A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to deliver a keynote speech at a conference on careers guidance … More
Tag: Orkney
Nordic Egalitarianism….?
I’ve just been reading a paper by Agnete Wiborg (2001) about the experience of students from rural Norway in their … More
Migration, education and employment: socio-cultural factors in shaping individual decisions in Orkney and Shetland
So, my latest paper has just been published in the Island Studies Journal. The paper is titled: Migration, education and … More
The Outrun – one experience of growing up in, leaving and returning to Orkney
I have just read “The Outrun” by Amy Liptrot, and what a great read it was! Amy’s book is an … More
Young People’s Attitudes and Aspirations in the Islands
So, over the last couple of months Highlands and Islands Enterprise have been publishing a range of reports on the … More
Stats busting: the Higher Education experiences of students from Orkney and Shetland
So, as part of my PhD I have been looking at the destinations of higher education graduates who were originally … More
Cross-cultural research: careers in island communities
In my last blog I was discussing how being at the ECADOC summer school got me thinking about the potential … More
Rasing children: Islands are best!
So, readers of this blog may have noticed something of a hiatus over the last few months….. What is the … More
RETI Conference
The week before last I was lucky enough to attend the latest RETI conference, being held right here in Orkney … More
Orkney Research in Progress Conference
A couple of weeks ago I went to the Orkney Research in Progress Conference, I meant to blog about it … More