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Does one-size-fit-all? Considering individual and contextual factors in psychotherapy research (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Climate change, war, populism, growing economic inequalities… these are just some of the major challenges facing the world today. Does psychotherapy research have any contribution to make to addressing these problems and, if so, what? This semi-plena... Read More about Does one-size-fit-all? Considering individual and contextual factors in psychotherapy research.

Longitudinal and idiographic methods of developing and evaluating tailored psychological interventions for people with MS: Findings from a pilot study and future directions (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a complex and heterogeneous condition which makes the development of effective psychological interventions a challenging task. Research so far has focused on well-established protocols which do not always fit the individual... Read More about Longitudinal and idiographic methods of developing and evaluating tailored psychological interventions for people with MS: Findings from a pilot study and future directions.

Cognitive Multisensory Rehabilitation, a novel approach for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Case series (2024)
Journal Article

Effective treatment for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), a chronic pain condition, is challenging. Cognitive Multisensory Rehabilitation (CMR) is a cognitive and sensorimotor treatment approach aimed at restoring function that targets cognitive... Read More about Cognitive Multisensory Rehabilitation, a novel approach for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Case series.

Video gaming and sleep in adults: A systematic review (2024)
Journal Article

Video games (VGs) are one of the most common forms of entertainment and their diffusion is constantly increasing. Although largely studied in the framework of their relationship with mental and physical health, the relationship of VGs with sleep are... Read More about Video gaming and sleep in adults: A systematic review.

The value of cross-sector dialogue within tertiary education: Lessons from QAA Scotland’s June 2024 Symposium (2024)
Digital Artefact

On 11th June, we attended a symposium in Glasgow hosted by QAA Scotland, titled ‘Addressing the Anxiety of Assessment in an AI World’. The event explored the landscape of assessment in tertiary education, featuring talks, workshops, and keynote addre... Read More about The value of cross-sector dialogue within tertiary education: Lessons from QAA Scotland’s June 2024 Symposium.

Top management team characteristics and decision-making nexus post Brexit (2024)
Book Chapter

This chapter investigates an international wealth management firm, deVere's top management team composition, and the impact of their observable characteristics on strategic decision-making. Concurrently, the study also determines the significance of... Read More about Top management team characteristics and decision-making nexus post Brexit.

Developing an evaluation strategy in Kashmir: Assessing the impact of an arts intervention with school children in an area of conflict (2024)
Journal Article

This 'in practice' article describes and reflects on the mixed methodology used in a realist evaluation of the impact of an arts intervention for children (aged 10-15) in a school in Kashmir, an area of conflict. The evaluation focused on art based... Read More about Developing an evaluation strategy in Kashmir: Assessing the impact of an arts intervention with school children in an area of conflict.

Prevention through Design (PtD) educational elements in engineering, architectural and construction domain: A review (2024)
Journal Article

Despite the increasing emphasis on early Prevention through Design (PtD) education, the extent to which educational elements need to be embedded in tertiary education remains unclear. To address these issues, a scoping review of the literature relate... Read More about Prevention through Design (PtD) educational elements in engineering, architectural and construction domain: A review.

Cycling in the West of England: Nature, sustainability and wellbeing (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Cycling and nature offer individuals health and wellbeing benefits, as well as the potential to contribute to local, national and global sustainability goals. Sometimes cycling and nature coincide, e.g., cycling through natural landscapes or on urban... Read More about Cycling in the West of England: Nature, sustainability and wellbeing.

Does intermittent nutrition enterally normalise hormonal and metabolic responses to feeding in critically ill adults? A protocol for the dine-normal proof-of-concept randomised parallel group study (2024)
Journal Article

Introduction
Over half of patients who spend >48 hours in the intensive care unit (ICU) are fed via a nasogastric (NG) tube. Current guidance recommends continuous delivery of feed throughout the day and night. Emerging evidence from healthy human s... Read More about Does intermittent nutrition enterally normalise hormonal and metabolic responses to feeding in critically ill adults? A protocol for the dine-normal proof-of-concept randomised parallel group study.

Human rights education: Teachers’ perceptions about the value of children’s participation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presented at BERA 2024 - this presentation focused on our findings from teachers in Work Package 2 of the Children's Participation in Schools project.

Going against the grain: EdD students’ engagement with arts-based research in the United Kingdom (2024)
Journal Article

Despite growing interest in the potential value of arts-based research (ABR) for educational inquiry in the UK, limited consideration exists regarding its accessibility, and relevance, to practice-based professional doctoral researchers in this field... Read More about Going against the grain: EdD students’ engagement with arts-based research in the United Kingdom.

What can microdata tell us about labour market and wage dynamics in the Western Gateway Area? (2024)
Report

This research uses microdata to analyse labour market and wage dynamics across the Western Gateway Area (WGA) and its constituent parts. It compares the performance of the WGA with national ‘control’ averages. The report covers the period 2004 to 20... Read More about What can microdata tell us about labour market and wage dynamics in the Western Gateway Area?.

Caring for a child with a cleft lip and/or palate: A narrative review (2024)
Journal Article

Raising a child with healthcare needs places additional demands on caregivers. In 2012, Nelson and colleagues authored a review of 57 papers pertaining to parents’ experiences of caring for a child with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P). Thanks in large... Read More about Caring for a child with a cleft lip and/or palate: A narrative review.

Examining relations between sexualizing media exposure and sexting attitudes and behaviors among U.S. adolescents (2024)
Journal Article

Based on social cognitive processes (Bandura, 2009), sexualizing media likely provide adolescents with credible role models for their own sexualized self-presentation in other mediated contexts, such as sexting. A survey of 6,093 U.S. adolescents was... Read More about Examining relations between sexualizing media exposure and sexting attitudes and behaviors among U.S. adolescents.

Alternative education: Inclusion beyond the mainstream (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This panel responds to February’s review of alternative provision in England (CQC & Ofsted, 2024) and June’s BBC investigation revealing that numbers of UK children moving from schools to home education are at their highest levels since covid (Hatten... Read More about Alternative education: Inclusion beyond the mainstream.

Outcomes beyond evaluation: The impetus and measure of relationships within alternative provisions (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the context of rising interest in Alternative Provisions (APs) amongst policymakers and researchers in England, this article examines social capital and accountability in this ‘new’ field of enquiry. APs stress the value of supportive relationship... Read More about Outcomes beyond evaluation: The impetus and measure of relationships within alternative provisions.

Promoting university to the parents of students -  Normative youth transitions and intensification of  ‘ideal’ parenting into HE (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper draws on recent marketing moves within the English universities to increasingly promote Higher Education (HE) to the parents of students. Changes to the HE landscapes in England – including the massification and commodification of the sect... Read More about Promoting university to the parents of students -  Normative youth transitions and intensification of  ‘ideal’ parenting into HE.

Recording and reporting of ultra-high dose rate “FLASH” delivery for preclinical and clinical settings (2024)
Journal Article

Treatments at ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) have the potential to improve the therapeutic index of radiation therapy (RT) by sparing normal tissues compared to conventional dose rate irradiations. Insufficient and inconsistent reporting in physics and... Read More about Recording and reporting of ultra-high dose rate “FLASH” delivery for preclinical and clinical settings.

Advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment (2024)
Journal Article

This Special Issue of the British Journal of Biomedical Science brings together a collection of articles which all contribute to the advancement of knowledge into the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Each article in this diverse research field offe... Read More about Advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment.