Journal: Student in Higher EducationThis paper focuses on analysing student participation in university governance, with the specific aims of identifying the main obstacles to student participation and offering proposals of how to better facilitate student involvement in the functioning of the university. From research carried out on student questionnaires, teaching staff interviews and student discussion groups, we obtained information regarding the major obstacles to student participation. The methodology employed in this research allows us to compare and contrast the opinions and perceptions of students and teaching staff. Significant differences are identified that highlight the main ways for facilitating change in student participation in the university. The required changes must not only relate to improving the means by which students are informed about ways of participating, they must also influence how universities structure participatory processes, the role of the teaching staff and, specifically, the role of coordinators of those managing bodies closest to the students.
Despite the widespread need and clinical import ance of methadone dose assessment within UK addict ion services there are no empirical stud ies to support the process or outcome of anyone method. The main goal of assessm ent is to provide an adequate dose of methadone in order that other treatment goals can be achieved after stabilization. An excessive do se must be avoided in the interests of individual safety and to minim ise the risk of diversion of methadone on to the black market, and consequent public harm. A literature review reveals that methods of assessment vary considerably in their intensity of involvement of health professionals. Results of a recent national survey of assessment methods provides a summary of the current range of assessment methods used. An evaluation of two different assessment protocols is discussed in terms of service resource inputs and dependent variables such as client engagement. client percept ions, methadone dosage changes and other potential health gains .
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