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It is a feature of suburbanised towns and villages in the proximity of larger towns or cities, that the former patterns of rural travel behaviour change significantly. The nature of travel behaviour is mutable as a consequence of rural planning policy where small towns and villages are influenced by government area plans. Northern Ireland offers numerous examples of this phenomenon; and, as part of a wider investigation on sustainable development, this paper reports on a prototype study that assesses the pertinent views of residents within one suburbanised village under the remit of a defined area plan. Primarily, it describes the overall modelling strategy with an emphasis on:

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  differences, in respect of travel behaviour, between newcomers and established residents, and

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  pull factor weightings that illustrate why a suburbanised village is chosen by its residents.

differences, in respect of travel behaviour, between newcomers and established residents, and

pull factor weightings that illustrate why a suburbanised village is chosen by its residents.

More particularly, the paper discusses the merits and demerits of using a simplified hierarchical cross impact technique in modelling the perception of residents in their choice of dormitory settlement. In supporting this technique, the application of the Gaussian neighbourhood consensus function (Dodd, 1993) is introduced as an opinion profiling device.

Describes the efforts of the owner/directors of a private limited company to put into place a succession strategy. Considers three major themes: second generation entrepreneurs/management succession; action learning as a human resource development strategy and philosophy; and the learning organization. Concludes that people (and organizations) “learn” best from the priorities of the business, once they have been identified, and that organizational learning is really based on institutionalization of what has been learned – requisite learning.

Film provides an alternative medium for assessing our interpretations of cultural icons. This selective list looks at the film and video sources for information on and interpretations of the life of Woody Guthrie.

The following is an annotated list of materials dealing with orientation to library facilities and services, instruction in the use of information resources, and research and computer skills related to retrieving, using, and evaluating information. This review, the sixteenth to be published in Reference Services Review, includes items in English published in 1989. A few are not annotated because the compiler could not obtain copies of them for this review.

“Co-production” is a process in health and social care wherein service users and practitioners work in partnership. Recovery colleges (RCs) are educational establishments offering mental health education; a cornerstone feature is that courses are designed and delivered in parity by both mental health practitioners and “peers” – people with lived experience of mental illness. This paper aims to consider, through the identification of key themes, whether co-production within RCs is operating successfully.

The paper is a systematic review of qualitative literature. Relevant concept groups were systematically searched using three bibliographic databases: Medline, Social Care Online and Scopus. Articles were quality appraised and then synthesised through inductive thematic analysis and emergent trends identified.

Synthesis identified three key themes relating to the impact of co-production in RCs: practitioner attitudes, power dynamics between practitioners and service users, and RCs’ relationships with their host organisations. As a result of RC engagement, traditional practitioner/patient hierarchies were found to be eroding. Practitioners felt they were more person-centred. RCs can model good co-productive practices to their host organisations. The review concluded, with some caveats, that RC co-production was of high fidelity.

RC research is growing, but the body of evidence remains relatively small. Most of what exists examine the impact of RCs on individuals’ overall recovery and mental health; there is a limited empirical investigation into whether their flagship feature of parity between peers and practitioners is genuine.