Objectives: Four in ten women with breast cancer experience high levels of anxiety or depression, despite advances oncology treatments. The study investigates the role psychosocial, disease and treatment characteristics, appraisal processes to better understand factors contributing this psychological morbidity. Design: A postal survey was employed observe morbidity 2 6 months after initial diagnosis cancer. conducted as an adjunct Australian multi‐centre feasibility evidence‐based specialist...

This article looks at the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on international students, focusing Portuguese-speaking African and Brazilian students during lockdown spring 2020. Using evidence from interviews conducted with 27 domiciled in Portugal, we illustrate some challenges faced by when coping pandemic, including difficulties meeting cost tertiary education centrality working to sustain their stays abroad, alongside emotional prolonged domestic confinement separation families. We also consider...

Corporeal travel has been highly problematized during the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to curtailment of many previously taken-for-granted mobilities. This includes circulation international students; individuals undertaking short duration credit mobility exchanges alongside those who have migrated for an entire degree course. The objective this article is look at how pandemic affected and students from inside outside Europe, focusing on example Portugal lockdown Spring 2020. Using evidence...

AbstractThis article explores the present and imagined future impact of Portuguese economic crisis among tertiary-educated youth in Lisbon. The results a quantitative survey follow-up interviews illustrate that this is widespread multifaceted, ranging from perceived devaluation educational credentials loss faith local job market to feeling unable contemplate having family one's own. This evidence suggests diminished expectations are prevalent youth, situation has date attracted surprisingly...

Erasmus is regarded as a European success story: an example of cross-border cooperation and opportunity for students to improve their inter-cultural skills work capacities. This article takes in-depth look at this success, examining recent trends in mobility. Analysis shows that while certain countries have greater numbers outgoing than incoming, the converse situation found such Portugal. To explain imbalance, evidence drawn from study Portugal conducted during 2016. While popularity...

Abstract In this paper, I explore an important aspect of Irish youth migration, in both Northern Ireland and the Republic Ireland, namely mobility intentions tertiary‐educated during recent economic crisis. Building on prior work that completed 2007, conducted quantitative qualitative research with a total 400 university students Dublin, Belfast Cork 2010. Analysis data reveals majority these young people (62%) intend to leave future, moving predominantly other English‐language speaking...

This article examines orientations towards future geographical mobility amongst young people in Northern Ireland presently studying at third level educational institutions. Following contextualisation of youth as pertaining to students this region, the results recent quantitative and qualitative research are discussed. Over half these people, 55 per cent, see themselves living outside some point future. Furthermore, response a number statements on family relationships, peer associations...

Three techniques for measuring oxygen consumption rate (OCR) of cultured cells relevant to the development bioartificial liver devices are reported. In an oxystat apparatus, HepG2 immobilised on Cytodex 3 microcarriers at a concentration 10 6 ml -1 had mean OCR 0.7 nmol s /10 cells. The decreased with increasing cell density, characteristic previously reported other lines. Rat hepatocytes single collagen layers in flow and challenged ammonia 0.59 A novel two-compartment system was used...

In this article, we look at an example of student migration between Asia and Europe: movement China Norway, with the main objective illustrating value studying in Norway to career development upon return sending country. Adapting terminology associated Bourdieu, discuss experience as ‘mobility capital’, exploring skills capacities acquired while abroad success. Evidence is drawn from a recent qualitative study former migrants across China, all whom had previously studied Master’s degree...

This article looks at the impact of Covid-19 pandemic among international students in Portugal, focusing on their experiences during Spring 2020 lockdown. The discussion begins with an outline research context, and recognition inherent precarity much student life. Our questions hence look not only immediate internationalised learning but also heightening pre-existing economic vulnerability many our subjects. Using evidence taken from 27 interviews, we document experiences, including...

This article looked at the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on management internationalized learning, and disruption to transitions adulthood among students reliant upon freedom move within between countries. We started by outlining place mobility in transitions, connected debates about ‘Mobility Turn,’ with particular relevance developments European context, including expansion successive Erasmus student programmes. Following start pandemic, we hypothesize that are now experiencing an...

This article explores the issue of mobility propensity among undergraduates, focusing on plans for long-term and short-term movement, including migration after completion present course study. We also assess strength relationship between a decision to move abroad personal impact ongoing economic crisis, using evidence from two recent surveys conducted with students in capital cities Portugal Republic Ireland. Results provide an indication popularity moving identify justifications seeking...

A few years ago a leading Scottish theologian drew attention to the recent tendency among continental Protestant theologians ‘write off: natural theology. This, he suggested, had been accepted with undue complacency by certain writers, and rightly fact that there was great, indeed predominant, tradition in Christian Church, which theology, theologians, no less man than Thomas Chalmers would have shocked at suggestion theology invalid.

This article explores an important aspect of academic precarity: the use fixed-term contract researchers as factotums within universities. The practice can be defined taking-on tasks that are outside core research activities, including substantial amounts time spent teaching, supervising students and preparing proposals, often at behest tenured staff members, reflecting existing power dynamics organisation. At a theoretical level, it is argued this precarity reflects various forms...

This article explores the dichotomy between high prevalence and low incidence of youth mobility intentions, utilising results quantitative qualitative research conducted with 400 students during 2010 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Comparisons from a prior study on student also show that recent recession had made relatively little impact upon intentions. Following theoretical perspective influenced by Bourdieu, these findings are explained through an appreciation habitus transmitting...

This article explores the geographical mobility intentions of students aged between 18 and 24 years in Republic Ireland after end economic boom commonly referred to as 'Celtic Tiger'. Focusing upon a sample undergraduates Dublin Cork, looks at how many respondents intend move abroad future, where potential leavers go for long they envisage staying away, addition elaborating decision-making processes. Results show that 59% had plans leave, largely English language speaking destinations, with...