The effectiveness of post-16 pathways for gaining employment associated with undergraduate degree study

This article sets out to examine the effectiveness of five different post-16 study pathways and the impact that spending time away from education has on gaining employment associated with an undergraduate degree. It also explores advice and guidance for students looking at post-16 study options, higher education and employment. An initial online survey was used, followed by case studies to form a mixed-method approach. The findings suggest that a vocational pathway better prepares students for making decisions around employment and study in comparison to the more traditional A Level pathway. They also highlight that a period of one to four years after finishing post-16 study and starting undergraduate degree study is the most effective for students to gain employment associated with their undergraduate degree. Finally, it was found that most participants did not have positive experiences with advice and guidance regardless of their pathway.     

是褒扬“十六大”还是包装“生产力价值论”——再与胡义成先生商榷

我党提出要深入研究和探讨马克思的价值理论,是强调谱写新的理论篇章,是强调要用发展着的马克思主义指导当前的改革开放;十六大报告强调尊重劳动、知识、人才和创造,旨在调动一切积极因素,绝不是对劳动创造价值这一根本观点的否定;社会财富的源泉不等于就是价值的源泉,在价值源泉问题上劳动具有排他性,但在价值形成和价值分配问题上则不然;马克思《资本论》的学术价值以及它对全世界工人阶级解放事业的伟大作用,不容贬低和诋毁;地球上所有的财富和一切商品的价值,从古至今只能靠劳动来创造,非劳动主体创造使用价值和非一般人类劳动成为价值源泉的说教,纯属天方夜谭。     

The Reflection of Cultural Differences in a Joint Performance

Cultureisoneofthemostdifficulttermstobewelldefined.NewWebstersDictionarysaysitisnotonly"theacquiredabilityofanindividualorapeopletorecognizeandappreciategenerallyacceptedestheticandintellectualachievementofcivilizationoraparticularstageorstagesofcivilizationasinthecaseofacertainnationorperiod"butalso"thetotalofhumanbehaviorpatternsandtechnologycommunicatedfromgene-rationtogeneration".Thelatterisananthropologicalandsociologicaldefinition,whichagreeswithLongmanModernEnglishDictionary'sthirddef…     

Social inclusion in two worlds: the conceptualization of the social role of lifelong learning in the education policy of Brazil and the UK since the mid 1990s

Aspects of post‐16 education, particularly with reference to vocational education and training, have acquired a degree of common presentation in the policy making of many national and international organizations in recent years. This paper compares similarities and differences in the rhetoric and reality of policy implementation in Brazil and the UK in post‐16 education, particularly Technical and Vocational Education and Training. It finds an increasing alignment between these two very different countries at the levels of both discourse and practice. It argues that this reflects the dominance of international and regional agencies on whom both countries draw in developing policy, and the subsequent dissemination of those agencies' particular assumptions about the relationship between education, skills and economic performance.     

三个代表"重要思想:马克思主义理论发展的新境界

"三个代表"重要思想以高度浓缩的形式体现着唯物主义历史观和科学社会主义的基本原理,蕴含着马克思主义关于共产主义社会经济、政治和文化基本特征的规定,包含着毛泽东、邓小平的一系列重要思想,因而是马克思主义本质的体现,与马克思列宁主义、毛泽东思想、邓小平理论一脉相承。同时,"三个代表"重要思想又是对新的历史条件、新的历史任务和党的建设面临的新问题的新概括,它本身就是一个理论整体,体现了卓越的理论创造性,并以一系列新思想、新观点和新论断发展了马克思主义。"三个代表"重要思想本身就是发展着的马克思主义,是党在新世纪的新的理论武装。     

基于Bookmetrix的G20国家图书影响力比较研究

[目的/意义]对比分析G20国家图书影响力的现状，为我国提升图书国际影响力提供借鉴。[方法/过程]选择Springer收录的5个学科（化学、工程、医学、法律、历史）图书为样本，以Bookmetrix为数据源，在讨论指标覆盖率与相关性的基础上，从图书的产出数量、5类指标（下载量、引用量、提及量、读者量及评论量）以及合著关系3个方面展开比较分析。[结果/结论]研究发现：1）在指标覆盖率和相关性方面，整体情况与中、美、德等国家层面的表现类似。体现为图书的下载量覆盖率最高，读者量和引用量相关性值较高且稳定。2）中国的国际图书产出量与德国、美国、英国存在较大差距，但在指标均值、综合排名方面表现良好。3）在G20国家图书合著网络中，人文社科类图书国际合作强度明显低于理工类学科；美国、德国具有较高的科研合作实力与影响力；中国的国际合作具有一定基础，但整体影响力作用并不突出。     

中国石竹科石头花属二新种

 Gypsophila huashanensis Y. W. Tsui et D. Q. Lu and G. spinosa D. Q. Lu (Caryophyllaceae) are described as new from China.     

Commercialization of patents and external financing during the R&D phase

Using a unique database on Swedish patents owned by small firms and individuals, survival models estimate how different factors influence the decision to commercialize the patents. Such an analysis has seemingly never previously been undertaken. Since the owners know more about the patents than potential external financiers, problems related to asymmetrical information are present. To overcome these problems when inventors and small technology-based firms need financing, Sweden has for a long time relied on government support rather than private venture capital firms. The empirical results show that the larger is the share of patent-owners’ costs covered by government financial support during the R&D phase, the lower is the probability of patents being commercialized. This lower degree of commercialization is likely to depend on (1) the soft terms of the government loans, where the patent owner can avoid paying back the loan if the patent is never commercialized and/or (2) that the government is not able to select promising projects. The first explanation is related to moral hazard and the second one to adverse selection. The policy suggestion is for government to change the design of the loans, to base them on firms rather than projects.     

固网运营商ICT业务转型的SWOT分析

随着新技术的发展和移动通信对固定通信的替代,以中国电信和中国网通为主的固网运营商面临传统业务下滑的形式,另一方面随着技术进步而产生的通信技术与信息技术的融合又为固网运营商提供了新的发展机遇。本文以SWOT分析工具,对固网运营商ICT业务转型从优势、劣势以及潜在机遇、面临挑战四方面进行分析,并提出相关建议。     

《上博五·三德》简札记二则

《上海博物馆藏战国楚竹书》第五册里有一批简被命名为《三德》。简1中的"句■",整理者读为"後奮",我们认为"句"应该读如本字,古侯切,今音gōu。句,屈生也。奋,发也。"句奮"的意思就是指草木发芽生长。简6中的"■"字,目前学者们有四种通假意见。四种意见虽各有道理,但并不能令人完全信服。我们根据楚地出土古文字材料中的谐声例证,认为"■"通为"虑",训为"乱"。