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2012 legacies for learning
Posted on: 4 October 2011
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The HLST (Health, Leisure, Sport and Tourism) Subject Network was recently awarded funds for the development of Open Educational Resources (OER) by JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) within a twelve month project. Open Educational Resources are digital learning materials which are placed in repositories for open access, normally under licence, to be used, improved and re-used. The aim of the project is to identify, develop as necessary, make accessible and promote resources which can support higher education programmes in engaging students in learning through opportunities afforded by the Olympic and Paralympic Games and their legacy.
Planning and localism: too much too soon?
Posted on: 4 October 2011
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Developers are unconvinced of the benefits of the Localism Bill, according to law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner. A survey of 100 of BLP’s real estate developer clients found that just 9% understand the benefits of the localism agenda. The survey also found that 93% of developers remain unconvinced that localism will make planning decisions more predictable, despite this being a clear government objective. Against a backdrop of continuing debate about the National Planning Policy Framework, the report highlights the need for further clarity from the government on claims of how localism can improve the planning process.
New Pedagogic Research and Development Project Final Reports
Posted on: 4 October 2011
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Final reports and resources from various HLST-funded Pedagogic Research and Development Round 11 projects are now available. The latest reports are:
Minding the gap: Developing the commercial awareness of hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism studies
‘Minding the Gap’ is aimed at developing useful practices for addressing a concerning employability skills gap recognised in Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism [HLST] students – namely, their lack of commercial awareness.
Motivational vulnerability in first year undergraduates: A self-determination perspective
This research project aims to identify the motivational profiles of first year students in terms of motives for enrolling on their degree programme and examine whether these groups differ in terms of satisfaction with university, perceived academic ability, emotional experience at university (anxiety, enjoyment, boredom), performance (overall first year grade) and engagement (attendance and number of times online materials are accessed).
Learning for Sustainability
Posted on: 4 October 2011
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The Learning for Sustainability (LfS) website highlights the wide range of social skills and processes that are needed to support constructive collaboration, and indicates how these skills and processes can be interwoven to achieve more integrated and effective outcomes. It brings links to several hundred annotated on-line resources from different sectors and geographic areas together in one easy to access place, and it concentrates on providing links to open access materials. New papers available on the site look at complexity, engagement, adaptation and social capital. One particular paper, Forests and climate change: Linking adaptation and mitigation, explores the linkages between the two options of adaptation and mitigation in order to understand their trade-offs and synergies. This paper explores this issue using Latin American examples.
Hidden heat. Communicating climate change in Uganda: Challenges and opportunities
Posted on: 4 October 2011
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Through a series of 30 interviews with key climate change communicators, this report identifies some of the challenges and opportunities of communicating climate change in Uganda. The findings represent the views of a wide range of climate change communication stakeholders – from civil society organisations, the media and government representatives. The report aims to amplify these voices, to summarise the expertise that exists in Uganda on climate change communication, and to disseminate this as widely as possible.
gender, climate change and health
Posted on: 4 October 2011
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a report on gender, climate change and health, which is based on the recognition that the effects of climate on human society, and our ability to mitigate and adapt to them, are mediated by social factors, including gender.
A new reality: Dissolving borders through cross-border integration
Posted on: 3 October 2011
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Ernst & Young’s annual publication presents a concise overview of the traditional markets in addition to consolidating its global market knowledge and experience to unveil what it believes are opportunities waiting. Countries covered include: India, Africa, Mauritius, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Singapore, the UAE, UK and USA.
Futurefit report Part one: A groundbreaking project which provides an insight into how the Green Deal could work in social housing
Posted on: 3 October 2011
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Affinity Sutton’s FutureFit project provides the social housing sector with a much needed insight into how wide-scale retrofit, and the Green Deal in particular, could work in practice. The project suggests that while the proposed Green Deal will work, in the social housing sector it is likely to deliver only limited carbon savings, falling far short of the commitments made by the UK government. This report identifies a series of ways to increase these savings and ensure cost effectiveness, whilst providing a better deal for residents. A follow-up report will also be released in summer 2012 demonstrating the actual energy savings achieved for the investment and the impact of lifestyle advice on energy use in the home, both when delivered independently and in conjunction with retrofit.
FutureFit is Affinity Sutton’s response to exploring the challenge of greening the 56,000 homes it owns and manages. Rather than undertaking a pilot project led by the 80% carbon reduction target, Affinity Sutton aims to investigate the practicalities involved and what energy savings can actually be achieved at three different price points. In this way, it is hoped that FutureFit will provide an insight into how the Green Deal might work in reality. FutureFit aims to: understand the practical implications of delivering large scale programmes of retrofit; identify actual costs and actual energy savings through a robust monitoring and evaluation process; develop best practice and guidance on the delivery and funding of carbon reduction in existing homes; and engage residents and stakeholders in the design, evaluation and prioritisation of retrofit solutions.
SkillZone for facilities management
Posted on: 30 September 2011
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The British Institute of Facilities Management has launched an interactive online learning portal, SkillZone, to help FM professionals develop essential knowledge and skills. Subjects for the eight online courses include negotiation skills, advanced negotiation, key performance indicators, conversations with customers, managing professionals for results, budgeting in the real world, innovation and strategic thinking.
The application of GIS to analyse occupier chains and property market filtering
Posted on: 30 September 2011
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This project sought to investigate whether Geographic Information Systems (GIS) could enhance the representation and analysis of property occupier chaining data. It exploited an existing dataset of office and industrial occupier chains in Tyne and Wear and used a GIS to illustrate, measure and analyse the chaining data more effectively than had previously been possible. We have been able to demonstrate that, although time consuming, it is a relatively straightforward and logical process to translate property occupier chaining data into a GIS.
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