This paper provides some reflections on the promotion of lifelong learning in statistics in the workplace. The initiative from which the reflections are drawn is a collaboration between a university and two public hospitals, of which one of the stated aims is to develop statistical skills among the hospitals’ researchers. This is realized in the provision of ’biostatistical clinics’ in which wo...

This article outlines the development and implementation of participatory research methodology centred on observational techniques. It discusses the theoretical understandings of the methodology and how it worked in practice. The research explored the use of public spaces by different social, ethnic and activity groups across the course of a 12 month period drawing on the experiences of, and da...

In recent years India has become the information technology (IT) offshoring destination of choice for many Western organizations. From the perspective of vendor organizations in India, however, the IT offshoring phenomenon is more than just a business relationship with Western firms. It is also embedded within the context of the longstanding imbalances of power in the relationship between the W...

It is increasingly recognized that effective and appropriate data sharing requires the development of models of good datasharing practice capable of taking seriously both the potential benefits to be gained and the importance of ensuring that the rights and interests of participants are respected and that risk of harms is minimized. Calls for the greater sharing of individual-level data from bi...

ESL educators find themselves teaching a diverse group of students in today’s classroom. This study investigated how ESL instructors address diversity in their teaching. The literature review revealed research on the experiences of teachers using culturally responsive teaching strategies. Using qualitative research methods, this study explores the participants’ subjective teaching experiences i...

Developments in religion and spirituality in the world of mobile technology seem to flourish with the increasing of thousand applications that assisting daily spirituality practices and experience. At the same time, world scenario shows drastically increasing number of older people worldwide. In conjunction with the intertwined scenario between increasing number of elderly and rapid development...

As part of National College of Ireland, we have recently opened the National e-Learning Laboratory (NELL), a research facility specialising in usability testing. Since its opening in December 2008, researchers in NELL have been involved in a large number of usability projects with a variety of different clients. As testing has developed, we have been investigating various methodologies of how t...

policies and programs, even though children comprise a majority of public assistance recipients. In 1995, about twothirds of those receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children each month were children.1 Moreover, key provisions in the most recent welfare legislation, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), have implications for children. Based ...