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Chris Atkin

Researcher at Bishop Grosseteste University

Publications -  33
Citations -  292

Chris Atkin is an academic researcher from Bishop Grosseteste University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Skills for Life & Family literacy. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 33 publications receiving 267 citations. Previous affiliations of Chris Atkin include University of Nottingham & Nottingham Trent University.

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Rural Communities: Human and symbolic capital development, fields apart

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the nature of rurality as a social construct and its possible implications for policy makers considering lifelong education in the developed economies of the world, based around research carried out in rural England and informed by similar studies underway in Atlantic Canada.
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Responses to climate change and farming policies by rural communities in northern China: A report on field observation and farmers’ perception in dryland north Shaanxi and Ningxia

TL;DR: In this article, the impacts of recent climate and environmental changes and the role of land management practices on individual and community livelihood incomes as well as individual understanding and engagement with these concepts were explored with householders in rural communities aiming to explore the impacts.
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The Rise and Fall of the MTL: An Example of European Policy Borrowing.

TL;DR: The authors argue that the MTL has been implemented in the hope of quick solutions to long-term difficulties; they also maintain that the UK government has applied distinctly English factors into the Finnish model and was achieving informed policy transfer.
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Student co-inquirers: the challenges and benefits of inclusive research

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the process of conducting a research project which explored the university student experience across three different geopolitical contexts using students studying at an English university as co-inquirers.