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Mathieu Di Miceli – European Journal of Education, 2024
Diversity in the United Kingdom is regularly quantified through Census data. The latest figures (2021) for England and Wales indicate that 82% of the population identifies as white, 51% are females, 17.7%-22.3% are disabled, 18.2% hold no qualifications and 51.7% of households are deprived in at least one dimension. Furthermore, the median age in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diversity, Higher Education, Race
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Alexandra Hill; Andrew Cox – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2024
Academic libraries in the UK are playing a more prominent role in the mental health and wellbeing of students. Wellbeing collections have emerged as one way to do this but are under-researched. The aim of this paper is to investigate the development of wellbeing collections at UK institutions. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Well Being, Library Role
Diana Toledo Figueroa; Christa Rawkins; Emily Qing; Hugo Marques de Sousa – OECD Publishing, 2024
Teacher shortages have intensified across several OECD countries, making this an urgent priority for education systems. Between 2015 and 2022, the share of students whose principals reported shortages rose from 29% to 46.7% on average across the OECD. Simultaneously, rapid technological advances, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and broader…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Teaching (Occupation)
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Bowri, Maya; Hull, Laura; Allison, Carrie; Smith, Paula; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Lai, Meng-Chuan; Mandy, William – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
This study explored demographic and psychological predictors of alcohol use and misuse in a high-functioning, community sample of 237 autistic adults aged 18-75 (mean = 41.92 and standard deviation = 13.3) recruited in the United Kingdom. An online survey measured demographic information, autistic traits, depression, generalised anxiety, social…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adults, Alcohol Abuse
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Gambaro, Ludovica; Buttaro, Anthony; Joshi, Heather; Lennon, Mary Clare – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Residential mobility is a normal feature of family life but thought to be a source of disruption to a child's development. Mobility may have its own direct consequences or reflect families' capabilities and vulnerabilities. This article examines the association between changes of residence and verbal and behavioral scores of children aged 5,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Place of Residence, Mobility, Verbal Communication
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Weir, Elizabeth; Allison, Carrie; Warrier, Varun; Baron-Cohen, Simon – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Autistic individuals may be at risk of premature mortality, and physical health comorbidity increases this risk; however, most studies fail to include older autistic adults or consider lifestyle-related factors that affect health. We developed an anonymous, online physical health survey. The final sample included n = 2368 individuals (mean age =…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adults, At Risk Persons