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Evaluating undergraduate research conferences as vehicles for novice researchers and transferable skills development (2016)
Journal Article
Kneale, P., Edwards-Jones, A., Walkington, H., & Hill, J. (2016). Evaluating undergraduate research conferences as vehicles for novice researchers and transferable skills development. International Journal for Researcher Development, 7(2), 178-191. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJRD-10-2015-0026

Purpose - This paper focuses on the undergraduate research conference as its sphere of study and investigates the significance of participation and socialisation in such activities on student attitudes and professional development. Using situated lea... Read More about Evaluating undergraduate research conferences as vehicles for novice researchers and transferable skills development.

Borderland spaces for learning partnership: opportunities, benefits and challenges (2016)
Journal Article
Hill, J., Thomas, G., Diaz, A., & Simm, D. (2016). Borderland spaces for learning partnership: opportunities, benefits and challenges. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 40(3), 375-393. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2016.1144728

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper uses case studies and secondary literature to critically examine how learning spaces inhabited by geographers might be used productively as borderland spaces for learning part... Read More about Borderland spaces for learning partnership: opportunities, benefits and challenges.

A rock-surface microweathering index from Schmidt hammer R-values and its preliminary application to some common rock types in southern Norway (2016)
Journal Article
Matthews, J. A., Owen, G., Winkler, S., Vater, A. E., Wilson, P., Mourne, R., & Hill, J. (2016). A rock-surface microweathering index from Schmidt hammer R-values and its preliminary application to some common rock types in southern Norway. CATENA, 143, 35-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2016.03.018

An index of the degree of rock-surface microweathering based on Schmidt hammer R-values is developed for use in the field without laboratory testing. A series of indices - I2 to In, where n is the number of successive blows with the hammer - is first... Read More about A rock-surface microweathering index from Schmidt hammer R-values and its preliminary application to some common rock types in southern Norway.

Graduate attributes: implications for higher education practice and policy: Introduction (2016)
Journal Article
Hill, J., Walkington, H., & France, D. (2016). Graduate attributes: implications for higher education practice and policy: Introduction. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 40(2), 155-163. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2016.1154932

The higher education landscape is shifting under neo-liberal forces that are increasingly aligning the goals of business, government and education. This shift is engendering debate around the world about the role of higher education institutions in p... Read More about Graduate attributes: implications for higher education practice and policy: Introduction.

Developing graduate attributes through participation in undergraduate research conferences (2016)
Journal Article
Hill, J., & Walkington, H. (2016). Developing graduate attributes through participation in undergraduate research conferences. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 40(2), 222-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2016.1140128

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. Abstract: Graduate attributes are a framework of skills, attitudes, values and knowledge that graduates should develop by the end of their degree programmes. Adopting a largely qualitative approach and using semi-structured... Read More about Developing graduate attributes through participation in undergraduate research conferences.