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Moving People and Knowledge

Scientific Mobility in an Enlarging European Union

By: Louise Ackers,Bryony Gill

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Moving People and Knowledge

Scientific Mobility in an Enlarging European Union

By: Louise Ackers,Bryony Gill

The book can be seen as a welcomed contribution to this field of study. . . [it] raises some important questions and problems of scientific mobility. Høgni Kalsø Hansen, Papers in Regional Science This is a very timely book looking at East West migration, which has recently become a hot political issue in various West European countries. It does an excellent job in laying out the intricacies of mobility that affect different groups, particularly knowledge migrants . The book successfully shows that knowledge migrants follow different motivational routes than other groups of migrants in their choice of mobility between institutes and nations. It makes a valuable contribution to a growing body of research that seeks to change established thinking and rhetoric about migration and to shift it from a dualistic thinking of migration in terms of economic vs. non-economic migrants. What this book shows is that the professional identity of people often supersedes their nationalities in relation to why and where they move. Sami Mahroum, NESTA, UK Based on excellent empirical research on migrating scientists from Poland and Bulgaria to the UK and Germany, this book follows an innovative agenda which is crucial to the world today the movement of people and the movement of knowledge. It achieves this by a creative blend of analysing personal stories, embedded in their professional and family networks, on the one hand, and macro-scale discussions of brain drain, brain gain and national and European policy implications on the other. Russell King, University of Sussex, UK This book makes a timely contribution to understanding the circulation of scientific knowledge via international mobility. It skillfully combines an analysis of structural and institutional changes, with a focus on individual circumstances, life courses and motivations. The outcome is a compelling account of the role of international migration in the transfer of knowledge across borders, and in shaping the careers of individual scientists. This places people and human mobility at the heart of the debate about how the knowledge economy is produced and reproduced. Allan Williams, London Metropolitan University, UK Moving People and Knowledge provides a fresh examination of the processes of highly skilled science migration. Focusing on intra-European mobility and, in particular, on the new dynamics of East West migration, the authors investigate the movement of Polish and Bulgarian researchers to and from the UK and Germany. Key questions include: who is moving, how long for, and why? In addressing the motivations and experiences of mobile scientists and their families, insights into professional and personal motivations are provided, demonstrating how relationships, networks and infrastructures shape decision-making. This book provides a useful perspective on the implications of increasing researcher mobility for both sending and receiving regions and the individuals concerned which is necessary for the construction of future policies on sustainable scientific development. This empirical account provides a nuanced analysis of the duration and flow of scientific mobility showing the prevalence of repeat and shuttle moves in science careers. It will be of particular interest to researchers in European social policy, migration studies and EU law, as well as policymakers in the field of highly skilled migration especially those working on the free movement of persons provisions and the European Research Area and European Area of Higher Education.

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1848444869

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Healthcare, Frugal Innovation, and Professional Voluntarism

A Cost-Benefit Analysis

By: Helen Louise Ackers,James Ackers-Johnson,John Chatwin,Natasha Tyler

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A Cost-Benefit Analysis

By: Helen Louise Ackers,James Ackers-Johnson,John Chatwin,Natasha Tyler

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates what international placements of healthcare employees in low resource settings add to the UK workforce and the efficacy of its national health system. The authors present empirical data collected from a volunteer deployment project in Uganda focused on reducing maternal and new-born mortality and discuss the learning and experiential outcomes for UK health care professionals acting as long term volunteers in low resource settings. They also develop a model for structured placement that offers optimal learning and experiential outcomes and minimizes risk, while shedding new light on the role that international placements play as part of continuing professional development both in the UK and in other sending countries.

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3319483668

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The Ethics of Educational Healthcare Placements in Low and Middle Income Countries

First Do No Harm?

By: Anya Ahmed,James Ackers-Johnson,Helen Louise Ackers

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The Ethics of Educational Healthcare Placements in Low and Middle Income Countries

First Do No Harm?

By: Anya Ahmed,James Ackers-Johnson,Helen Louise Ackers

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book examines the current state of elective placements of medical undergraduate students in developing countries and their impact on health care education at home. Drawing from a recent case study of volunteer deployment in Uganda, the authors provide an in-depth evaluation of the impacts on the students themselves and the learning outcomes associated with placements in low resource settings, as well as the impacts that these forms of student mobility have on the host settings. In addition to reviewing the existing literature on elective placements, the authors outline a potential model for the future development of ethical elective placements. As the book concurs with an increasing international demand for elective placements, it will be of immediate interest to universities, intermediary organizations, students as consumers, and hosting organisations in low-resource settings.

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3319483633

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Anti-Microbial Resistance in Global Perspective

By: Louise Ackers,Gavin Ackers-Johnson,Joanne Welsh,Daniel Kibombo,Samuel Opio

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Anti-Microbial Resistance in Global Perspective

By: Louise Ackers,Gavin Ackers-Johnson,Joanne Welsh,Daniel Kibombo,Samuel Opio

‘The Maternal Sepsis Intervention has had a profound impact on maternal mortality and antibiotic use whilst also reducing hospital costs. The Ministry of Health is keen to explore opportunities to extending the lessons learnt and integrate them in national policy-making.' -Dr. Richard Mugahi, Ministry of Health, Uganda. This open access book provides an accessible introduction to the mechanics of international development and global health text for policy-makers and students across a wide range of disciplines. Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to the well-being of patients and health systems the world over. In fragile health systems so challenged, on a day-today basis, by the overwhelming burden of both infectious and non-communicable disease, it is easy to overlook the impacts of AMR. The Maternal Sepsis Intervention, focusing on a primary cause of maternal death in Uganda, demonstrates the systemic nature of AMR and the gains that can be made through improved Infection Prevention Control and direct engagement of laboratory testing in antibiotic prescribing.

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Springer Nature

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3030626628

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Mobile Professional Voluntarism and International Development

Killing Me Softly?

By: Helen Louise Ackers,James Ackers-Johnson

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Mobile Professional Voluntarism and International Development

Killing Me Softly?

By: Helen Louise Ackers,James Ackers-Johnson

This book is open access under a CC BY license. This book explores the impact that professional volunteers have on the low resource countries they choose to spend time in. Whilst individual volunteering may be of immediate benefit to individual patients, this intervention may have detrimental effects on local health systems; distorting labour markets, accentuating dependencies and creating opportunities for corruption. Improved volunteer deployment may avoid these risks and present opportunities for sustainable systems change. The empirical research presented in this book stems from a specific volunteering intervention funded by the Tropical Health Education Trust and focused on improving maternal and newborn health in Uganda. However, important opportunities exist for policy transfer to other contexts.

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1137558334

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Senior citizenship?

Retirement, migration and welfare in the European Union

By: Ackers, Louise,Dwyer, Peter

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Senior citizenship?

Retirement, migration and welfare in the European Union

By: Ackers, Louise,Dwyer, Peter

This book charts the development of mobility and welfare rights for those citizens exercising their right to move or return home on retirement under the Free Movement of Persons provisions and explores their experiences of international mobility. It is set within the context of 'Citizenship of the Union'. Senior citizenship? draws on substantial primary research material to: combine detailed analysis of the framework of EU rights shaping social with in-depth qualitative interviews involving retired migrants across six member states (Greece, Portugal, Italy, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Ireland); describe and evaluate an innovative approach to comparative enquiry that combines biographical interviews with legal and qualitative analysis; highlight the diverse nature of retirement migration encompassing the experiences of returning workers, migrating retirees and post retirement returnees. Topics are explored thematically in the context of comparative social policy, raising important and topical issues around the future of social citizenship and the implications of the exercise of agency, in an increasingly global and mobile world.

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Policy Press

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1847425488

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Moving People and Knowledge

Scientific Mobility in an Enlarging European Union

By: Louise Ackers,Bryony Gill

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Mobile Professional Voluntarism and International Development

Killing Me Softly?

By: Helen Louise Ackers,James Ackers-Johnson

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Healthcare, Frugal Innovation, and Professional Voluntarism

A Cost-Benefit Analysis

By: Helen Louise Ackers,James Ackers-Johnson,John Chatwin,Natasha Tyler

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Senior citizenship?

Retirement, migration and welfare in the European Union

By: Ackers, Louise,Dwyer, Peter

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Retirement, migration and welfare in the European Union

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The Ethics of Educational Healthcare Placements in Low and Middle Income Countries

First Do No Harm?

By: Anya Ahmed,James Ackers-Johnson,Helen Louise Ackers

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First Do No Harm?

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Social Policy for Nurses and the Caring Professions

By: Louise Ackers,Pamela Abbott

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Social Policy for Nurses and the Caring Professions

By: Louise Ackers,Pamela Abbott

This is one of a series of texts which provide support for all professional groups involved in the provision of health and social care. This title provides the student with an introduction to social policy. The authors explore the importance of the conceptual connection between health and illness. The stress throughout the book is on the significance of social policy in preventing ill health and disability, as well as supporting the sick and disabled. A broad approach to social policy is taken and the text is organized around the provision of welfare in the following contexts: public, private, voluntary and informal.

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Contemporary Social Policy

By: Louise Ackers,Jan Fordham

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Contemporary Social Policy

By: Louise Ackers,Jan Fordham

This text examines ways in which social policy impinges on the daily lives and professional experiences of health and nursing professionals. It covers the role of the welfare state, the voluntary sector and voluntarism, informal care and the question of need as a relative concept.

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W B Saunders Company

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044305360X

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Small Town Storm: Destiny Romance

Destiny Romance

By: Elise K. Ackers

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Small Town Storm: Destiny Romance

Destiny Romance

By: Elise K. Ackers

Nineteen years after a devastating crime almost killed her, Erica Lawrence has returned home. In the small mountain town of Olinda, her story is legendary. And now everyone knows she's back, including top cop and her childhood best friend, Jordan Hill, the first and only person to ever touch her guarded heart. When a woman goes missing and her body is found brutally murdered, fear swallows the town. And suspicion soon turns on Olinda's newest resident: Erica. As the cop in charge of the murder investigation, Jordan has to face the awful truth that the prime suspect is the woman he always swore to protect. While Jordan and Erica struggle with their feelings for one another, the murders mount up and the tension grows. Not only that, but Erica has a dark secret that she'll do anything to keep from Jordan... Small Town Storm is a gripping read that captures the intensity and passion of first love and the terror of a town where trust has broken down. This is the unforgettable story of a lifelong romance, and of an innocent childhood tainted by evil that won't let go.

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Penguin Group Australia

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1742536107

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Moving People and Knowledge

Moving People and Knowledge

Healthcare, Frugal Innovation, and Professional Voluntarism

Healthcare, Frugal Innovation, and Professional Voluntarism

The Ethics of Educational Healthcare Placements in Low and Middle Income Countries

The Ethics of Educational Healthcare Placements in Low and Middle Income Countries

Anti-Microbial Resistance in Global Perspective

Anti-Microbial Resistance in Global Perspective

Mobile Professional Voluntarism and International Development

Mobile Professional Voluntarism and International Development

Senior citizenship?

Senior citizenship?

Moving People and Knowledge

Moving People and Knowledge

Mobile Professional Voluntarism and International Development

Mobile Professional Voluntarism and International Development

Healthcare, Frugal Innovation, and Professional Voluntarism

Healthcare, Frugal Innovation, and Professional Voluntarism

Senior citizenship?

Senior citizenship?

The Ethics of Educational Healthcare Placements in Low and Middle Income Countries

The Ethics of Educational Healthcare Placements in Low and Middle Income Countries

Social Policy for Nurses and the Caring Professions

Social Policy for Nurses and the Caring Professions

Contemporary Social Policy

Contemporary Social Policy

Small Town Storm: Destiny Romance

Small Town Storm: Destiny Romance

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