Tapping the thirdness in the intercultural space of dialogue
Journal Article
Zhou, V. X., & Pilcher, N. (2018)
Tapping the thirdness in the intercultural space of dialogue. Language and Intercultural Communication, 19(1), 23-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2018.1545025
In this paper, we explore intercultural communication as dialogue occurring in a third space. Through seven students' reflective essays on group-based intercultural learning, ...
‘Intercultural competence’ as an intersubjective process: a reply to ‘essentialism’
Journal Article
Zhou, V. X., & Pilcher, N. (2018)
‘Intercultural competence’ as an intersubjective process: a reply to ‘essentialism’. Language and Intercultural Communication, 18(1), 125-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2017.1400510
In this paper, we problematise a competence-oriented reflective approach to intercultural education by drawing on four students’ reflective essays about their experiential lea...
‘Don’t be serious, sabai-sabai สบายสบาย’: How Members of an English Conversation Club at a Thai University do Interculturality
Book Chapter
Victoria, M. (in press)
‘Don’t be serious, sabai-sabai สบายสบาย’: How Members of an English Conversation Club at a Thai University do Interculturality. In Discourse and Interculturality
The current investigation explores interculturality by looking at the language practices of a culturally and linguistically diverse group of postgraduate students from China, ...
Recruiting, developing and supporting Committee/Board members
Presentation / Conference
Weaver, M. (2017, March)
Recruiting, developing and supporting Committee/Board members. Presented at Share (Training for Housing Associations) Annual Conference, Peebles Hydro Hotel, Scotland
In the aftermath of the Birmingham riots of 2011 Miles Weaver led a group of defiant citizens with brooms in the clean-up operation and an idea was born. Get young people off ...
A rewarding experience? Exploring how crowdfunding is affecting music industry business models
Journal Article
Gamble, J. R., Brennan, M., & McAdam, R. (2016)
A rewarding experience? Exploring how crowdfunding is affecting music industry business models. Journal of Business Research, 70, 25-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.07.009
This paper provides an exploratory study of how rewards-based crowdfunding affects business model development for music industry artists, labels and live sector companies. The...
Personal Independence Payment: A Case for Change.
Report
McMurray, S. (2015)
Personal Independence Payment: A Case for Change
In 2010 George Osborne announced that from 2013/14 that new and existing working age Disability Living Allowance claimants would be subjected to a new medical assessment in or...
Between cooperation and competition: The organisation of employment service delivery in the UK and Germany: Cooperation and competition in employment service delivery
Journal Article
Fuertes, V., Jantz, B., Klenk, T., & McQuaid, R. W. (2014)
Between cooperation and competition: The organisation of employment service delivery in the UK and Germany: Cooperation and competition in employment service delivery. International Journal of Social Welfare, 23(S1), S71-S86. doi:10.1111/ijsw.12100
The increased emphasis on labour market activation in many European countries has led to new forms of governance in recent decades. Primarily through qualitative data and docu...
A capability approach to young people’s participation and agency.
Presentation / Conference
Egdell, V., Graham, H., & Raeside, R. (2014, June)
A capability approach to young people’s participation and agency. Paper presented at Where Now for Social Justice, Canterbury Christchurch University
Findings from LOCALISE.
Presentation / Conference
Fuertes, V., & McQuaid, R. W. (2014, May)
Findings from LOCALISE
LOCALISE (Local Worlds of Social Cohesion), funded by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme, has analysed the coordination of social and employment policies during t...
Day Programme: LOCALISE Event - Labour market policies from development to implementation.
Conference Proceeding
Fuertes, V. (2014)
Day Programme: LOCALISE Event - Labour market policies from development to implementation