All Outputs (29)

IELTS vs university: Food for thought on student learning journeys (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper explores the challenges faced by international students in UK higher education, with a particular focus on the transition from IELTS preparation to university-level academic work. Drawing on qualitative data from postgraduate students at U... Read More about IELTS vs university: Food for thought on student learning journeys.

‘Use it or lose it’ vs ‘it’s just your age’ Experiences of healthcare professionals delivering physical activity advice for people with musculoskeletal conditions – A systematic literature review (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background:
Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions affect over 10 million people (UK). Physical activity (PA) is recommended as a primary treatment to improve strength and mobility, yet high numbers of people with MSK conditions are inactive (Versus Arthr... Read More about ‘Use it or lose it’ vs ‘it’s just your age’ Experiences of healthcare professionals delivering physical activity advice for people with musculoskeletal conditions – A systematic literature review.

International postgraduate student learning journeys (2024)
Report

This research set out to explore the learning journey of international students, moving from a pre-sessional English (PSE) course at UWE Bristol to postgraduate (PG) study at the University. Eight students each completed four interviews between July... Read More about International postgraduate student learning journeys.

Professional registration: Chartership with Marlène Rak (2024)
Digital Artefact

Marlène Rak talks to Rob Green about her Chartership journey in the first of the IP’s Professional Registration journey insight columns.

The CILIP Conference 2023: A report (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

Discussion paper on the 2023 Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Conference that took place on 12th-13th July in Birmingham, UK.
Speakers covered a range of topics currently affecting library and information service... Read More about The CILIP Conference 2023: A report.

The enterprising academic: Embodying enterprise value among UWE staff across disciplines (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

There are many new demands on academics. One of these is to embed enterprise and entrepreneurship education within a range of different academic disciplines. Intergovernmental, governmental and professional organisations, as well as management expert... Read More about The enterprising academic: Embodying enterprise value among UWE staff across disciplines.

Annual impact report 2023 (2023)
Report

The annual impact report of the Library Research Support Team at UWE Bristol. This report covers developments from 2022-2023.

Lost in the fog: The bewildering language of assessment (2023)
Digital Artefact

A SEDA blog written jointly by the contributors to a QAA Project on the Language of Assessment which resulted in the creation of a toolkit to support both creators of assessments and students in the common points of the assessment journey. The toolk... Read More about Lost in the fog: The bewildering language of assessment.

Object analysis & reflective skills: UWE Bristol ​ (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Morwenna delivered a presentation on a workshop she created for MA Design students at UWE Bristol, where she used the students' own objects to develop critical and reflective thinking and writing skills.

The importance of fun in the EAP classroom (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Research in neuroscience and psychology suggests that when a student enjoys learning, there is greater affective engagement and more learning because ‘joy and comfort aid effective information processing and long-term memory’ (Willis, 2007). The ide... Read More about The importance of fun in the EAP classroom.

Commissioned Writer in Residence 2021-2022 (2021)
Exhibition / Performance

Three creative writing pieces on the theme of living and working in lockdown.

Research informed teaching podcast: Episode 5 (2021)
Digital Artefact

The aim of this podcast is to explore the notion of research-informed teaching in higher education, both from a practical and theoretical point of view. The episodes bring together a range of academics and graduates to discuss what research-informed... Read More about Research informed teaching podcast: Episode 5.

Maria White & Morwenna Peters on collecting and working with artists’ books (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Maria White (Independent specialist, UK) and Morwenna Peters (Subject Librarian/Art & Design Library Campus Manager, UWE, Bristol, UK) on collecting, cataloguing and working with artists’ books in an educational setting.

This video is part of a UW... Read More about Maria White & Morwenna Peters on collecting and working with artists’ books.

Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities (2021)
Book

Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement: Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities is a pioneering text that examines the ideas about social ecology and communalism behind the evolving political structures in the Kurdish regio... Read More about Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities.

UWE Bristol Library Research Support - annual report Sep 2021 (2021)
Report

The annual report of the Library Research Support Team at UWE Bristol, for September 2021. This report covers developments from 2018-2021.

Student fears of oral presentations and public speaking in higher education: A qualitative survey (2021)
Journal Article

Oral presentations and public speaking are an important aspect of the student experience in the United Kingdom higher education. Many modules (self-contained units normally within a programme of study) use presentations as a form of assessment and re... Read More about Student fears of oral presentations and public speaking in higher education: A qualitative survey.

Commissioned Writer in Residence (2020)
Other

Started in 2018-2019, this project has offered one student per year an opportunity to become a commissioned writer in residence. The position was created in conjunction with the UWE Bristol Grand Challenge, on the theme of homelessness in Bristol. T... Read More about Commissioned Writer in Residence.

Embedding Academic Skills At UWE Bristol (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presentation delivered by Morwenna Peters and Ludovik Sebire at ARLIS Conference 2019.

Outlines what UWE librarians deliver to support the development of students' academic literacy with examples; the benefits and challenges of this role and futu... Read More about Embedding Academic Skills At UWE Bristol.

Alive and kicking: Reflections on the evolving role of Subject Support Librarians at UWE Bristol (2019)
Journal Article

In this article Sue Shreeve and Julie Hamley give an overview of how the subject support librarian role at UWE Bristol has evolved over the last five years, broadening from subject information specialist to encompass academic skills support and Engli... Read More about Alive and kicking: Reflections on the evolving role of Subject Support Librarians at UWE Bristol.

Supporting NHS nursing associates: Collaborative reflections from a hybrid library team (2019)
Journal Article

This paper presents a case report of the experiences of a hybrid library team from the University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol providing academic literacy support to the first cohorts of Trainee Nursing Associates following a new National Hea... Read More about Supporting NHS nursing associates: Collaborative reflections from a hybrid library team.