary of the Romanian and Bulgarian accession to the Union, is a good year to pause and reflect over the life and future of the Union. In this work, we envision the next decade with Europe 2020 strategy and review the fruits of the 2004 accession in Central and Eastern Europe. What has the Union achieved? Which policy areas are likely to change and how? How successful, and by what measure, has the accession of the 10 Member States in 2004 been? Reviewing European Union Accession addresses a wide range of issues, deliberately without any thematic constraints, in order to explore EU enlargement from a variety of perspectives, both scientific and geographical, internal and external. In contrast to the major works in this field, we highlight the interrelated, and often unexpected, nature of the integration process – hence the subtitle, unexpected results, spillover effects and externalities.

UPRT 2007: Empirical Studies in English Applied Linguistics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 311
Emma's baby
  • Language: nl
  • Pages: 359

Emma's baby

Emma, een alleenstaande moeder, woont met haar dertien maanden oude zoontje Ritchie in Londen. Op een regenachtige zondagavond reist Emma met de ondergrondse terug naar huis. Nadat ze Ritchie in de trein heeft getild, draait ze zich om naar haar boodschappen. Plotseling sluiten de deuren. Emma rent schreeuwend langs het perron maar niemand reageert op haar hulpgeroep. In de trein lijkt een vrouw 'volgende halte' te roepen. Tegen de tijd dat Emma daar in dolle paniek arriveert, zit de vrouw met Ritchie op schoot. Alles lijkt weer in orde. Tot de vrouw voorstelt een kopje koffie te gaan drinken om vervolgens spoorloos te verdwijnen met Ritchie in haar armen. Emma kan niets bewijzen. De politie gelooft haar niet. Hoe kan zij hun aan het verstand brengen dat haar zoontje is ontvoerd?

Hart op hol
  • Language: nl
  • Pages: 173

Hart op hol

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2024-02-06
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  • Publisher: Harlequin

Deze heren zijn niet alleen berucht, ze zijn ook nog eens onweerstaanbaar… Londen, 1813 Als lady Isabel Chalsey midden in de nacht oog in oog staat met een insluiper, ervaart ze meer opwinding dan schrik. Want de dief is nota bene de knappe Sullivan Waring, de meest gerespecteerde paardenfokker van Engeland! Hij blijkt bezig te zijn met een roekeloze strooptocht langs de huizen van de aristocratie. Isabel pakt haar kans: als Sullivan haar leert paardrijden, zal zij zijn geheim bewaren. Prettige bijkomstigheid is dat ze dan dagelijks in zijn gezelschap vertoeft. Tijdens de lessen ontdekt ze waarom Sullivan inbreekt bij de rijken, en krijgt ze steeds meer begrip voor zijn situatie. Wat niet goed is, want nu vindt ze hem niet alleen heel aantrekkelijk, maar ook nog eens sympathiek! Terwijl ze weet dat een romance door hun standsverschil is uitgesloten... Dit verhaal is eerder verschenen.

Reports of Changing Academic Profession Project Workshop on Quality, Relevance, and Governance in the Changing Academia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 318
A Season for Scandal
  • Language: nl
  • Pages: 348

A Season for Scandal

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2024-11-22
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  • Publisher: Van Goor

Marigold Bloom is bloemist in de winkel van haar familie. Nadat haar verloofde het uitmaakt ziet het er echter niet zo goed uit voor Mari of voor de bloemenwinkel. Wanneer Mari per toeval kennismaakt met de verschrikkelijk knappe maar extreem humeurige Oliver Lockhart komt ze op het pad van detectivebureau het Vogelhuis. De vrouwelijke detectives daar rekruteren haar onmiddellijk voor een speciale klus: de vermiste zus van Oliver terugvinden. Om haar te vinden moeten Mari en Oliver doen alsof ze pas verloofd zijn. Maar terwijl de lijn tussen waarheid en fictie in hun zoektocht vervaagt begint de neprelatie ook steeds echter te worden... A Season for Scandal - Vermissingen en schandalen is het tweede deel in deze heerlijke YA-serie van auteur Laura Wood, boordevol female empowerment, baljurken en schurken, voor lezers vanaf vijftien jaar. Perfect voor liefhebbers van de Netflix-serie Bridgerton. Deze serie is ook goed los te lezen. ** Lees ook: The Agency for Scandal - Geheimen en schandalen