All Outputs (3925)

Improving sessional teachers’ reliability and consistency in marking through processes of standardisation and moderation (2025)
Book Chapter

It is rare, but quite possible, that a mark that is low by just a few percentage points in one module can alter a student’s final degree classification. Consequently, seeking consistency across a marking team assessing a cohort of students is as much... Read More about Improving sessional teachers’ reliability and consistency in marking through processes of standardisation and moderation.

What and where are urban left mayors delivering in England? (2025)
Book Chapter

The chapter explores the delivery and impact of urban left mayors in England, focusing on the mayoralties of London, Bristol, and Greater Manchester. The study provides a comprehensive analysis of the political strategies and policy implementations o... Read More about What and where are urban left mayors delivering in England?.

Digital textile printing: Opportunities and challenges for sustainable localised production (2025)
Book Chapter

This chapter examines how digital textile printing (DTP) has the potential to offer scalable and sustainable alternatives to conventional fashion and textile production by addressing two key challenges: inefficient overproduction and consumer behavio... Read More about Digital textile printing: Opportunities and challenges for sustainable localised production.

Where next for EpiCrim approaches to understanding, responding to and preventing sexual abuse (2025)
Book Chapter

This chapter concludes the book, by drawing the different chapters together to help the reader understand the overall picture of EpiCrim approaches to sexual abuse. The chapter argues that EpiCrim offers a clear and concise approach in responding to... Read More about Where next for EpiCrim approaches to understanding, responding to and preventing sexual abuse.

Understating the epidemiological criminology approach and how it relates to preventing sexual abuse (2025)
Book Chapter

This chapter will discuss the current literature on Epidemiological Criminology (EpiCrim) and why it is important in shaping the way that professionals frame preventing and responding to sexual abuse and sexual exploitation. An EpiCrim approach combi... Read More about Understating the epidemiological criminology approach and how it relates to preventing sexual abuse.

Introduction/Preface (2025)
Book Chapter

This edited collected is based on a body of work spanning 15 years at the University of the West of England, Bristol, that brings together multi-disciplinary approaches to understanding and responding to sexual abuse. The preface will lay out the res... Read More about Introduction/Preface.

Molecular hydrogen treatments in food supplies: Enhanced growth, better yields, and prolonged postharvest storage? (2025)
Book Chapter

Food security is an issue which will only get more prominent as the human population continues to expand across the globe, and therefore new and innovative approaches to improve crops production and storage need to be tried. The application of molecu... Read More about Molecular hydrogen treatments in food supplies: Enhanced growth, better yields, and prolonged postharvest storage?.

Made for a Trade? Negotiating working-class masculinity to and through spaces of Higher Education (2025)
Book Chapter

The following chapter explores issues related to the underrepresentation of young working-class males in higher education (HE). The lack of working-class men in HE, in comparison to other social groups, has been a regular feature of the media and pol... Read More about Made for a Trade? Negotiating working-class masculinity to and through spaces of Higher Education.

Neurodivergent defendants and the poor lawyer (2025)
Book Chapter

Poor lawyering is arguably, at its core, a failure to be a good lawyer. One method of measuring good lawyering is to assess how effectively lawyers discharge their professional duties. Whilst such principles provide a general indication of what good... Read More about Neurodivergent defendants and the poor lawyer.

Migrant women (2025)
Book Chapter

Migration is a deeply gendered phenomenon. Women and men experience all stages of migration differently and women face gender discrimination in every aspect of migration. Therefore, this encyclopaedic entry provides an overview of the issues facing m... Read More about Migrant women.

Trigger warnings – A youth work professional education perspective (2025)
Book Chapter

In recent years, the use of trigger warnings in the higher education classroom have been seized on by right wing commentators as part of a wider confected culture war. Trigger warnings remain a highly contested area of contemporary academic practice... Read More about Trigger warnings – A youth work professional education perspective.

Feasibility of keypad input interception in augmented reality environments (2025)
Book Chapter

Augmented reality (AR) technology is one of the rapidly growing solutions that change the way people interact with the digital space (Kidd and Crompton in Mobile learning design. Springer, Singapore, pp. 97–108, 2016). People have raised questions co... Read More about Feasibility of keypad input interception in augmented reality environments.

Analyzing and predicting the risk factors of cervical cancer using machine learning techniques (2025)
Book Chapter

Cervical cancer is one of the most prevalent gynecological cancers worldwide, and early screening plays a crucial role in mitigating its global burden. This disease is largely preventable, yet disadvantaged groups often lack access to regular screeni... Read More about Analyzing and predicting the risk factors of cervical cancer using machine learning techniques.

A proposed methodology for developing immersive technological tools for occupational safety and health training and education in the construction industry (2025)
Book Chapter

Construction is a dangerous industry to work in, owing to its poor occupational safety and health (OSH) record worldwide. Training and education have, however, been identified in the literature as one of the important means to addressing the poor OSH... Read More about A proposed methodology for developing immersive technological tools for occupational safety and health training and education in the construction industry.

Towards a metaverse platform for immersive collaborative design: A critical review of a Furniture, Fixture and Equipment (FFE) application (2025)
Book Chapter

The current technological revolution is rapid and a disruptive catalyst to existing ways of doing business in every aspect of human endeavour. One of the most recent technologies gaining attention is the metaverse, which offers computer-generated s... Read More about Towards a metaverse platform for immersive collaborative design: A critical review of a Furniture, Fixture and Equipment (FFE) application.

General public’s perception of earthship buildings in the UK: An immersive VR based approach (2025)
Book Chapter

Earthship homes are exceptionally sustainable forms of housing, designed as passive solar homes with an emphasis on waste minimisation, water conservation, and energy efficiency. This chapter aims to elicit the perceptions of Earthship homes among in... Read More about General public’s perception of earthship buildings in the UK: An immersive VR based approach.

Virtual Reality (VR) application for exploring earthship houses for second-time house buyers in the UK (2025)
Book Chapter

The use of digitalization to advance sustainability is a path the construction industry is eager to take. earthships as the summit of sustainable housing solutions are facing the challenge of low awareness. To overcome this challenge, this study expl... Read More about Virtual Reality (VR) application for exploring earthship houses for second-time house buyers in the UK.

Immersive emergency preparedness: Enhancing tunnel operations with virtual reality door closure training (2025)
Book Chapter

Infrastructure projects, particularly tunnel construction, demand meticulous safety measures due to the complexities involved and the significant risks posed by heavy machinery operations. Despite relying on traditional safety drills and standardized... Read More about Immersive emergency preparedness: Enhancing tunnel operations with virtual reality door closure training.

Virtual reality approach to enhancing hazard perception in construction using eye-tracking and deep learning (2025)
Book Chapter

Over 50% of onsite hazards remain unrecognized, primarily due to poor hazard perception and attention deficits. Eye-tracking can help in understanding human visual attention and cognitive response, but its application in construction has been restric... Read More about Virtual reality approach to enhancing hazard perception in construction using eye-tracking and deep learning.

Virtual reality simulation of pedestrian evacuation in earthquake scenarios: Informing urban design for enhanced evacuation (2025)
Book Chapter

Urban risk analysis traditionally relies on 2D maps and models, which, while effective for static risk mapping, lack the ability to realistically simulate dynamic emergency scenarios. The investigation presented in this chapter explores the integrati... Read More about Virtual reality simulation of pedestrian evacuation in earthquake scenarios: Informing urban design for enhanced evacuation.