Sentences with phrase «issues of academic interest»

Although the facts before the tribunals below were no longer determinative of the appellant's claim, the secretary of state declined to argue that the appeal raised issues of academic interest only.

Not exact matches

Coming back to the broader issue of data innovation, it is interesting to note that dataset merges have been behind a growing number of important academic studies and research findings in recent years.

Though seminary faculties like to affirm, in principle, a relationship between Christian theology and the life of the church, academic theology tends to view the ministering congregation as an addendum to the really interesting issues of ethics, philosophical and political theology, or social policy.

These issues are not merely of academic interest.

It would indeed be interesting to survey how many health problems, emotional disorders, and academic issues would start to disappear if children were served these real foods instead of what they are currently eating.

POST advisers have several key duties: issuing briefing papers and longer reports (available to both MPs and the public), giving oral briefings and informal advice to parliamentarians, and organising seminars that bring MPs together with the academic community, the media, non-governmental organisations, other interest groups, and members of the public.

It is in the interest of both young scholars and academic institutions to address the issues that lead to this anxiety.

As for the challenges I face through my job, they often have to do with the discrepancy between the interests of industrialists and academics, the first being preoccupied with short - term issues while the others are turned on by longer - term problems.

We hope our content will be of particular interest to industrial or academic scientists active in R&D in molecular biotechnology, gene transfer and expression, applied microbiology, environmental biotechnology, biofuels and bioenergy, nanotechnology, bioprocessing, chemical biotechnology, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, nucleic acid therapeutics and vaccines, plant biotechnology, and patenting and regulatory issues.

While retired, because of my ongoing interest in the importance of credible, sound science driving public policy and regulation of food safety related issues, I joined with other academic colleagues and helped to found a 501c3 non-profit organization we call Academics Review.

The final activity was a Structured Academic Controversy (SAC)(based on the work of Johnson and Johnson) where students assumed roles as different interest groups and then debated the merits of this issue, using the skills and rhetorical strategies we had learned about along the way.

Our goal is to offer a worldwide connection between teachers, students, researchers and lecturers, from a wide range of academic fields, interested in exploring and giving their contribution in educational issues.

In an interesting turn, though, three — Duckworth, Harper, and Goldrick - Rab — are of a much younger academic generation, but have carved out outsized public profiles on issues ranging from social and emotional learning to college costs.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

AGB is the only national association that serves the interests and needs of academic governing boards, boards of institutionally related foundations, and campus CEOs and other senior - level campus administrators on issues related to higher education governance and leadership.

The network also provides schools with access to: a national «knowledge network» of CWC teachers and principals who can share best practices with one another, meaningful professional development opportunities and evaluation tools, student assessment tools and help tracking student achievement, training in school operations, interest - free start - up loans to help new schools get off the ground and long - term financial planning assistance, and help resolving outstanding academic issues when requested by the school.

This superb interdisciplinary work should find a place on the shelves of every public and academic library that has the least bit of interest in environmental issues, which should mean just about all.

With no interest in academic issues of topography, period or style, it reflects an artist's passion for art.

And from that point of view, to be cynical, the whole issue is academic (though still interesting), since however ideally we pose and model the question, the decisions will be sure to be made in the spirit of acrimony, ignorance and irrationality on all sides.

My reaction as a reviewer for a paper on a policy relevant issue, for better or for worse, is frankly different than for a paper that is mainly of academic interest.

My blog work facilitates the exposure and scrutiny of my legal ideas to a national and international readership that includes not only judges, policymakers, and practitioners at all levels in many jurisdictions, but also academics from other disciplines, journalists of all stripes, many nonlawyers interested in criminal justice issues, and also — perhaps most valuably — the real people whose lives are most impacted by the policies and doctrines that I discuss.»).

These are all good and interesting points, Mark - one of the key issues in the copyright issue in legal academic is the extent to which commercial legal publishers control the distribution of academic scholarship.

As you know, the CALL Annual Meeting is the only time of the year when members of the Academic SIG have an opportunity to discuss issues of mutual concern and interest.

In this interesting article, EQ Predicts A Lawyer's Success Better Than IQ, Lexi Herrera (from The Complete Lawyer, V. 2, issue 5) argues that while law firms will always hire those with the best academic credentials, EQ — or emotional intelligence — may be a far better predictor of ultimate success.

Ellen's special areas of interest are anxiety, stress management, meditation, brain - based interventions and academic performance issues.