Chasing the grant dragon
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The grant application system in British higher education positively encourages the frenetic, craving behaviour associated with gambling addiction. Academics become totally preoccupied with trying to secure research funding from the grant-awarding bodies, encouraged by the kind of 'near win' or 'just missed' enticements that create moral panic in the context of commercial gambling. Grant-awarding bodies incite pathological repetitive behaviour by shortlisting or highly commending applicants, encouraging them to believe that their next application will be successful.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1997
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Helping caregivers confront nursing home challenges
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Institutionalization of an elderly individual poses stress on both the family and the elder. The move is usually precipitated by a crisis in the family such as a change in functional or cognitive functions of the elder or an accident. The elder has to adjust to new surroundings. The family may feel guilty about the move. Caregivers must understand these situations by being informed about the aging process, family dynamics and institutional life. Active care even after institutionalization is also important.
Publication Name: Journal of Home Economics
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0022-1570
Year: 1992
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Going with the flow
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Kirk Clawson, a researcher for the Department of Homeland Security, has conducted a study entitled "10 million Urban Dispersion Project.'
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2005
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