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Tag: identity

Aquapelagos and Island Careers: a case study of Orkney and Shetland

This week I published a paper in Shima: the International Journal of Research into Island Cultures titled “Career Decision making … More

Aquapelago, Careers, Hayward, identity, island, labour market, migration, Orkney, shetland, Shima

“People are happiest living in an area that matches their personality, claim researchers”

Earlier this week I came across a news report about a piece of research conducted in London. The researchers used … More

Bleidorn, Gosling, identity, jokela, Lamb, personality, place, Rentfrow, rural, urban

Place and identity

I have just returned from a tour of the South of England – travelling to Cornwall, Brighton and central London … More

Brighton, Cornwall, Cultural, Fielding, identity, London, migration, Social

The role of humour in the creation of island graduate identities

What I love about research is the way that interesting ideas come at you sideways. So, a couple of weeks … More

Bakhtin, carnival, Centre for Nordic Studies, critical theory, Dialogical, employment, Graduate, humour, identity, island, literature, Orkney, quoyness, Rebecca Ford

“What we have is an attitude shortage not a skills shortage”

Yesterday morning on the plane to Inverness I had one of those ‘plane conversations’ with the man on the seat next … More

employability skills, identity

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