The world at their fingertips? The mental wellbeing of online distance-based law students

In recent years there has been an increased interest in student mental wellbeing within higher education. In terms of legal education, much of this has been focused upon the United States (US) and Australia, with a lack of United Kingdom (UK)-based empirical data available. Although there is now extensive provision of online distance learning options available to UK (and other) law students, there is a notable lack of research into the possible challenges which are specific to this form of tertiary offering. This paper seeks to contribute to the development of research in this area by reporting upon, and analysing, preliminary data gathered from an empirical study of the mental wellbeing of online distance learning law students.     

Lecture recording: a new norm

Classroom recording systems (systems that capture audio or video footage of a taught session) are being adopted in universities globally in part encouraged by studies that suggest that use of recording technology is associated with enhanced student engagement and perceptions of a course. Notwithstanding increased adoption as a result of perceived benefits, approximately only 10% of higher education institutions have adopted comprehensive lecture recording systems. This study considered the benefits and advantages of classroom recording systems. Academic concerns over student attendance and use of recordings are discussed with the implications for teachers, cognisant of the synergistic relationship between teachers, students and their learning.     

Protecting Free Speech and Academic Freedom in Universities

Restrictions on speaking events in universities have been created both by recent student‐led efforts at ‘no‐platforming’ and by Part 5 of the Counter‐terrorism and Security Act 2015 which placed aspects of the government's Prevent strategy on a statutory basis. The statutory Prevent duty in universities includes, under the accompanying Guidance, curbing or monitoring events that could have an impact in drawing persons into terrorism. This article places the combined impact of Part 5 and student‐led curbs on campus speech in context by juxtaposing pre‐existing restrictions with the various free speech duties of universities. Focusing on speaking events, it evaluates the resulting state of free speech and academic freedom in universities. It finds potential violations of established free speech norms due to the impact of pre‐emptive strikes against some campus‐linked speech articulating non‐mainstream viewpoints. But it also argues that not all such speech has a strong foundation within such norms.     

Correlates of campus crime: An exploration of minority attitudes at an HBCU

Despite a recent increase in the reporting of crime, student attitudes associated with crime on college campuses have been well documented. To the contrary, there is a deficiency of studies that examine the views of students who attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The purpose of this exploratory study is to identify student attitudes in relation to crime within the context of victimization, offender characteristics, and crime prevention measures. Analyzing nearly 200 questionnaires, chi-square analyses reveal that age, gender, and residential status bear statistically significant relationships in association with student attitudes towards various aspects of campus-related crime. In a similar vein, binary logistic regression models demonstrate the existence of significant associations in a number of specific categories such as victimization and crime prevention measures. Limitations, areas of further research, and policy implications are discussed.     

少数民族大学生政治观教育探析

加强少数民族大学生政治观教育对于少数民族地区优秀人才的培养具有十分重要的意义。少数民族大学生政治观教育必须以马克思主义政治观、邓小平政治观和“三个代表”重要思想为指导 ,以中华民族凝聚力教育、祖国统一和民族团结教育、爱国主义教育为重点内容。     

GIRLS,BOYS, AND SCHOOLS: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOOL‐RELATED FACTORS AND STUDENT DEVIANCE*

Research has identified several student and school characteristics that might be altered to reduce student deviance. Most of this research, however, fails to address whether gender moderates these relationships; that is, most studies do not distinguish between the effect of school‐related factors on boys' and girls' delinquency and drug use. In the current study, data from a nationally representative sample of 13,450 students in 253 public, nonalternative, secondary schools are used to examine hierarchical linear models of the relationships between student bonding, communal school organization, and male and female delinquency and drug use. Gender differences in the overall model of relationships are found as are differences in the relationships between student bonding elements and delinquency. Gender differences are not found in the relationships between student bonding elements and drug use, nor in the relationships between communal school organization elements and delinquency and drug use. Implications for theory and prevention are discussed.     

大学生犯罪研究述要

自我国恢复高考制度以来,被称为"天之骄子"的大学生群体,出现了人们不愿看到的大学生犯罪现象。这种现象的研究历经三个发展阶段。总结大学生犯罪现象研究中存在的问题,以便把握大学生犯罪的未来走势,将有利于大学生的成长,也将有助于高等学校及高等教育事业的发展。     

医学生中医体质与睡眠质量的相关性分析

目的 探讨医学生睡眠质量与中医体质的分布特点及二者之间的关联性。方法 采用横断面研究,对安徽2所高校1 137例医学生的睡眠质量及中医体质分布情况进行横断面调查。采用典型相关分析探讨二者之间的相关性。结果 ①医学生睡眠障碍检出率为26.30%,男女学生在睡眠障碍得分上的差异具有统计学意义（P＜0.05）,各年级医学生在睡眠质量各因子得分上的差异具有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。②医学生平和质占18.47%,偏颇体质占81.53%。偏颇体质中排名前3位的依次是气虚质（占17.77%）、阴虚质（占15.22%）和阳虚质（占14.16%）。③不同体质类型的学生睡眠质量差异具有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。典型相关分析显示医学生中医体质与睡眠质量存在显著的相关性（P＜0.05）。V1所代表的湿热质与W1所代表的匹兹堡睡眠质量指数(Pittsburgh sleep quality index, PSQI)正相关,湿热体质者PSQI得分高,睡眠质量差。结论 医学生睡眠质量不佳,发生偏颇体质的可能性较高,气虚质、阴虚质、气郁质、湿热质者睡眠质量较差。     

浅析当代大学生价值取向变化的新特点

在市场经济条件下,当代大学生价值取向发生了变化,出现了一些新特点:兼容性、多元化、矛盾性、务实性。充分认识大学生在新时期价值取向的新特点,对于在新形势下提高高校德育工作和素质教育工作的进程将起到现实的指导作用。     

Youth and generation in South African history*

In recent years, “the youth” have captured (or perhaps recaptured) public attention in South Africa. This paper reflects on South Africa’s experience of generational conflict and places it in the broader context of South African history. After attempting to define “youth,” this paper makes two key points. First, far from being a recent development, generational tension has been a continuous feature of Southern African history since at least the late nineteenth century. Second, organized political mobilization is not the way this tension usually manifests itself. Mass youth politics is a specific phenomenon, which needs to be explained historically rather than assumed. The paper focuses on three historical examples to illustrate this: early migrant labor in South Africa, the formation of urban youth gangs, and the sustained youth uprising from 1976 until the early 1990s. It concludes with a tentative attempt to draw some parallels between that phase of rebellion and recent student upheavals.