Managing the transition to work: the role of the planning network in British town planning education

The development of town planning education in the United Kingdom can be traced back over at least sixty years and has always enjoyed a close relationship with practitioners, employers and the professional body, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). In order to ensure an intake of sufficient quality to a growing profession, the Institute offered its own exams until the 1980s and then initiated the current system of accrediting both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of study. This system of accreditation emphasises the importance of relevant knowledge, skills and values as well as core and specialised studies. The vocational nature of town planning requires that graduates have the breadth of understanding as well as the practical skills in order to practice effectively. Thus accredited courses have over time developed strong links with employers and practitioners. Rapid developments in the scope and range of planning, and the skills needed to work in it, have reflected changes in public policy and growing number of agencies concerned with the built environment. The system of regular quinquennial visits to accredit courses has helped ensure that this acceptance of change has become part of the culture of planning schools.

The rise and fall of Monica Felton, British town planner and peace activist, 1930s to 1950s

This article reflects growing academic interest in the careers and historical significance of professional women town planners, an interest clearly registered in Planning Perspectives and other publications. Unlike other women town planners, however, the career of Monica Felton remains largely obscure. It was certainly short-lived, beginning as it did on the London County Council in 1937 and ending spectacularly while she was Chairman of Stevenage Development Corporation in 1951. Felton became an outcast from both her profession and her country when she gave up on new town development to campaign against British and American involvement in the Korean War in 1951. This article emphasizes her distinctive contribution to the evolving roles of women in British town planning during the mid-twentieth century and shows how this contribution was obscured by her fall from grace.

A framework for extracting and representing project knowledge contexts using topic models and dynamic knowledge maps

There is still a lack of effective paradigms and tools for analysing and discovering the contents and relationships of project knowledge contexts in the field of project management. In this paper, a new framework for extracting and representing project knowledge contexts using topic models and dynamic knowledge maps under big data environments is proposed and developed. The conceptual paradigm, theoretical underpinning, extended topic model, and illustration examples of the ontology model for project knowledge maps are presented, with further research work envisaged.

Post-MAPS: An interactive acquisition platform for gastroenterology

Post-MAPS is a web platform that collects gastroenterological exam data from several european hospital centers, to be used in future clinical studies and was developed in partnership with experts from the gastroenterological area and information technology (IT) technicians. However, although functional, this platform has some issues that are crucial for its functioning, and can render user interaction unpleasant and exhaustive. Accordingly, we proposed the development of a new web platform, in which we aimed for an improvement in terms of usability, data uni cation and interoperability. Therefore, it was necessary to identify and study different ways of acquiring clinical data and review some of the existing clinical databases in order to understand how they work and what type of data they store, as well as their impact and contribution to clinical knowledge. Closely linked to the data model is the ability to share data with other systems, so, we also studied the concept of interoperability and analyzed some of the most widely used international standards, such as DICOM, HL7 and openEHR. As one of the primary objectives of this project was to achieve a better level of usability, practices related to Human Computer-Interaction, such as requirement analysis, creation of conceptual models, prototyping, and evaluation were also studied. Before we began the development, we conducted an analysis of the previous platform, from a functional point of view, which allowed us to gather not only a list of architectural and interface issues, but also a list of improvement opportunities. It was also performed a small preliminary study in order to evaluate the platform's usability, where we were able to realize that perceived usability is different between users, and that, in some aspects, varies according to their location, age and years of experience. Based on the information gathered during the platform's analysis and in the conclusions of the preliminary study, a new platform was developed, prepared for all potential users, from the inexperienced to the most comfortable with technology. It presents major improvements in terms of usability, also providing several new features that simplify the users' work, improving their interaction with the system, making their experience more enjoyable.

Annales de l'École libre des sciences politiques : recueil trimestriel / publié avec la collaboration des professeurs et des anciens élèves de l'école ; comité de rédaction M. Emile Boutmy,... M. Léon Say,... M. Alfred de Foville,...

1896 (A11).

Annales de l'École libre des sciences politiques : recueil trimestriel / publié avec la collaboration des professeurs et des anciens élèves de l'école ; comité de rédaction M. Emile Boutmy,... M. Léon Say,... M. Alfred de Foville,...

1889 (A4).

Annales de l'École libre des sciences politiques : recueil trimestriel / publié avec la collaboration des professeurs et des anciens élèves de l'école ; comité de rédaction M. Emile Boutmy,... M. Léon Say,... M. Alfred de Foville,...

1886 (A1).

Annales de l'École libre des sciences politiques : recueil trimestriel / publié avec la collaboration des professeurs et des anciens élèves de l'école ; comité de rédaction M. Emile Boutmy,... M. Léon Say,... M. Alfred de Foville,...

1893 (A8).

Annales de l'École libre des sciences politiques : recueil trimestriel / publié avec la collaboration des professeurs et des anciens élèves de l'école ; comité de rédaction M. Emile Boutmy,... M. Léon Say,... M. Alfred de Foville,...

Périodicité : Trimestriel (1886-1894) ; bimestriel (1895-1898)

Annales de l'École libre des sciences politiques : recueil trimestriel / publié avec la collaboration des professeurs et des anciens élèves de l'école ; comité de rédaction M. Emile Boutmy,... M. Léon Say,... M. Alfred de Foville,...

1894 (A9).

Annales de l'École libre des sciences politiques : recueil trimestriel / publié avec la collaboration des professeurs et des anciens élèves de l'école ; comité de rédaction M. Emile Boutmy,... M. Léon Say,... M. Alfred de Foville,...

1890 (A5).

Annales de l'École libre des sciences politiques : recueil trimestriel / publié avec la collaboration des professeurs et des anciens élèves de l'école ; comité de rédaction M. Emile Boutmy,... M. Léon Say,... M. Alfred de Foville,...

1891 (A6).