The object of one's passion: Engagement and community in democratic evaluation
(2002)
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School improvement in the context of a primary school in special measures (2002)
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“Everybody gets one or two chances in life, this is my second!”: Risk and the construction of (mature) students’ biographies (2002)
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This article presents preliminary findings from a PhD study that began in September 2001. It seeks to outline provisional thoughts as to how the notion of risk influences the construction of biographies for mature students on an Access course at a Fu... Read More about “Everybody gets one or two chances in life, this is my second!”: Risk and the construction of (mature) students’ biographies.
'I want to prove to myself that I can do this!': Risk and uncertainty in the construction of personal biographies for access students (2002)
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This paper is a preliminary discussion of research findings from a PhD study that began within UWE’s Education Faculty in September 2001. It will seek to outline provisional thoughts as to how notions of risk and uncertainty are employed in the const... Read More about 'I want to prove to myself that I can do this!': Risk and uncertainty in the construction of personal biographies for access students.
The politics of European integration: A European labour movement in the making? (2002)
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This paper explores the logical and historical determinants of European integration and reflects on the potential and dangers this presents for labour movement renewal. Through the principle of ‘subsidiarity’ a regulatory gap has been established bet... Read More about The politics of European integration: A European labour movement in the making?.
Muddy waters and heavy metal: Time and attitudes guide judgements of pollution (1998)
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Following an incident of serious river pollution from a disused mine, postal surveys of local residents were conducted approximately 6 weeks (n=536) and then 8 months (n=417) after the spillage. Questions assessed residents" evaluations of the severi... Read More about Muddy waters and heavy metal: Time and attitudes guide judgements of pollution.
Occupational safety and health: A method to test the collection of 'grey data' by line managers (1997)
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This paper describes and discusses a method for collecting data relating to the potential for illness or injury to occur in an organization. The reason for using the term 'grey' is explained and the underpinning philosophy of fuzzy thinking is also d... Read More about Occupational safety and health: A method to test the collection of 'grey data' by line managers.
Attitudes to privatization of UK public utilities: Anticipating industrial practice and environmental effects (1996)
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Attitudes toward the impending privatization of the UK electricity supply and water industries were assessed by means of a questionnaire distributed to 225 visitors to holiday beaches in SW England as part of a broader survey of perceptions of coasta... Read More about Attitudes to privatization of UK public utilities: Anticipating industrial practice and environmental effects.
The perceptions of line and senior managers in relation to occupational health issues (1996)
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Perceptions of line and senior managers in relation to their role in managing workplace injury and illness were investigated with a large UK manufacturing company. The significance of this research to occupational health practitioners lies in the fac... Read More about The perceptions of line and senior managers in relation to occupational health issues.
Smokers' and non-smokers' estimates of their personal risk of cancer and of the incremental risk attributable to cigarette smoking (1995)
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Estimates were obtained from 420 members of the public, 117 of whom were smokers, of the risk of an hypothetical target person, described as a 35-year-old man with no previous illness, contracting cancer as a consequence of exposure to combinations o... Read More about Smokers' and non-smokers' estimates of their personal risk of cancer and of the incremental risk attributable to cigarette smoking.
Global changes and local accidents: Consistency in attributions for environmental effects (1995)
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A questionnaire concerning environmental issues was administered to 462 tourists visiting beaches in southwestern England. One set of items concerned the greenhouse effect, and measured the extent to which global warming was seen as attributable to i... Read More about Global changes and local accidents: Consistency in attributions for environmental effects.
Awareness of bad news, environmental attitudes, and subjective estimates of coastal pollution (1994)
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Questionnaires distributed to 154 holiday‐makers on beaches in Southwest England assessed awareness of local hazards or incidents associated with either the electricity supply industry or the water and sewage industry and examined the relationship be... Read More about Awareness of bad news, environmental attitudes, and subjective estimates of coastal pollution.
What's the beach like? Context effects in judgements of environmental quality (1993)
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Two questionnaire studies are described in which visitors to beaches were asked to evaluate the beach where they were, and judge the extent to which it was affected by each of a number of specific pollutants. In both studies, instructions were varied... Read More about What's the beach like? Context effects in judgements of environmental quality.
Reply to Anstötz: What we can learn from people with learning difficulties (1992)
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