Alcohol consumption among university students: a typology of consumption to aid the tailoring of effective public health policy

Objective: Elevated levels of alcohol consumption among university students are well documented. Policymakers have attempted to combat this issue at a university, national and international level. Tailoring public health policy to effectively tackle alcohol use is crucial. Using Q-methodology, the current study aims to develop a typology of alcohol consumption in the Irish university student population. Setting: A large Irish university. Participants Hundreds of possible statements on types of consumption were generated from a systematic review and a set of one-on-one interviews. These were reduced to 36 statements, 6 statements which define each of the 6 previously defined consumption types. Participants were advised to scan through the 36 statements and fill the statements into a ‘forced choice, standardised distribution’. Following this, a 45–90 min interview was conducted with students to illuminate subjectivity surrounding alcohol consumption. Analysis was conducted using PQ Method and NVivo software. Principal component analysis, followed by varimax rotation, was conducted to uncover the final factor information. Results: In total, 43 students completed the Q-study: 19 men and 24 women. A typology describing 4 distinct groupings of alcohol consumer was uncovered: the guarded drinker, the calculated hedonist, the peer-influenced drinker and the inevitable binger. Factor loadings of each of the consumer groupings were noted for type description. Conclusions: This is the first study to propose ideal types of alcohol consumption among a university student population. Further research is required to investigate the degree to which each of these ideal types is subscribed. However, this typology, in addition to informing public policy and strategies, will be a valuable analytic tool in future research.

Espaços Recreativos Noturnos como Palco da Relação Droga/Crime

Os ambientes Recreativos Noturnos cada vez mais conquistam a população mais jovem e principalmente a estudantil, aumentando assim a proximidade com determinadas drogas ilegais e certos delitos. Assim sendo, e visto que o tema de droga e crime cada vez é mais abordado por diversos autores que demonstram uma preocupação pelas suas consequências nesta população e nestes estabelecimentos, esta investigação tem como objetivo conseguir perceber quais as drogas ilegais que a amostra trabalhada tem conhecimento nestes espaços e a ligação com atos delituosos. Este questionário foi feito a 214 indivíduos de ambos os sexos com idade média de 24,55 anos e que frequentam Espaços Recreativos Noturnos na Zona do Grande Porto. No que toca ao consumo de drogas ilegais, verificou-se que 73,8% destes indivíduos consome, consumiu ou conhece alguém que consuma nestes Espaços Recreativos Noturnos, ficando assim nesta ordem os Cannabinóides e Haxixe como drogas mais utilizadas. Na parte do delito 42,1% afirma que já assistiu, cometeu ou foi vítima de delito em que a Agressão é a mais frequente seguindo-se do Furto. Por fim, percebe-se ainda que existe uma ligação entre o crime e o consumo de drogas nestes espaços.

Beyond culturalism: addressing issues of Indigenous disadvantage through schooling

This paper draws from a study that explored issues of student equity, marginality and diversity in two secondary schools in regional Queensland (Australia). The paper foregrounds interview data gathered from administration, teaching and ancillary staff at one of the schools, ‘Crimson’ High School. The school has a high Indigenous student population and is well recognised within the broader community as catering well to this population. With reference to the school’s concerns about Indigenous disadvantage and the various approaches undertaken to address this disadvantage, the paper articulates the significance of educators being critically aware of how they construct race and use it as an organising principle in their work. This awareness is central to moving beyond the culturalism and racial incommensurability that tend to predominate within Indigenous education—where cultural reductionism homogenises indigeneity within and against a dominant White norm. With reference to a specific approach at the school designed predominantly for Indigenous male students—to foster inter-cultural awareness and respect through sport—we highlight ways in which notions of culturalism and racial incommensurability might be disrupted.

Pursuing justice for refugee students: addressing issues of cultural (mis)recognition

In this paper Nancy Fraser’s conceptual tools are drawn on to theorise issues of justice in a culturally diverse primary school in Australia where approximately 30% of the student population are immigrant/refugees. The paper examines justice issues of cultural recognition in relation to refugee student identity, behaviour and assessment. Drawing on interview data from a study that sought to identify productive approaches to addressing equity for refugee students, the paper highlights the school’s efforts to remedy issues of cultural misrecognition associated with an equation of refugee student difference and marginality with deficit and lack. Such efforts relate to the school’s endeavours to create an inclusive and socially cohesive environment that supports a valuing of, and connection to, refugee student difference. These endeavours are theorised as highly productive in their capacity to disrupt the relations of cultural domination, non-recognition and disrespect that exclude and/or malign some refugee students at the school and broader level. The paper argues the importance of such an approach in light of the unprecedented diversity and complexity of the global context where schools are consistently challenged with new and changing equity concerns and priorities.

Les facteurs affectant les taux de réussite des cours d’anglais et de sciences humaines des étudiants dans les programmes de formation technique

A large percentage of Vanier College's technology students do not attain their College degrees within the scheduled three years of their program. A closer investigation of the problem revealed that in many of these cases these students had completed all of their program professional courses but they had not completed all of the required English and/or Humanities courses. Fortunately, most of these students do extend their stay at the college for the one or more semesters required for graduation, although some choose to go on into the workforce without returning to complete the missing English and/or Humanities and without their College Degrees. The purpose of this research was to discover if there was any significant measure of association between a student's family linguistic background, family cultural background, high school average, and/or College English Placement Test results and his or her likelihood of succeeding in his or her English and/or Humanities courses within the scheduled three years of the program. Because of both demographic differences between 'hard' and 'soft' technologies, including student population, more specifically gender ratios and student average ages in specific programs; and program differences, including program writing requirements and types of practical skill activities required; in order to have a more uniform sample, the research was limited to the hard technologies where students work hands-on with hardware and/or computers and tend to have overall low research and writing requirements. Based on a review of current literature and observations made in one of the hard technology programs at Vanier College, eight research questions were developed. These questions were designed to examine different aspects of success in the English and Humanities courses such as failure and completion rates and the number of courses remaining after the end of the fifth semester and as well examine how the students assessed their ability to communicate in English. The eight research questions were broken down into a total of 54 hypotheses. The high number of hypotheses was required to address a total of seven independent variables: primary home language, high school language of instruction, student's place of birth (Canada, Not-Canada), student's parents' place of birth (Both-born-in-Canada, Not-both-born-in-Canada), high school averages and English placement level (as a result of the College English Entry Test); and eleven dependent variables: number of English completed, number of English failed, whether all English were completed by the end of the 5th semester (yes, no), number of Humanities courses completed, number of Humanities courses failed, whether all the Humanities courses were completed by the end of the 5th semester (yes, no), the total number of English and Humanities courses left, and the students' assessments of their ability to speak, read and write in English. The data required to address the hypotheses were collected from two sources, from the students themselves and from the College. Fifth and sixth semester students from Building Engineering Systems, Computer and Digital Systems, Computer Science and Industrial Electronics Technology Programs were surveyed to collect personal information including family cultural and linguistic history and current language usages, high school language of instruction, perceived fluency in speaking, reading and writing in English and perceived difficulty in completing English and Humanities courses. The College was able to provide current academic information on each of the students, including copies of college program planners and transcripts, and high school transcripts for students who attended a high school in Quebec. Quantitative analyses were done on the data using the SPSS statistical analysis program. Of the fifty-four hypotheses analysed, in fourteen cases the results supported the research hypotheses, in the forty other cases the null hypotheses had to be accepted. One of the findings was that there was a strong significant association between a student's primary home language and place of birth and his or her perception of his or her ability to communicate in English (speak, read, and write) signifying that both students whose primary home language was not English and students who were not born in Canada, considered themselves, on average, to be weaker in these skills than did students whose primary home language was English. Although this finding was noteworthy, the two most significant findings were the association found between a student's English entry placement level and the number of English courses failed and the association between the parents' place of birth and the student's likelihood of succeeding in both his or her English and Humanities courses. According to the research results, the mean number of English courses failed, on average, by students placed in the lowest entry level of College English was significantly different from the number of English courses failed by students placed in any of the other entry level English courses. In this sample students who were placed in the lowest entry level of College English failed, on average, at least three times as many English courses as those placed in any of the other English entry level courses. These results are significant enough that they will be brought to the attention of the appropriate College administration. The results of this research also appeared to indicate that the most significant determining factor in a student's likelihood of completing his or her English and Humanities courses is his or her parents' place of birth (both-born-in-Canada or not-both-born-in-Canada). Students who had at least one parent who was not born in Canada, would, on average, fail a significantly higher number of English courses, be significantly more likely to still have at least one English course left to complete by the end of the 5th semester, fail a significantly higher number of Humanities courses, be significantly more likely to still have at least one Humanities course to complete by the end of the 5th semester and have significantly more combined English and Humanities courses to complete at the end of their 5th semester than students with both parents born in Canada. This strong association between students' parents' place of birth and their likelihood of succeeding in their English and Humanities courses within the three years of their program appears to indicate that acculturation may be a more significant factor than either language or high school averages, for which no significant association was found for any of the English and Humanities related dependent variables. Although the sample size for this research was only 60 students and more research needs to be conducted in this area, to see if these results are supported with other groups within the College, these results are still significant. If the College can identify, at admission, the students who will be more likely to have difficulty in completing their English and Humanities courses, the College will now have the opportunity to intercede during or before the first semester, and offer these students the support they require in order to increase their chances of success in their education, whether it be classes or courses designed to meet their specific needs, special mentoring, tutoring or other forms of support. With the necessary support, the identified students will have a greater opportunity of successfully completing their programs within the scheduled three years, while at the same time the College will have improved its capacity to meeting the needs of its students.

Factors affecting the completion rates of english and humanities courses by technology students.

The purpose of this research was to discover if there was any significant measure of association between a student's family cultural background, primary home language, secondary school language of instruction, high school average and/or English placement level and the likelihood of him or her succeeding in his or her program. Because of both program and demographic differences between «hard» and «soft» technologies, including student population (more specifically gender ratios and student average ages in specific programs), program writing requirements and practical skill program activities, the research was limited to the hard technologies where students work hands-on with hardware and/or computers.||Résumé : L'objectif de cette recherche était de découvrir s'il y avait un lien significatif quelconque entre les origines linguistiques familiales de l'étudiant, ses origines culturelles, sa moyenne au secondaire et/ou ses résultats au test de classement en anglais, et ses chances de compléter ses cours d'anglais et de philosophie dans le délai prescrit de trois ans. Compte tenu des nombreuses différences entre les programmes de formation technique en termes de profil étudiant - sexe et âge en particulier - et d'exigences au niveau de l'écrit et de la pratique, il a été décidé de limiter cette recherche afin d'avoir un échantillon plus uniforme. La recherche porte donc uniquement sur les techniques où l'étudiant est appelé à travailler de façon pratique sur l'ordinateur et où les exigences au niveau de l'écrit et de la recherche sont dans l'ensemble peu élevées.

Boletín Estadístico : 2013 - Información adicional

"Para la Universidad del Rosario, el compromiso con la comunidad académica y la sociedad ha generado el diseño de mecanismos de divulgación de la información institucional, dentro de los que se destaca la publicación periódica del Boletín Estadístico, herramienta que contribuye a fortalecer la cultura de transparencia, rendición de cuentas y de apertura a la comunidad por la cual se orientan todas las acciones que permanentemente emprendemos.” Hans Peter Knudsen Q. Rector

Boletín Estadístico : 2014

El Boletín estadístico “presenta los resultados en cifras de la gestión y la vida de los actores protagónicos de la Universidad, permite analizar las tendencias y los hitos con los cuales orientamos el quehacer institucional…” José Manuel Restrepo Abondano. Rector.

Boletín Estadístico : 2014 - Información adicional

El Boletín estadístico “presenta los resultados en cifras de la gestión y la vida de los actores protagónicos de la Universidad, permite analizar las tendencias y los hitos con los cuales orientamos el quehacer institucional…” José Manuel Restrepo Abondano. Rector.

Boletín Estadístico : 2013

"Para la Universidad del Rosario, el compromiso con la comunidad académica y la sociedad ha generado el diseño de mecanismos de divulgación de la información institucional, dentro de los que se destaca la publicación periódica del Boletín Estadístico, herramienta que contribuye a fortalecer la cultura de transparencia, rendición de cuentas y de apertura a la comunidad por la cual se orientan todas las acciones que permanentemente emprendemos.” Hans Peter Knudsen Q. Rector.

Necesidades académicas, personales, sociales y vocacionales de estudiantes internacionales e intercambio en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras

Recibido 20 de setiembre de 2011 • Aceptado 24 de octubre de 2011 • Corregido 14 de noviembre de 2011   El propósito de este estudio fue identificar las necesidades de una muestra de estudiantes internacionales y de intercambio que cursan estudios en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras. Se exploraron datos socio-demográficos así como las necesidades académicas, vocacionales, y personales/sociales, con los fines de recopilar información de relevancia para universidades que sirven esta población y someter recomendaciones que atiendan las necesidades. Los hallazgos revelaron necesidades mayormente en las áreas académicas y vocacionales. Entre estas, se destacan la necesidad de aprender inglés o español, y el conocer sobre internados y ofrecimientos académicos en Puerto Rico y fuera del país, sueldo y oportunidades de empleo, ayudas económicas y servicios estudiantiles en la Universidad de Puerto Rico. Se proveen recomendaciones para trabajar con las necesidades identificadas ya que, según establece la bibliografía, las dificultades que confrontan estos/as estudiantes pueden afectar su desempeño académico e incluso su salud emocional.

A geographical hand book: or, A description of the different countries ... : also a concise outline of the principal cities, towns and villages of each, giving their kind of manufactures, population and notable events of history ... Adapted as an aid to the student of history /

Mode of access: Internet.

Promoting student well-being and resilience at law school

University can be a psychologically distressing place for students, particularly those studying law. Legal academics have been concerned about this for some time. In the United States, in particular, it has been found that symptoms of psychological distress rise signifi cantly for students in their fi rst year of law (compared to levels in the general population at that time), and persist throughout the degree to post-graduation. Recognised symptoms include depression, obsessive compulsive behaviour, feelings of inadequacy and inferiority, anxiety, hostility, paranoia, and social alienation. Many students experience law school as an isolating, adversarial and competitive environment, which impacts negatively on their values and motivation...

Predictors of PSA test and Mammography use in the Canadian population.

Rapport de recherche

Économies d'échelle et population.

Rapport de recherche présenté à la Faculté des arts et des sciences en vue de l'obtention du grade de Maîtrise en sciences économiques.