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Growth, Distance to Frontier and Composition of Human Capital

Aghion, Philippe; Meghir, Costas; Vandenbussche, Jérôme - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

the two separate margins of primary/secondary and tertiary education. Interestingly, the latter type of schooling proves …

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Business communication education/training in MBA programmes: An analysis and framework for change

Silvis, Donn E.; Rayfield, Robert E.; Pincus, J. David; … - In: Journal of Communication Management 4 (1999) 1, pp. 20-42

This research paper explores the type and amount of business communication education given to students in Master of … recommend communication education for students. This paper compares the findings of two studies: research conducted in 1995 …

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The Industry and Parliament Trust: Contributing to better government and greater prosperity of UK plc

Brook, Rosemary - In: Journal of Communication Management 4 (1999) 1, pp. 57-63

The Industry and Parliament Trust (IPT) was established in 1917 at a time when polarisation of the main British political parties and of their attitudes towards industry risked leading the country to economic ruin. Its raison d'≖tre was that, regardless of party or ideology, governments and...

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Tracing the parallel evolution of public affairs and public relations: An examination of practice, scholarship and teaching

Fleisher, Craig S.; Blair, Natasha M. - In: Journal of Communication Management 3 (1999) 3, pp. 276-292

This paper examines the evolution of two separate fields, which are essentially concerned with the same issues but are framed by different academic and professional disciplines and practice. It appears that public affairs management researchers often fail to take into account parallel literature...

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Public relations education in Australia, 1950-1975

John Gleeson, Damian - In: Journal of Communication Management 18 (2014) 2, pp. 193-206

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the foundation and development of public relations education (PRE) in … association material to present a detailed and revisionist history of PR education in Australia in its foundation decades … the only published account of PR education history by Potts (1976). The orthodox account, which has been repeated …

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The impact of housing on children's life chances

Harker, Lisa - In: Journal of Children's Services 2 (2007) 3, pp. 43-51

Despite the significant amount of time that children spend in the home, relatively little attention has been paid to the direct impact of housing conditions on children's development. A literature review of over 100 research studies was undertaken to examine evidence of a ‘housing effect’ on...

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Lessons for conducting random assignment in schools

Ritter, Gary; Holley, Marc - In: Journal of Children's Services 3 (2008) 2, pp. 28-39

The use of random assignment can be effective and appropriate in the evaluation of programmes that serve children in schools. Because random assignment creates pre‐treatment equality between treatment and control groups, this methodology is particularly effective for understanding the impact...

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The education of children in care: a research review

Welbourne, Penelope; Leeson, Caroline - In: Journal of Children's Services 7 (2012) 2, pp. 128-143

Purpose – This paper seeks to explore three key aspects of the education of children in care: the composition of that …

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Social capital as a mechanism for exploring the low educational achievements of looked after children

McClung, Michele; Gayle, Vernon - In: Journal of Children's Services 8 (2013) 1, pp. 52-64

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to explore whether the concept of social capital is helpful in explaining the educational underachievement of looked after children. Design/methodology/approach – Analysis of data on educational achievement and social care in a cohort of 1,407...

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Reconnecting care and education: from the Children Act 1989 to Care Matters

Jackson, Sonia - In: Journal of Children's Services 5 (2010) 3, pp. 48-60

The Children Act 1989 ended a period of four decades during which the education of children and young people in care … was almost entirely neglected. However, it was another 20 years before education took its rightful place at the centre of …

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