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Continuing Professional Education in Australia

A Tale of Missed Opportunities

By: Barrie Brennan

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Continuing Professional Education in Australia

A Tale of Missed Opportunities

By: Barrie Brennan

This book offers a history of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the Australian context. It presents an approach that links the development of CPD to a series of 'missed opportunities' and the identification of three key themes (mandatory CPD, competencies and regulation/registration) as well as with national regulation for select health professions. It not only relates the evolution of CPD in Australia but also serves as a guide to examining the situation in other countries and the emergence of CPD in individual professions. CPD has been provided for many decades, but it has not been rated as a 'high priority' or a key area of provision and has not been the focus of discussions or disputes in the higher education sector or in vocational education circles. Nevertheless in describing CPD's development, evidence is presented that CPD has made a significant contribution to the broad field of vocational education.

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Springer

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9811018324

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9789811018329

Westerns and the Trail of Tradition

A Year-by-Year History, 1929-1962

By: Barrie Hanfling

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Westerns and the Trail of Tradition

A Year-by-Year History, 1929-1962

By: Barrie Hanfling

Over the past century, the western has fluctuated in popularity. By 2010 it has come to stand, to the dismay of many, at one of its lowest points. Beginning with 1929 and the advent of talkies (In Old Arizona), the author discusses the cultural and industry trends, the directors, producers, studios and especially the stars, and looks at the ways in which their personalities (and financial ups and downs) affected the way westerns were shot. The improvements in technology through the years, the trick horses, the fistfight choreography, the evolution of plotlines--these are fascinating indicators of the way Americans themselves were changing.

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McFarland

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1476608369

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9781476608365

Digital Health

Meeting Patient and Professional Needs Online

By: Barrie Gunter

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Digital Health

Meeting Patient and Professional Needs Online

By: Barrie Gunter

This book is concerned with the provision of health information remotely via the latest communications technologies. The rapidly aging population has led governments to seek more effective methods of maintaining high standards of public health through the cultivation of healthy living, as well as improved and more efficiently delivered health advice and diagnostic services. Experiments with remote provision of health information and transactional services have been piloted to assess in this context the efficacy of new communications technologies, such as personal computers linked to the Internet, interactive digital television in the home, and electronically networked touch-screen kiosks in public locations. Such developments represent part of a wider agenda--through electronic government--to cultivate more dynamic democracies and involve citizens of a time of growing political alienation. The impact of such developments can only properly be established through systematic empirical research. This book examines what has been learned from research-based evaluations of digital health projects. It draws upon research from different parts of the world and offers an up-to-date review of the literature in this field. It also presents a detailed account of recent research carried out in Britain on the effectiveness of government-sponsored pilot health information, advice and transactional services provided via kiosks, the Internet, and interactive digital television. It considers the effectiveness of these communications technologies in relation to a range of distinct applications, their use by the public and perceived usefulness and authority, and the potential of remote health delivery to support or supplant more traditional and direct forms of health diagnosis and treatment. The book will be of interest to those involved in the academic study of digital media developments, e-government and remote health, as well as to policy-makers and practitioners working in these rapidly growing fields of endeavor.

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Routledge

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1135607540

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9781135607548

Patterns of Educational Integration

international perspectives on mainstreaming children with special educational needs

By: Barrie Wade,Maggie Moore

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Patterns of Educational Integration

international perspectives on mainstreaming children with special educational needs

By: Barrie Wade,Maggie Moore

The integration of children with special educational needs was a crucial issue for the 1990s. Many countries were reassessing and reorganising their systems of provision in the light of legislation to provide entitlement for all. There was noticeable worldwide trend away from entirely separate provision for learners with special educational needs. At the same time there was no agreement on how exactly they should be integrated with other students. The reader will gain a clear understanding of educational provision, the societal forces that push for greater integration and the attitudes that promote or hinder educational success.

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Symposium Books Ltd

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1873927010

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9781873927014

Girl, Stop Passing Out in Your Makeup

The Bad Girl’s Guide to Getting Your Sh*t Together

By: Zara Barrie

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Girl, Stop Passing Out in Your Makeup

The Bad Girl’s Guide to Getting Your Sh*t Together

By: Zara Barrie

“Self-help meets memoir. Party girl meets wise sage. Beauty meets reality. Zara Barrie is the cool older sister you wish you had. The one that lets you borrow her designer dresses and ripped up fishnets, buys you champagne (she loves you too much to let you drink beer), and colors your lips with bright pink lipstick. She'll take you to the coolest parties, and will stick by your side and she guides you through the glitter, pain, danger, laughter, and what it means to be a f*cked up girl in this f*cked up world (both of which are beautiful despite the darkness). Girl, Stop Passing Out in Your Makeup is for the girls that are too much of a beautiful contradiction to be contained. Zara is a gifted writer—one second she'll have you laughing over rich girls agonizing over which Birkin bag to buy, the next second she'll shatter your heart in one sentence about losing one’s innocence. Zara is the nuanced girl she writes for—light, irreverent, snarky, bitchy, funny; and aching, perceptive, deep, flawed, wise, poised, honest—all at once. Perhaps the only thing that can match Zara's unparalleled wit and big sister advice is her candid humor and undeniable talent for the written word. Zara is one of the most prolific and entertaining honest voices on the internet—and her talent is only multiplied in book form. Girl, Stop Passing Out in Your Makeup is for the bad girls, honey.”—Dayna Troisi, Executive Editor, GO Magazine “Reading Zara's writing will make you feel like you're at your cool-as-hell big sister's sleepover party. You will be transfixed by her unflinching honesty and words of wisdom, and she'll successfully convince you to not only ditch the shame you feel about the raw and messy parts of yourself, but to dare to see them as beautiful.”—Alexia LaFata, Editor, New York Magazine “If Cat Marnell and F. Scott Fitzgerald had a literary baby it would be Zara Barrie. She’s got Marnell’s casual, dark, downright hilarious tone of an irreverent party girl. But then she also has Fitzgerald’s talent for making words literally feel like they sparkle on the page. I’ve always been a fan of Zara’s writing but Girl, Stop Passing Out in Your Makeup takes it to the next level. With shimmery words that make her dark stories sparkle, she seamlessly manages to inspire even the most coked-out girl at the party to get her shit together.”—Candice Jalili, Senior Sex & Dating Writer, Elite Daily

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Post Hill Press

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164293464X

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9781642934649

Managing Quality

By: Barrie G. Dale,Ton van der Wiele,Jos van Iwaarden

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Managing Quality

By: Barrie G. Dale,Ton van der Wiele,Jos van Iwaarden

Managing Quality, Fifth Edition is an essential resource for students and practitioners alike. This popular and highly successful introduction to Quality Management has been fully revised and updated to reflect recent developments in the field Includes new chapters on Improvement Approaches, Six Sigma, and new challenges in Quality Management Combines the latest information on the ISO 9000 quality management system series standards with up-to-date tools, techniques and quality systems Material has been re-ordered and changes to terminology have been made to bring the book completely up to date Provides a popular resource for students, academics, and business practitioners alike

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118762177

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9781118762172

The Google Generation

Are ICT innovations Changing information Seeking Behaviour?

By: Barrie Gunter,Ian Rowlands,David Nicholas

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The Google Generation

Are ICT innovations Changing information Seeking Behaviour?

By: Barrie Gunter,Ian Rowlands,David Nicholas

The Google Generation examines original and secondary research evidence from international sources to determine whether there is a younger generation of learners who are adopting different styles of information search behaviour from older generations as a function of their patterns of use of online technologies. The book addresses the questions: might the widespread availability and use of search engines, such as Google, give rise to a different type of scholar who seeks out and utilises online information sources and thereby develops a different orientation to learning from older generations whose information seeking practices became established initially in the offline world. - Provides a one of the most comprehensive analyses yet on the evolving nature of information search behaviour - Combines a review of a wide range of international research evidence combined with original, cutting edge research - Directed towards industry end-users and policy makers as well as academics with shared scholarly interests

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Elsevier

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1780631634

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9781780631639

I Want to Change My Life

Can Reality TV Competition Shows Trigger Lasting Career Success?

By: Barrie Gunter

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I Want to Change My Life

Can Reality TV Competition Shows Trigger Lasting Career Success?

By: Barrie Gunter

Competition talent shows have been among the most popular on television in the 21st century. The producers of these shows claim to give ordinary people extraordinary opportunities to change their lives by showcasing a specific skill leading to a new career trajectory. Most participants will claim that they entered to get a big break and to develop a career they have always dreamed of. To what extent do these shows deliver on such promises? Following through what happens to leading contestants in singing, entertainment, modelling, cooking and business entrepreneur competitions, this book shows that few go on to achieve lasting success in their chosen career. Many return to obscurity or to their previous lives. Some enjoy a low level career in the new direction delivered by the competition they entered. Just a few become truly successful. The pop and entertainment themed contests have discovered just a handful of major pop stars and entertainers out of many hundreds who have taken part after the initial auditions. Turning to the cookery or business franchises, there are few who go on to achieve lasting success in their chosen career. In these it is equally likely that the winners go on to enjoy success with media careers rather than as chefs or entrepreneurs. The most successful franchise of all is the fashion model competition (Next Top Model), which has yielded a high hit rate in terms of career success. What the analysis here also reveals is that it isn’t only the winners who ultimately benefit the most from their appearances in these shows. Moreover, television picks its own stars by recruiting contestants because they are telegenic or have a good backstory as much as for their relevant talents. In this way, a talent hungry medium has co-opted these franchises to replenish its own needs.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443864749

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9781443864749

Planning, Law and Economics

The Rules We Make for Using Land

By: Barrie Needham

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Planning, Law and Economics

The Rules We Make for Using Land

By: Barrie Needham

What rights does the state have over privately owned land? Why should some landowners be favoured over others? How can the practice of land-use planning be improved? This book addresses these essential questions and shows that the interests people have in property rights over land and buildings are not just emotional but often financial too. It follows that the law, which affects who has property rights, what those rights are and how they may be used, can have great financial consequences for people and great economic consequences for society in general. For those reasons, looking at land-use planning as it affects and is affected by property rights illuminates some core aspects of land-use planning, including the law, economics, ethics and ideology. In this book, Needham examines those aspects from the clear perspective of property rights.

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Routledge

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1134288921

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9781134288922

Investment Legends

The Wisdom that Leads to Wealth

By: Barrie Dunstan

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Investment Legends

The Wisdom that Leads to Wealth

By: Barrie Dunstan

Part-philosophy, part-business strategy and part-biography, Investment Legends provides fascinating insight into the key ingredients required for successful investing, as explored through the experiences and tips of fifteen of the world’s leading investors. Drawing on his forty years in the business, leading Financial Review journalist, Barrie Dunstan has travelled the globe interviewing the cast of characters in this book. Throwing the net far and wide, Dunstan’s subjects include those virtually born into the business, such as Barton Biggs and Peter Bernstein, as well as others who came to investment via the card tables at Las Vegas or the ski slopes of Switzerland. Each interview provides insights about the legends - who are they, how do they think about investment, what do they believe is most important, why these beliefs matter, and when they might change their mind. In this captivating book, you’ll get to meet some of the world’s leading lights in the investment world. Share in their secrets to success, and follow their dramatic journeys, led by the guiding hand of wise and insightful author, Barrie Dunstan.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1742169023

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9781742169026

What Self-Made Millionaires Really Think, Know and Do

A Straight-Talking Guide to Business Success and Personal Riches

By: Richard Dobbins,Barrie O. Pettman

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What Self-Made Millionaires Really Think, Know and Do

A Straight-Talking Guide to Business Success and Personal Riches

By: Richard Dobbins,Barrie O. Pettman

Bubbling over with useful ideas." —Independent "Hard-wired to reality. Hype free and brutally honest." —Business Age "Practical, down-to-earth advise of great value to would-be entrepreneurs." —Sir Adrian Cadbury "I was hooked. A really useful DIY manual for success." —Personnel Today "Exhiliration. Fright. Bewilerment. Exultation." —Career Development International "A Complete toolkit for the ambitious entrpreneur. Success, happiness and your first million within your grasp." —The Citizen "A gem of a book. A source of ideas and inspiration to any manager." — Professor Richard Teare, Oxford Brookes University "A good easy read. I agree with everything." —Philip Vale, Durham University Business School "That depth of understanding entrepreneurial business which can only come from doing it." —Baron Prestoungrange, Co-founder, MCB University Press "Recommended reading for any frustrated executive considering going it alone." —Gulf Business There are better ways to becoming a millionaire than trudging to your local store to buy a lottery ticket every week. The fact is your chances are 14 million to one. If you entered the lottery once every week, then—sure—you can expect to win. About once in every two hundred and seventy thousand years! But still there are those who believe that if they sit and listen as number after number is called out on the TV, that this will be their week. Their lucky break. Then there are those that know that they must do more than watch spinning balls to make their lives a success; that in order to do more, to have more, to become master of their own destiny—they must change. They must act. And this book is for them. Enter Richard Dobbins and Barrie O. Pettman, two self-made millionaires who reveal the secrets of their fantastic business achievements and personal fortunes. What Self-Made Millionaires Really Think, Know and Do does not rely on a mystical system, flimsy hype or unbelievable get-rich-quick schemes. Instead it offers practical and realistic advice for turning your brilliant ideas into a money-making business reality. What Self-Made Millionaires Really Think, Know and Do guides you from business idea to market acclaim. You will discover the secrets of real business - from thinking creatively and setting clear goals to negotiating skills, leadership and liberating time management. It is illustrated throughout with superb success stories and anecdotes from the authors' remarkable careers. Dobbins and Pettman provide a complete toolkit for the ambitious entrepreneur. They provide proven methods for getting what you want in life; success, happiness and your first million. It's not an easy walk in the park, but if you are serious about dramatically changing your life, it’s all within your grasp. And it’s all in here.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1841127531

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9781841127538

The Captain's Steward

Falklands, 1982

By: Barrie Fieldgate

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The Captain's Steward

Falklands, 1982

By: Barrie Fieldgate

Barrie Fieldgate was the Captain's steward onboard the Royal Navy frigate HMS Broadsword, which operated in the South Atlantic during the Falklands War. His diary charts the progress of the war, as he was aware of it as an ordinary sailor.

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Melrose Press

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1905226462

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9781905226467

Psychological Insights on the Role and Impact of the Media During the Pandemic

Lessons from COVID-19

By: Barrie Gunter

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Psychological Insights on the Role and Impact of the Media During the Pandemic

Lessons from COVID-19

By: Barrie Gunter

This volume places the spotlight on the role different media and communications systems played in informing the public about the pandemic, shaping their views about what was happening and contributing to behavioural compliances with pandemic-related restrictions. Throughout the pandemic, media coverage has played an important role in drawing attention to specific messages, influencing public risk perceptions and fear responses. Mainstream media and other electronic communication systems such as Facebook and WhatsApp have been pivotal in getting pandemic information out to the public, thereby influencing their beliefs, attitudes and behaviour and engaging them generally in the pandemic as stakeholders. In this timely volume, author Barrie Gunter considers how people reacted to this coverage and its contribution to their understanding of what was going on, including the influence of fake news and misinformation on public beliefs about the pandemic, from anti-lockdown protests to the "anti-vaxx" movement. In addition, looking at how government messaging was not always consistent or clear and how different authorities were found not always to be in harmony or compliance with the messages they put out, Gunter examines the harm done by presenting different publics with ambiguous or conflicting narratives. Drawing out important communications strategy lessons to be learned for the future, this is essential reading for students and researchers in psychology, public health and medical sciences and for policymakers who assess government strategies, responses and performance.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000599779

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9781000599770

Politics: An Introduction

By: Barrie Axford,Victoria Browne,Richard Huggins,Rico Isaacs

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Politics: An Introduction

By: Barrie Axford,Victoria Browne,Richard Huggins,Rico Isaacs

The second edition of this user-friendly text for students taking introductory courses in politics builds on the success of the first edition. It provides completely updated and stimulating coverage of topics essential to the understanding of contemporary politics. Ideal for students taking combined degrees at introductory level in politics and the social sciences, it emphasises the individual and social dimension of politics and covers theories and concepts in an accessible way. New features in the second edition include: * new examples drawn from Western democracies and other political systems * expanded sections on nationalism, religion, alternative politics, globalisation and ethnic conflict * updated examples from the most contemporary political events * biographies of key political thinkers and figures.

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Routledge

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0429792956

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9780429792953

Quality Costing

By: Barrie G. Dale,J.J. Plunkett

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Quality Costing

By: Barrie G. Dale,J.J. Plunkett

Quality costs help to show the importance of quality-related activities to management; they demonstrate the cost of non-quality to an organization; they track the causes and effects of the problem, enabling the working out of solutions using quality improvement teams, and then monitoring progress. As a technique in the introduction and development of TQM, quality costing is a powerful tool for enhancing a company’s effectiveness. Quality Costing provides pragmatic advice on how to set about introducing and developing a quality costing system and using the data that emerges. This third edition (strengthened by additional data from a range of organizations) provides sound practical guidance on how to define, identify, collect, measure, analyse, report and use quality costs. This established text has proved invaluable to managers and quality professionals, students and academics alike - the new edition ensures its continued position as the leading book in the field.

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Routledge

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1351907271

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9781351907279

Public Health Mini-Guides: Alcohol Misuse E-book

By: Ken Barrie,Angela Scriven

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Public Health Mini-Guides: Alcohol Misuse E-book

By: Ken Barrie,Angela Scriven

The Hot Topics in Public Health series Hot Topics in Public Health consists of a series of small pocketbooks, focussing on the key public health issues identified by the UK government priorities. The books will be of use to a wide audience of students and practitioners, in the Nursing and Allied Health areas, as all students in these areas do modules on Public Health and Health Promotion, as well as those doing a diploma or degree in PH&HP. Students will find the books useful to cover assignments and on the ward, and practitioners will love the quick-reference format for use on the ward and in giving patient advice and running clinics on these topics. There will be a title providing essential information on the priority areas of: - Obesity - Smoking - Alcohol misuse - Sexual health - Mental health - Diabetes - Non-communicable diseases - Exercise - Drug misuse - Health inequalities - Boxes - Thinking points - will be of interest to practitioners - Key debates - Case studies - Current strategies – Gov. targets - Further Reading - Useful web links.

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