We study the pay of chief executives of higher education institutions in the UK, known as Vice Chancellors (VCs), over a ten-year period. As different institutions might have different missions and follow different performance objectives, we use the LASSO method in a novel way to choose which performance parameters are most strongly associated…

The School Teachers' Review Body's (STRB) pay and allowance recommendation for teachers and leaders is a 4% increase to all ranges and advisory points effective from September 2025. This is the level, in STRB's view, that supports recruitment and retention and represents good value for money for taxpayers. The recommendation is based on data. STRB…

Reconceptualizing intervention and change in conversation analytic perspectives, this volume not only illustrates actual, rather than imagined, ways of conducting CA-informed interventions in a variety of teacher-training contexts around the globe but also documents the impact of such interventions on teacher development. "The contributors to…

Amid concerns about housing shortages, pressure on public services and labour market imbalances, the Canadian government has announced a policy shift to reduce the share of temporary residents--including temporary foreign workers, international students and asylum seekers--in the national population. The government aims to lower the proportion of…

Scenarios, or short descriptions of hypothetical situations, can serve as a methodological tool to gather insights and develop an understanding about participants' perceptions. Studies have made use of scenarios to gauge student beliefs about the acceptability of various writing activities that may be considered help, plagiarism, or something…

This article provides insight into administrators' teacher influencing tactics. The data are collected from the teachers at secondary level schools in Turkey and in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. We employed a quantitative survey by means of three different scales and utilized SEM modeling to test the model fit indexes of the scales…

We present a county-wide statistically representative survey with 430 Hungarian school students demonstrating that students who have trees in the parental home environment show more positive attitude towards trees and wood than their peers who do not have any. We aimed at finding out about the current attitudes of the upcoming generation with…

The benchmarking toolkit for Technology-Enabled Learning (TEL) developed by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is designed to assess TEL practices in higher education institutions. This study evaluated the content validity, internal consistency, and inter-domain relationships of the toolkit using a survey of 355 practitioners across 21…

As the profile of students entering higher education (HE) has diversified, so too has their residential status. Where students live partly reflects the agenda for widening access but is also a response to rising costs associated with university participation. In the UK, more students are commuting, despite associated challenges and reports of…

Service design is a critical practice for supporting societal transitions, as it centres human experiences in services that can help people navigate complex economic, ecological and socio-cultural challenges. However, challenges like climate change are demanding innovation in services, including how service design is practised and taught. This…

Aiming to examine social norms regarding secondborn's sharing behaviour after the reversal of the one-child policy, three studies were conducted to explore preschoolers' sharing behaviours (Study 1, n = 88); their evaluations (Study 2, n = 93); and adults' evaluations (Study 3, n = 535) of younger siblings' sharing behaviour toward their older…

In this paper, we share the narratives of three aspiring bilingual educators -- Delia, Nicole, and Jay -- as they experience a study abroad program in Antigua, Guatemala. Drawing on theories of nepalnta and conocimiento, we utilize narrative inquiry to demonstrate how these pre-service bilingual teachers from Texas negotiated their linguistic and…

This article explores the global aspirations of Chinese universities by examining the Chinese scholarly conceptualisation of guoji yingxiangli (literally meaning international influence) and its connection to the world-centred idea of tianxia. We interviewed 22 Chinese experts in education and conducted a documentary analysis of relevant Chinese…

Background: In 2024, Irish people rejected their government's proposed Constitutional changes relating to the definition of a family, and the interface between state and family with reference to the provision of care. Using data from a Carer's Study, this paper reflects on the defeated Care Amendment with reference to current and historic social…

This paper examines the governance and quality control of digital curriculum resources (DCR) for K-12 mathematics education in Germany. It focuses on approval processes and criteria set by the 16 federal states, arguing that these have the potential to influence the development of DCR. Using qualitative content analysis, the study explores three…