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The undergraduate geography fieldweek: Challenges and changes (1996)
Journal Article
McEwen, L., & Harris, F. (1996). The undergraduate geography fieldweek: Challenges and changes. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 20(3), 411-421. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098269608709384

In the 1990s, undergraduate geography programmes have come under pressure to change from both internal and external forces. In part, this relates to the process of restructuring associated with the increasing trend towards modular undergraduate cours... Read More about The undergraduate geography fieldweek: Challenges and changes.

Fieldwork in the undergraduate geography programme: Challenges and changes (1996)
Journal Article
McEwen, L. (1996). Fieldwork in the undergraduate geography programme: Challenges and changes. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 20(3), 379-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098269608709380

The paper provides a critical commentary on issues facing fieldwork in undergraduate geography programmes in the 1990s, with particular reference to the UK but with many principles applicable to other areas of fieldwork provision, for example in Nort... Read More about Fieldwork in the undergraduate geography programme: Challenges and changes.

Evolutionary computing in multi-agent environments: Speciation and symbiogenesis (1996)
Journal Article
Bull, L., Bull, L., & Fogarty, T. C. (1996). Evolutionary computing in multi-agent environments: Speciation and symbiogenesis. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 1141, 12-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61723-X_965

© 1996, Springer-Verlag. All rights reserved. In this paper we introduce two macro-level operators to enhance the use of population-based evolutionary computing techniques in multiagent environments: speciation and symbiogenesis. We describe their us... Read More about Evolutionary computing in multi-agent environments: Speciation and symbiogenesis.

Public health medicine in a new era (1996)
Journal Article
Scally, G. (1996). Public health medicine in a new era. Social Science and Medicine, 42(5), 777-780. https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536%2895%2900343-6

The health service reforms in the United Kingdom have posed significant problems for the carrying out of the public health function. The increasing size of populations for which health authorities are responsible makes the formation and maintenance o... Read More about Public health medicine in a new era.