The LEAD program

-Where is it taking place?

Lancaster university 

-What are they researching?

LEAD is a programme specifically designed to engage small businesses with higher education, in order to help them to improve the way that they are able to lead and manage and grow their businesses

- Why is this a problem that needs studying?

The programmer aims to make a difference in the economy and peoples lives by making them feel less overworked and help them manage their businesses 

-Which methods and methodology did they use?

 

Methodology: interview 

- What are the results of the research?

 In the nearly ten years that LEAD's been going, participants were reporting increased levels

of employment, around three per cent, and increased levels of turnover, around three per cent as well.

- Who has benefited from the research?

 Participants of the program who are business owners

- How have they benefited from the research?

They experience an increase in sale and turnover since they participated in the program

Fulong Wu

Where is it taking place?

Shanghai, China

What are they researching?

China’s rapid urbanization and urban villages.

Why is this a problem that needs studying?

Because we have seen a large number of rural population and resources rushing into cities.

Which methods and methodology did they use?

The method they used was interviews and observation.

What are the results of the research?

New facilities have been developed to bring tourists into the villages, buildings have been improved. Some houses become B&Bs or small hotels for tourists to stay overnight. The research has been recognised by local officials.

Who has benefited from the research?

Rural population

How have they benefited from the research?

Public space has been improved and residential environment without making any changes to the existing housing.

A Professor in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield called Cathy Nutbrown.

It took place at Grace Owen Nursery School in Sheffield.

They are researching family literacy.

Because we have to narrow the gap between those who got great achievements early and who might find their ways later to help children to get their early achievements more easily.

They gave the parents more knowledge and skills about education to make a good study atmosphere at their home, so that the children could get daily literacy support from their parents, like using signs, logos, rhymes and so on.

The result of the research is that we could increase the early achievement of children by using ORIM and their parents’ encouragement as the help of children’s literacy.

Children and their parents.

Children could be benefited by improving  their literacy skills in order to get early achievements.

11.3% of working-class mothers and 5.1% of the mothers with bachelor’s degrees are not employed any longer.

This showed that 6.2% more mothers without bachelor’s degrees are unemployed than ones with the degrees during Covid-19 due to the recession.

Covid-19 recession’s effect is more serious for mothers without bachelor’s degrees than mothers with the degrees, showing that Covid-19 recession harmed working-class mothers actually but disproportionately.

It is mentioned that 12% of people who have met online have also met offline, and 8% of those people felt upset afterwards. This shows that there was a large percentage of people who were unhappy with their encounter, in order to prevent these negative experiences, young children should not have access to their own smartphone. To conclude, it is dangerous for children to be online as they are unsure of who exactly they are conversing with online which can lead to unpleasant meetings.

Evidence: The evidence for this statement are the statistics stated in the same research, telling us that 52% of freshmen reported their emotional health being above average, 26% of students thought of seeing a counselor, but only 10% did so, and that 30% of students felt so depressed they could barely function.

Explanation: Nowadays students can hardly get high marks easily so they need to work hard to meet the deadlines and their university’s expectations. Since university’s academic load is much higher than in schools, most of the freshman are put into high pressure due to a lot of homeworks and project deadlines.