This paper argues that the South African postdoctoral fellow system is de-professionalising academic work by constituting postdocs as students who receive training from university rather than employees for it. Ironically, it obscures this de-professionalisation with a discourse of fellowships ‘professional development’ opportunities. case made through critical analysis which contrasts way unive...

This paper reports on a detailed analysis of selected findings from a larger study of master's level nurse education. It locates some features of such education within the contemporary situation of nursing as a profession and interprets the role of master's level nurse education as a professionalising strategy. In-depth interviews were undertaken with a purposive sample of 18 nurse lecturers dr...

There has been extensive research in the last few years on adapting teaching to differences among learners, on the social and institutional context of teaching in higher education and, more recently, on the theory and methods of research on teaching. Less attention has been paid to how academics from different discipline areas actually prefer to engage in teaching-scholarship. The terms ‘teachi...

background: to compare the efficacy of two routes of prostaglandin e 2 administration (intravenous and intramuscular) for treatment of missed abortion this study was conducted. regarding the pilot cases of missed abortion admitted for termination of pregnancy intravenous administration of pge2 that had higher efficacy compare to intramuscular route, investigators designed this study. methods: i...

the present study addresses the influence of iran’s post-revolution political structure on the formation of the country’s translated literature system. it examines the translated anglo-american novels pub-lished under two administrations in power after the islamic revolution: 1) the reformist administra-tion, which was a more liberal, leftist administration, seeking to improve iran’s relations ...

Abstract This study assessed the effects of COVID-19 on Ghana's WASH system. It focused low-income households and sector stakeholders using Ayawaso East Municipality as a case to document lessons from pandemic's impact sector. We used water sanitation system approach understand mitigation measures Data were collected through surveys, stakeholder engagements, analysis. found that government's re...