David Higgins is currently a Senior Lecturer in organisational behaviour/management at the University of Huddersfield, UK. During the last 7 years he has developed as an accomplished researcher and academic, he has written to date a number of peer reviewed articles/conference papers on the mediated nature of practice-based learning and social learning in the small firm. He has been the recipient of 3 ESRC Research Bursaries Awards, is currently a reviewer for the World Conference on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Institute of Small Business and Enterprise. He is a fellow of the HEA and a member of BAM Research Methods SIG. David’s research interest focuses on the current conceptualisations of learning in the small firm.

• 1. Why reflect? Recognising the link between learning and reflection David Higgins 2. Is reflective practice the key to survival for small independent retailers? Evidence from South-East Wales Kath Ringwald and Scott Parfitt 3. A longitudinal reflection of blended/reflexive enterprise and entrepreneurial education Jonathan Deacon and Jacqueline Harris 4. Planning for uncertainty: soft skills, hard skills and innovation Elizabeth Chell and Rosemary Athayde 5. Bank advisors working with contradiction: meeting the demands of control through reflective learning Yngve Antonsen, Odd Arne Thunberg and Tom Tiller 6. Advancement of guided creative and critical reflection in the professional development of enterprising individuals in business and nursing Ruth Anne Fraser and Jasna K. Schwind 7. Reflective Learning and Clerical staff at a University College in the Cayman Islands: Implications for Management (An Exploratory Study) Mark A. Minott, Allan E. Young and Carolyn Mathews 8. Wikis: building a learning experience between academe and businesses Keith Halcro and Anne M.J. Smith

David Higgins is currently a Senior Lecturer in organisational behaviour/management at the University of Huddersfield, UK. During the last 7 years he has developed as an accomplished researcher and academic, he has written to date a number of peer reviewed articles/conference papers on the mediated nature of practice-based learning and social learning in the small firm. He has been the recipient of 3 ESRC Research Bursaries Awards, is currently a reviewer for the World Conference on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Institute of Small Business and Enterprise. He is a fellow of the HEA and a member of BAM Research Methods SIG. David’s research interest focuses on the current conceptualisations of learning in the small firm.

• 1. Why reflect? Recognising the link between learning and reflection David Higgins 2. Is reflective practice the key to survival for small independent retailers? Evidence from South-East Wales Kath Ringwald and Scott Parfitt 3. A longitudinal reflection of blended/reflexive enterprise and entrepreneurial education Jonathan Deacon and Jacqueline Harris 4. Planning for uncertainty: soft skills, hard skills and innovation Elizabeth Chell and Rosemary Athayde 5. Bank advisors working with contradiction: meeting the demands of control through reflective learning Yngve Antonsen, Odd Arne Thunberg and Tom Tiller 6. Advancement of guided creative and critical reflection in the professional development of enterprising individuals in business and nursing Ruth Anne Fraser and Jasna K. Schwind 7. Reflective Learning and Clerical staff at a University College in the Cayman Islands: Implications for Management (An Exploratory Study) Mark A. Minott, Allan E. Young and Carolyn Mathews 8. Wikis: building a learning experience between academe and businesses Keith Halcro and Anne M.J. Smith

David Higgins is currently a Senior Lecturer in organisational behaviour/management at the University of Huddersfield, UK. During the last 7 years he has developed as an accomplished researcher and academic, he has written to date a number of peer reviewed articles/conference papers on the mediated nature of practice-based learning and social learning in the small firm. He has been the recipient of 3 ESRC Research Bursaries Awards, is currently a reviewer for the World Conference on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Institute of Small Business and Enterprise. He is a fellow of the HEA and a member of BAM Research Methods SIG. David’s research interest focuses on the current conceptualisations of learning in the small firm.

• 1. Why reflect? Recognising the link between learning and reflection David Higgins 2. Is reflective practice the key to survival for small independent retailers? Evidence from South-East Wales Kath Ringwald and Scott Parfitt 3. A longitudinal reflection of blended/reflexive enterprise and entrepreneurial education Jonathan Deacon and Jacqueline Harris 4. Planning for uncertainty: soft skills, hard skills and innovation Elizabeth Chell and Rosemary Athayde 5. Bank advisors working with contradiction: meeting the demands of control through reflective learning Yngve Antonsen, Odd Arne Thunberg and Tom Tiller 6. Advancement of guided creative and critical reflection in the professional development of enterprising individuals in business and nursing Ruth Anne Fraser and Jasna K. Schwind 7. Reflective Learning and Clerical staff at a University College in the Cayman Islands: Implications for Management (An Exploratory Study) Mark A. Minott, Allan E. Young and Carolyn Mathews 8. Wikis: building a learning experience between academe and businesses Keith Halcro and Anne M.J. Smith