The British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) is the first study of its kind to have asked for permission to link to a range of administrative health records. Multivariate analysis is applied to investigate whether there is consent bias. We find that consent on the BHPS is not biased with respect to...

The paper examines why, and under what conditions, certain interest groups adopt positive positions on international economic issues. It provides a case study of how UK trade unions formed their preferences on membership of the EMU. Previous explanations of this have tended to emphasise the...

The major earthquake and tsunami visited on northeastern Japan on 11 March 2011 brought huge damage to people and the housing stock. In this paper, we examine the impact that this natural disaster had on Japan's housing market in 2011, and show that there was only a minimal impact on the core...

The article considers modern active and interactive approaches in teaching English for professional communication to EFL students. The paper provides examples of class activities based on projects, discussions, role plays, brain storming, case study and PRESS formula approach

This paper presents an analysis of the ethnic breakdown of the population in England and Wales and show the potential of ethnic market segments. This study uses the data from 1991 and 2001 UK censuses and 2004 Annual Population Survey data to show the ethnic breakdown of the population in...

The research on the title of “An Assessment of the English Language Needs of the Second-Year Undergraduate Hospitality Students of Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, Thailand”, has two purposes; 1) to investigate the perceived English language needs of second-year undergraduate hospitality...

Choice and competition policies in public services are popular reform strategies in the member states of the European Union (EU). The European choice agenda is based on the view in the EU of, "social policy as a productive factor," and the need for, "modernisation," of the EU welfare states....

The acquisition of skills by postgraduate students should be effected as professional learning conducted under their own management. Research students have to take responsibility for managing their own learning and getting a PhD. They are also responsible for determining what is required as well...

The researcher's previous study had found that most research students did not fully used their graduate research student policy as point of reference. Therefore, this study aims to review the contents of the research student policy and the benefits of having systematic policies for the...

PhD programmes in the British education system are not based on formal lectures and credits, the supervision requirements of PhD students in the UK are generally greater than those who study under more formal and structured programmes, as is the case in the US and Europe. Therefore, the role of...