Summarises the findings of a recent study undertaken to compare andcontrast property finance in France and the UK. Surmises that the extentof banking lending to property companies…
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Summarises the findings of a recent study undertaken to compare and contrast property finance in France and the UK. Surmises that the extent of banking lending to property companies in both countries is of similar magnitude, but because of the results of recent property crashes bankers in both countries are painfully aware of the importance of secure cash flows when analysing prospective loans.
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This paper explores the obstacles to the provision of effective support for young people with learning disabilities and their families as they leave school and take up adult…
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This paper explores the obstacles to the provision of effective support for young people with learning disabilities and their families as they leave school and take up adult opportunities and services. Despite often disappointing experiences, there are encouraging developments that local agencies can build on in order to offer supportive and creative assistance during this crucial period for young people.
Our article in last month's Library World has elicited some expressions of opinion from various sources, which we print as a contribution towards a general discussion of this…
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Our article in last month's Library World has elicited some expressions of opinion from various sources, which we print as a contribution towards a general discussion of this important question. It, will be observed that several writers have not quite grasped the exact scope of our proposal, which was not an argument in favour of an increase of the Library Rate by Act of Parliament, but a plea for leaving the amount of the Rate entirely in the hands of the local authorities. This is a very different thing from asking Parliament to raise the amount of Rate all round from one penny to two pence or more per £. If local authorities can be trusted to levy the huge sums required under the various Sanitary, Police and Poor Laws, surely they can be trusted to ascertain the comparatively small needs of a Public Library, and make a Rate in accordance with local requirements. It is impossible to imagine that in any case this power would be abused. As a rule, rating bodies are extremely scrupulous and fearful about raising rates, and this fear and public spirit could be trusted to keep in cheek any tendency towards extravagance. Besides, it must be obvious to every observer that the needs of Public Libraries are not such as to call for lavish expenditure. At the same time, why should a town desirous of extending and improving its library system be debarred from doing so, because of an Act passed nearly fifty years ago, when educational legislation was only in an experimental stage? The more discussion and argument we can have on this subject, the quicker are we likely to arrive at a definite basis of agreement, and we therefore print the following opinions as an introduction to a general discussion.
In 1899 the medical practitioners of Dublin were confronted with an outbreak of a peculiar and obscure illness, characterised by symptoms which were very unusual. For want of a…
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In 1899 the medical practitioners of Dublin were confronted with an outbreak of a peculiar and obscure illness, characterised by symptoms which were very unusual. For want of a better explanation, the disorder, which seemed to be epidemic, was explained by the simple expedient of finding a name for it. It was labelled as “beri‐beri,” a tropical disease with very much the same clinical and pathological features as those observed at Dublin. Papers were read before certain societies, and then as the cases gradually diminished in number, the subject lost interest and was dropped.
Sections of the world's population have always been short of food, the menace of famine ever present. Among primitive peoples, the search for food is their greatest preoccupation…
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Sections of the world's population have always been short of food, the menace of famine ever present. Among primitive peoples, the search for food is their greatest preoccupation. In the years before the first Great War, in the civilised countries of the west, including our own, the persistent poverty of the casual and unskilled workers, helped and held to a permanent state in so many cases by improvidence, was often stretched to near‐starvation, and with few agencies really capable of affording adequate relief. Families went short of food for fairly long periods, especially in the industrial areas and towns and this during times when a dozen stale loaves could be bought for a shilling and a pint of skimmed milk for a halfpenny. In the rural areas, nature helped a little and the country folk could talk of the pleasurable flavour of a rook pie and comb the hedgerows for edible roots, but here too were the cruel flashes when men went to prison for snaring a rabbit on private land or stealing a few swedes from a farmer's clamp.
Vivienne Spurge and Nigel Almond
Developments in telecommunications over the past few years, especially broadband communications, have demonstrated the benefits and efficiencies that such technologies can bring…
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Developments in telecommunications over the past few years, especially broadband communications, have demonstrated the benefits and efficiencies that such technologies can bring to office occupiers, for example, the faster and more efficient transfer of data and the use of video conferencing. Institutions in the UK have been slow to react to this change in providing services. The growth in the Internet in the late 1990s led to the development of a new market in real estate and telecommunications, as a number of institutions realised the “value added” to be made from providing telecoms services. However, following the downturn in the economy and the consequent fall‐out within the IT and telecoms sector, including the collapse of a number of telecoms providers, the market for providing these services appears to have been reduced. However, despite this, research still continues to demonstrate demand for such services from office occupiers. A recent survey by OFTEL shows that 63 per cent of businesses are connected to the Internet, although a significant proportion of these still use a traditional dial‐up connection, suggesting significant scope for the growth of broadband services. Similarly, a survey of Thames Valley office occupiers has shown that nearly 90 per cent of occupiers consider high‐speed communications to be “important” or “vital” to their business. With this in mind, the paper develops earlier research by the authors to consider the role of developers in the provision of broadband communications. In particular, the research seeks, through interviews with key developers and broadband suppliers active within the Thames Valley office market, to establish what (if anything) they are doing to promote broadband communications within their developments, their vision for the future supply of such services and the benefits arising from providing such services.
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Sue Dockett and Bob Perry
This paper explores the use of argumentation by young children. Drawing on transcripts of children's play, as well as planned mathematical experiences for children aged five to…
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This paper explores the use of argumentation by young children. Drawing on transcripts of children's play, as well as planned mathematical experiences for children aged five to seven years in a school setting, a social constructivist approach is employed to described and analyze ways in which argumentation is used by some young children to construct knowledge. Implications for early childhood education are derived from these examples and from the theoretical discussion of argumentation and social constructivism.
Sally Lubeck, Patricia A. Jessup and Abigail M. Jewkes
This chapter discusses features of globalization and reviews international case and comparative studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy. The chapter has four…
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This chapter discusses features of globalization and reviews international case and comparative studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy. The chapter has four purposes: (1) to provide an international context for discussing ECEC policy reforms related to globalization, including international efforts to forge a shared vision of children's rights: (2) to review cross-national studies of ECEC policy; (3) to use case study examples as a way to highlight how historical precedent and contextual factors influence responses to globalization; and (4) to suggest a values-based, contextual framework for international ECEC policy research. Recent ECEC policy concerns and initiatives are evident in the areas of governance and regulation, funding, access, curriculum, staff recruitment and retention, and parent involvement.