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Provision of counselling services in secondary schools: a survey of Local Education Authorities in England and Wales (2005)
Journal Article
Polat, F., & Jenkins, P. (2005). Provision of counselling services in secondary schools: a survey of Local Education Authorities in England and Wales. Pastoral Care in Education, 23(4), 17-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0122.2005.00347.x

This paper explores the current state of counselling as provided by local education authorities (LEAs) to secondary schools in England and Wales. A questionnaire was sent to all 172 LEAs in England and Wales. The data suggest that the counselling pro... Read More about Provision of counselling services in secondary schools: a survey of Local Education Authorities in England and Wales.

Technology and change in English language teaching (ELT) (2005)
Journal Article
Jarvis, H. (2005). Technology and change in English language teaching (ELT). Asian EFL journal (Busan), 7(4), 213-227

This paper examines the ways in which computers are impacting upon change in ELT and argues that Asian countries are, in a sense, at the heart of this. The paper reviews and further develops a shorter forthcoming colloquium article in The British Jou... Read More about Technology and change in English language teaching (ELT).

The nations of Britain (2005)
Book
Bryant, C. (2005). The nations of Britain. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press

Is Britain one nation, or many? Is it a nation with more than a thousand years of history, or "an invented nation", only as old as the 1707 union of England and Scotland? Is devolution to Scotland and Wales a step towards the eventual break-up of Bri... Read More about The nations of Britain.

Sir Eric Phipps, the British government and the appeasement of Germany, 1933-1937 (2005)
Journal Article
Johnson, G. (2005). Sir Eric Phipps, the British government and the appeasement of Germany, 1933-1937. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592290500330958

This article argues that Sir Eric Phipps' reputation as an “anti-appeaser” of Germany during his Berlin embassy 1933–1937 is not accurate. While Phipps was not in favor of placating Hitler by making territorial concessions, he had much in common with... Read More about Sir Eric Phipps, the British government and the appeasement of Germany, 1933-1937.

Circular breathing: the cultural politics of jazz in Britain (2005)
Book
McKay, G. (2005). Circular breathing: the cultural politics of jazz in Britain. Durham NC and London: Duke University Press

In Circular Breathing, George McKay, a leading chronicler of British countercultures, uncovers the often surprising ways that jazz has accompanied social change during a period of rapid transformation in Great Britain. Examining jazz from the foundin... Read More about Circular breathing: the cultural politics of jazz in Britain.

Perception of modal distribution metrics in critical listening spaces - dependence on room aspect ratios (2005)
Journal Article
Fazenda, B., Avis, M., & Davies, W. (2005). Perception of modal distribution metrics in critical listening spaces - dependence on room aspect ratios. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 53(12), 1128-1141

The subjective significance of two general types of metrics used to describe the "quality" of a room based on its aspect ratio are compared. Tests were carried out to evaluate differences between three virtual rooms that score extreme classifications... Read More about Perception of modal distribution metrics in critical listening spaces - dependence on room aspect ratios.

Reading the graphic surface : the presence of the book in prose fiction (2005)
Book
White, G. (2005). Reading the graphic surface : the presence of the book in prose fiction. Manchester: Manchester University Press

This book critically engages with the visual appearance of prose fiction where it is manipulated by authors, from alterations in typography to the deconstruction of the physical form of the book. It reappraises the range of effects it is possible to... Read More about Reading the graphic surface : the presence of the book in prose fiction.

Scandal in past and contemporary politics (2005)
Book
(2005). J. Garrard, & J. Newell (Eds.), Scandal in past and contemporary politics. Manchester: Manchester University Press

There have been many books on individual ‘affairs’ of various kinds, but considerably fewer on the social and historical significance of political scandal in general. Yet, the phenomenon has recently emerged as a key new area of study. This is partly... Read More about Scandal in past and contemporary politics.

Metabolisms of obecity: Fat in bodies, cities and infrastructure (2005)
Book Chapter
Marvin, S., & Medd, W. (2005). Metabolisms of obecity: Fat in bodies, cities and infrastructure. In N. Heynen, M. Käika, & E. Swyngedouw (Eds.), In the Nature of Cities: Urban Political Ecology and the Politics of Urban Metabolism. Routledge

Urban design: towards a working strategy (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Lyons, K., & Dunbar, T. (2005, November). Urban design: towards a working strategy. Presented at Sensuous Knowledge II: Aesthetic Practice and Insight, Bergen National Academy of Arts, Bergen, Norway

To introduce this project – for the purpose of this event we have called it a “Working Strategy” – we have invited a.r.r.r.t.s to write some introductory notes on the way it has developed over the past year. We have always maintained a close connec... Read More about Urban design: towards a working strategy.

War in Iraq: environment of insecurity and international migration (2005)
Journal Article
Sirkeci, I. (2005). War in Iraq: environment of insecurity and international migration. International Migration, 43(4), 197-214. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2005.00338.x

This paper discusses possible relations between conflict and international migration, with specific reference to the most recent war in Iraq. Iraqi international migration trends are examined to ascertain the potential influence of war on migration.... Read More about War in Iraq: environment of insecurity and international migration.

Architecture to support semantic resources interoperability (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Barresi, S., Meziane, F., Rezgui, Y., & Lima, C. (2005, November). Architecture to support semantic resources interoperability. Poster presented at First ACM International Workshop on Interoperability of Heterogeneous Information Systems (IHIS 2005), Bremen, Germany

Semantic Resources (SRs) such as ontologies and taxonomies are used in many sectors for various purposes. In the Construction domain they are used to facilitate software application inter-working, and improve communication and understanding among the... Read More about Architecture to support semantic resources interoperability.

Eye movements during search and detection in comparative visual search (2005)
Journal Article
Galpin, A., & Underwood, G. (2005). Eye movements during search and detection in comparative visual search. Perception & psychophysics (Online), 67(8), 1313-1331

Motivated by the fact that previous visual memory paradigms have imposed encoding and retrieval constraints, the present article presents two experiments that address how observers allocate eye movements in memory and comparison processes in the abse... Read More about Eye movements during search and detection in comparative visual search.