Electoral guerrilla theatre in the 2015 UK general election: critique, legitimacy and incorporation in the news coverage of celebrity election campaigns by Collins, Jeremy

“…Each of these celebrity candidates displayed elements of theatricality in their campaign techniques, and the paper argues that while the campaigns could be seen as a form of electoral guerrilla theatre, the news coverage of the period leading up to the election suggests that neither campaign provided the kind of critical satirical edge that such a term might suggest. …”
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Challenges and constraints in designing a localisation module for a multilingual cohort by Baños-Piñero, Rocío, Toto, Piero

“…Although this heterogeneity can be difficult to manage and will have an impact on the resources needed, it can also be seen as an opportunity to increase students’ awareness of cultural differences, which is key to working in localization.…”
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Cultural journeys in higher education: student voices and narratives by Bamford, Jan, Pollard, Lucie

“…The cultural diversity of university student populations can be seen to reflect the changing demographics of an increasingly international mobile workforce. …”

Introductory thoughts about peace, politics and religion by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Recent years have seen a growing literature on the interactions between peace, politics and religion, including their diverse and often complex relationships. …”
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Re-cycle/up-cycle: a conversation by Rossi, Gian, Scarso, Jacek Ludwig

“…Drawing on the changing connotation of recycling in an environmentally concerned world, parallels may be seen in the conceptual and aesthetic adaption of existent ideas, and the physical re-use of items of performance. …”
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Food scares and news media: a case study approach to science and risk in the news by Collins, Jeremy

“…They can however also be seen as an expression of the competing frameworks of scientific rationality and social rationality, of which the latter, in Beck's analysis of 'late modernity' as derived in part from Habermas, represents the emergence of a 'reflexivity' which has the potential to challenge societal conceptions of science and knowledge.…”
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The internet and small to medium-sized enterprises: research notes by Lawrence, Japhet Eke

“…Therefore, the use of the Internet is widely seen as critical for the competitiveness of SMEs in the emerging global market.…”
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The possibilities of disruption: serendipity, accidents and impasse driven search by Ross, Wendy

“…It emphasises the importance of an externalist approach which takes into account the role of objects in the environment in shaping cognition. Accidents are seen as a key trigger for creative thinking, as they disrupt planned cognitive trajectories and introduce novel elements into the cognitive ecosystem, leading to new possibilities that were previously inconceivable. …”
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Perspectival kinaesthetic imaging by Malafouris, Lambros, Carnegie, Rory, Creswell, Miranda, Ilipoulus, Antonis, Koukouti, Marie-Danae, Ross, Wendy

“…The basic idea is that the juxtaposition of different media affects how we observe and what can be observed by enabling the discovery of connections and material relations that are often obscured when seen from a single perspectival point…”
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Queering sexual health translation pedagogy by Toto, Piero

“…The role of translation and web localization within this multicultural context can be seen as ‘social activism’ promoting sexual health and community engagement, with a view to providing wider healthcare access and information using inclusive language. …”
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The Public Sphere and Network Democracy: Social movements and Political Change? by Iosifidis, Petros, Wheeler, Mark

“…New communications environments were seen to be instrumental in forging the conditions for the ‘Arab Spring’ revolutions and the Turkish protests within Istanbul’s Taksim square during the summer of 2013. …”
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The strategic business value of internet usage in small to medium-sized enterprises by Lawrence, Japhet Eke

“…Therefore, the use of the Internet is widely seen as critical for the competitiveness of SMEs in the emerging global market.…”
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Students’ attitudes to online learning experience by Pratt, Simon, Dell, Eric

“…Traditionally, computers have been seen largely as tools for specific tasks but there is now a growing practice and literature (e.g. …”
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Mathematics learning and teaching : a student’s perspective by Ansari, Tasnuva

“…From my own experience, I have seen people in Bangladesh without any academic background, dealing with calculations fairly quickly without any formal education, and there is the famous study of Brazilian street children. …”
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International Financial Integration and Long Run Trends in Short Term Japanese Interest Rates by Bruce, David, Bojkova, Viara

“…The paper provides thorough explanation to the econometric results and all detailed test results can be seen in the addendum. It also gives information on how to access the original data used for the purposes of replication.…”
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The weekend effect: a trading robot and fractional integration analysis by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A., Plastun, Alex, Makarenko, Inna

“…Further, the lowest orders of integration are generally found on Mondays, which can be seen as additional evidence for a weekend effect.…”
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An alternative reading of religion and authoritarianism: the new logic between religion and state in the AKP’s new Turkey by Öztürk, Ahmet Erdi

“…Conversely, the AKP and its undisputed leader Erdoğan have seen their socio-political fears, power based conflicts and ethno-religious desires become dominant in all areas, including religion. …”
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Taking the implementation of ECtHR judgments seriously : right assessment, wrong approaches? by Lambert-Abdelgawad, Elisabeth

“…The workload of the Committee of Ministers (CoM) is increasing dramatically (as of June 2010 more than 9,000 cases were pending) and consequently the time taken for execution is rising and furthermore “the last few years have seen a significant increase in the number of cases relating to complex and sensitive issues”. …”
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Short-term, short-changed? A temporal perspective on the implications of academic casualisation for teaching in higher education by Leathwood, Carole, Read, Barbara

“…We discuss how short-term temporal logics marked by last-minute or ‘just-in-time’ modalities can be seen to impact negatively on teaching preparation and pedagogical relationships, raising questions about innovation and criticality, power and in/security, continuity and care.…”
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The exhaustion of domestic remedies in Russia : the ECtHR's approach to Art. 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure by Gavron, Jessica

“…It is this margin that can lead to uncertainty among practitioners about the Court’s approach to a particular remedy, as seen recently with Art. 125 of the Russian Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP).…”
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