Bishop Grosseteste University

About: Bishop Grosseteste University is a education organization based out in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Higher education & Teacher education. The organization has 148 authors who have published 269 publications receiving 2702 citations. The organization is also known as: Bishop Grosseteste College & Lincoln Diocesan Training School for Mistresses.

Circles of Support and Accountability, Assisted Desistance and Community Transition

Abstract: This chapter will focus on what we know about sexual offending and desistence from sexual crime. It will contain a summary of sexual offending from a psychologist’s point of view. Both historical psychological studies and more recent developments of thinking in this area will be explored including seminal theories of sexual offending and desistance. These are explored in relation to Circles, and how Circles of Support can assist in desistance from crime where prison rehabilitation falls short. Recent research findings will be incorporated and implications for treatment and promoting desistance from crime will be explored.

The Transition from a University College to a University: A United Kingdom Study.

Abstract: As a result of policy changes, nearly all university colleges in the UK have been redesignated as universities. This transition was studied in one such institution using semi-structured interviews with a representative sample of six academic staff and the transcripts subjected to a thematic analysis. This analysis identified three themes: staying in the past, developing as a university and awakening to challenges. A cultural framework was used to help interpret the results of the analysis which highlights how the traditions of the institution have influenced the speed and direction of the cultural change process. Another key finding from the analysis was that very few of the leadership strategies commonly used to support a process of transition appeared to be employed. The article concludes by offering insights about the change processes relevant to leaders of other institutions in the process of changing, or seeking to change, status in similar or related ways.

Should we only teach about real people and real places

Abstract: This article offers a discussion of teaching about real people and places. Examples of not-real people and places in the influential publication Thinking Through Geography (Leat, 2001) are critical...

Spirituality and the whole child: interdisciplinary approaches

Abstract: I have been researching children’s spirituality for 17 years and have been greatly inspired by the diverse range of people from different countries and backgrounds in both academia and practice. Th...

Environmental and economic study for a prospective ethanol industry in Fiji

Abstract: The study was performed to study the effect of producing ethanol from molasses or sugarcane juice to blend with gasoline and produce E10 fuel for the Fijian car fleet. Two cases were developed to assess the economic and environmental impacts of producing ethanol from these feedstocks and blending with imported motor spirit. It was found to offer many benefits such as Fiji can earn approximately FJ$ 7.2 million and save 22,730 tCO2 emissions annually with providing employment to many. The continuous increase in the importation of motor spirit demands the biofuel policy to be reviewed to encourage (E10) blending locally. Conversion of sugarcane juice to ethanol directly could sustain the current income generated from sugar and molasses exported. This sounds to be future solution to sustain the industry after the end of EU sugar quota and if the sugar price offered thereafter are not profitable.