Australian policy makers and funding organisations have relied heavily on sport as a vehicle for achieving the goals of social cohesion and social inclusion. The generally accepted premise that sport includes individuals in larger social contexts, and in doing so creates positive social outcomes, remains largely untested and uncontested. This article considers the ways in which playing in an asylum seeker football team, located in Melbourne, Australia, facilitates both inclusive and exclusive experiences for its participants. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, life histories, and policy analysis, this article identifies the often-ignored importance of a sporting habitus and physical capital in individuals' experiences of playing. The success or failure of the asylum seeker team to foster social inclusion is somewhat tenuous as the logic of competition can create conditions counter to those that would be recognised as inclusive. Further, such programmes are faced with sustainability problems, as they are heavily reliant on individuals within the organisation and community to "make things happen". However, we suggest that for many men, the asylum seeker team provides an important site for the development and appreciation of 'poly-cultural' capital that contributes to forms of resilience and the achievement of other indicators of social inclusion.

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Despite the widespread use of digital technology in public administration, little attention has been given to understanding e-government adoption and acceptance by its employees. This paper examines the level of public administration employees’ ICT literacy and the extent to which they support e-government. The influence of background variables is also explored in the analysis. A structured online questionnaire was used to gather data from employees of Croatian central government bodies. According to the results, surveyed employees rated their general ICT literacy as high. They are more confident in their basic ICT skills than in advanced ones. The level of such skills is associated with socio-demographic characteristics. The findings also indicate that employees accept e-government, but they are less satisfied with its implementation. However, socio-demographic factors do not affect to a great extent employees’ acceptance and satisfaction with e-government. The study expands previous research by analysing the group differences at both manifest and latent levels. It also contributes to the identification of factors that may influence e-government success.

Cilj rada je istražiti primjenu e-učenja u nastavi fizike i informatike na Sveučilištu Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku sa stajališta studenata. Studija je također nastojala ispitati motivaciju studenata za e-učenje i njihove stavove o implementaciji IKT-a u nastavnom procesu. Prema mišljenju većine ispitanika, nastava se iz oba predmeta uglavnom izvodi na klasičan način uz podršku IKT-a. No, napredni oblici e-učenja ipak su značajno više zastupljeni u poučavanju informatike. Istraživanje je nadalje otkrilo da studenti općenito prihvaćaju e-učenje i, u skladu s tim, percipiraju ga pozitivno. Oni su se također složili da se e-učenje ne primjenjuje dovoljno u nastavi fizike i informatike te da bi nastavnici trebali više poticati studente na korištenje IKT alata. Osim toga, analiza je pokazala da su studenti u značajno većoj mjeri motivirani za upotrebu e-učenja u nastavi informatike i da bi imali bitno više problema kada bi se predavanja iz fizike održavala potpuno online. Rezultati ove studije doprinose boljem razumijevanju implementacije e-učenja na hrvatskim sveučilištima.