Essays about: "academic resources"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 249 essays containing the words academic resources.

1. 16. ‘Overcoming Hopelessness’: Asylum Seekers’ Experiences of Precarity and Empowerment in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Hugo Fritjofsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Sweden; asylum; migration; qualitative; refugees; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Sweden has long been seen as a generous, inclusive provider for refugees, historically granting social rights on par with citizens shortly upon arrival. However, extensive recent academic literature has come to critique this perception, highlighting retrenchments and restrictive developments in asylum policy amid increasing precarity for asylum seekers. READ MORE

3. 17. Risky Business: The Intersection of Sustainability and Credit Risk Assessment – a Strategic Perspective

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

   Author : Vincenzo Giunta; Emma Bäckman; Monica Elizabeth Salirwe; Jackline Kalyonge; [2023]
   Keywords : credit risk assessment; Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development; sustainability integration; sustainability challenge;

   Abstract : The imminent consequences of the deteriorating state of the socio-ecological systems pose significant challenges to the well-being of society and societal functioning. The financial sector, specifically banks, plays a crucial role in the transition toward sustainable development because they hold the financial resources and the power to allocate these resources. READ MORE

4. 18. Elite Education for the People? : Nuances of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in Polish High Schools

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

   Author : Paulina Kucharska; [2023]
   Keywords : Public Education; International Baccalaureate; IB; Internationalization of Education; Educational Trajectories; Educational Strategies; Symbolic Capital;

   Abstract : The International Baccalaureate (IB), a private curriculum associated largely with exclusive education for transnationally mobile upper classes, has recently began to quietly enter public, national education systems, offering its alternative, elite schooling in tuition-free state institutions. This paper explores the nuanced case of Poland, where IB diploma program is offered as one of the tracks within state schools, existing side-by-side and competing with the national curriculum. READ MORE

5. 19. DevOps: Assessing the Factors Influencing the Adoption of Infrastructure as Code, and the Selection of Infrastructure as Code Tools : A Case Study with Atlas Copco

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : David Ljunggren; [2023]
   Keywords : DevOps; Infrastructure as Code; Automation; DevOps; Infrastruktur som kod; Automation;

   Abstract : This research initiative, which takes the shape of an interpretive qualitative case study, intends to investigate the key considerations for organizations that are to adopt IaC and select an IaC tool. Interviews with operations specialists with varying experience with Infrastructure as Code were conducted for data collection, which was then followed by thematic data analysis. READ MORE

6. 20. Living in an Immaterial World: An exploratory study on consumer value perceptions in metaverse settings

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Linn Henriksson; Ellen Svärdh; [2023]
   Keywords : metaverse; consumption-value theory; value perceptions; virtual consumption;

   Abstract : As sung by Madonna, "we are living in a material world" underscored by the consumption of physical goods. Beyond the glitz of materialism lies the grand problem of overconsumption, and correspondingly overproduction, of the world's finite resources. READ MORE