Rhona Newman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3659474 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rhona Newman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rhona |
| FAMILY NAME | Newman |
| SIGNATURE | NEWMAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ulster |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sites for Power and Knowledge? Towards a critique of the virtual university
Traditional discourses emanated from sites where agents of knowledge received their professional formation. Postmodernists suggest that the principle that the acquisition of knowledge is indissociable from personal formation is becoming obsolete and that the nature of knowledge cannot survive the information technology revolution unchanged. We examine these propositions with reference to a qualitative study of university staff who were developing…
The Sociologist on Placement
Over the last five years 175 students at the University of Ulster have done a final year sociology module on placement. The key to placement as a setting for sociologists is that a diversity of knowledge from theoretical sociology, classic writers, case studies and textbooks are all potentially relevant to it. It connects theory and practice and provides organisational experiences from which students can develop comparative and theoretical insigh…
Laymen as Lawyers in the Processing of Dismissal Disputes
Concern for the perceived disadvantages of the industrial tribunal system in the processing of unfair dismissal claims has led to a debate about the possible merits of processing such claims by arbitration.1 There is a tendency for the current discussion to be conducted in terms of an implicit dichotomy between legal and industrial relations models for dispute resolution.2 From the industrial relations perspective, an over-legalistic tribunal mod…
A Life Sentence to Unemployment
Dismissal from employment is a severe sanction everywhere, but particularly so in Northern Ireland where high unemployment is endemic'. Since the establishment of a Northern Ireland government in 1921 unemployment rates for the province have generally been twice the British average.2 One of the consequences of high unemployment is a low-profile trade unionism coupled with a workforce in which and industrial issues are much less a matter of politi…
Information Work
Information Work
Sites for Power and Knowledge? Towards a critique of the virtual university
Traditional discourses emanated from sites where agents of knowledge received their professional formation. Postmodernists suggest that the principle that the acquisition of knowledge is indissociable from personal formation is becoming obsolete and that the nature of knowledge cannot survive the information technology revolution unchanged. We examine these propositions with reference to a qualitative study of university staff who were developing…
A Life Sentence to Unemployment
Dismissal from employment is a severe sanction everywhere, but particularly so in Northern Ireland where high unemployment is endemic'. Since the establishment of a Northern Ireland government in 1921 unemployment rates for the province have generally been twice the British average.2 One of the consequences of high unemployment is a low-profile trade unionism coupled with a workforce in which and industrial issues are much less a matter of politi…
A Life Sentence to Unemployment
Dismissal from employment is a severe sanction everywhere, but particularly so in Northern Ireland where high unemployment is endemic'. Since the establishment of a Northern Ireland government in 1921 unemployment rates for the province have generally been twice the British average.2 One of the consequences of high unemployment is a low-profile trade unionism coupled with a workforce in which and industrial issues are much less a matter of politi…
Information Work
Laymen as Lawyers in the Processing of Dismissal Disputes
Concern for the perceived disadvantages of the industrial tribunal system in the processing of unfair dismissal claims has led to a debate about the possible merits of processing such claims by arbitration.1 There is a tendency for the current discussion to be conducted in terms of an implicit dichotomy between legal and industrial relations models for dispute resolution.2 From the industrial relations perspective, an over-legalistic tribunal mod…
The Sociologist on Placement
Over the last five years 175 students at the University of Ulster have done a final year sociology module on placement. The key to placement as a setting for sociologists is that a diversity of knowledge from theoretical sociology, classic writers, case studies and textbooks are all potentially relevant to it. It connects theory and practice and provides organisational experiences from which students can develop comparative and theoretical insigh…
Sites for Power and Knowledge? Towards a critique of the virtual university
Traditional discourses emanated from sites where agents of knowledge received their professional formation. Postmodernists suggest that the principle that the acquisition of knowledge is indissociable from personal formation is becoming obsolete and that the nature of knowledge cannot survive the information technology revolution unchanged. We examine these propositions with reference to a qualitative study of university staff who were developing…
Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Dismissal (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)