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Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability (2023)
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Al Barazi, R., & Kishk, M. (2023, December). Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering Fundamentals and Applications (ICCEFA'23), Lisbon, Portugal

The environmental, social, and financial sustainability around projects is currently one of the most serious alarming concerns. However, the progress made in developing contemporary methods for the evaluation and adoption of sustainable project manag... Read More about Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability.

Exposing equality law as it relates to Deaf people: Developing Deaf Legal Theory (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Wilks, R. (2023, November). Exposing equality law as it relates to Deaf people: Developing Deaf Legal Theory. Presented at Festival of Change Alumni Events, University of Leicester, Leicester

Bryan and Emery (2014) argue that for 'Deaf jurisprudence' to develop, the current underpinnings of law that are based on incomplete assumptions need to be exposed and to do so, Deaf Legal Theory needs to be applied to particular aspects of the law.... Read More about Exposing equality law as it relates to Deaf people: Developing Deaf Legal Theory.

Let’s play together (2023)
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Lovesmith, G., & Rasbash, Z. (2023, November). Let’s play together. Presented at Sustainability and health: the nexus of carbon-neutral architecture and well-being. The 56th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia

Throughout 2022-23 Watershed (cultural cinema & creative technology centre) have been working with an architect & socially-engaged artist on plans to adapt their building for the Climate Emergency. Watershed leads within its communities with a proud... Read More about Let’s play together.

Challenges to wellbeing amongst clinical academic health professionals (2023)
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Jennings, A., Galpin, K., Smith, L., Jarvis, C., & Bellaouaied, M. (2023, November). Challenges to wellbeing amongst clinical academic health professionals. Paper presented at Developing and Celebrating a Research Skilled Workforce Conference 2023, University of Plymouth

Background: The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated the toll on the NHS of a decade of austerity and increasing demand from an aging population with talk of giving attention to staff wellbeing. In the literature, employee wellbeing is clearly recognized... Read More about Challenges to wellbeing amongst clinical academic health professionals.

Initial art and design teacher education: Transgression and flux (2023)
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Grant, W. (2023, November). Initial art and design teacher education: Transgression and flux. Paper presented at International Journal of Art and Design Education Conference 2023: Time, University of Chester

Initial teacher education (ITE) is frequently considered a liminal space of flux where learners' knowledge, identity, and values are challenged and changed. Characteristics of this flux include navigation of new connections between personal and profe... Read More about Initial art and design teacher education: Transgression and flux.

International humanitarian law and healthcare (2023)
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Quenivet, N. (2023, November). International humanitarian law and healthcare. Presented at Bristol Global Emergency Care Conference, Bristol

After a brief overview of the key principles of international humanitarian law (IHL), this presentation focuses on the protection offered by IHL to medical personnel and medical units. The concepts of 'medical personnel' and 'medical units' are defin... Read More about International humanitarian law and healthcare.

Proposal to map critical factors of PMBoK to CyBOK Knowledge Areas (2023)
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Prabhakar, G., Luo, X., & Tseng, H. (2023, November). Proposal to map critical factors of PMBoK to CyBOK Knowledge Areas. Presented at XII International Research-to-Practice Conference “Society Transformations in Social and Human Sciences”, Riga, Latvia

The proposed objective of this research is to map critical factors of CYBOK’s knowledgebase under Human, Organisational & Regulatory Aspects (Risk Management & Governance, Law & Regulation, Human Factors, Privacy & Online Rights) with the knowledge a... Read More about Proposal to map critical factors of PMBoK to CyBOK Knowledge Areas.

Architects of change: Considering your impact, identity and inclusion (2023)
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Wilks, R. (2023, November). Architects of change: Considering your impact, identity and inclusion. Presented at South West Doctoral Training Partnership Annual Conference, Bailbrook House Hotel, Bath

"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." At this keynote lecture at the South West Doctoral Training Partnership's annual conference, Rob Wilks considers our role as 'architects... Read More about Architects of change: Considering your impact, identity and inclusion.

Regulating armed drone swarms under international law (2023)
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Pollard, M. (2023, November). Regulating armed drone swarms under international law. Paper presented at New Technologies and International Law, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

One of the most controversial military systems currently under development today are autonomous weapons systems (AWS). Indeed, many states are urging the United Nations to prohibit AWS by way of a specific treaty. The term AWS is, nevertheless, somew... Read More about Regulating armed drone swarms under international law.

Making Smart Cities Smarter for an inclusive green transition towards a long-term sustainable development (2023)
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Hatem, F. (2023, November). Making Smart Cities Smarter for an inclusive green transition towards a long-term sustainable development. Poster presented at SWDTP Annual Student Conference, Bailbrook House Hotel, Bath

This paper critically approaches the literature on smart cities while describing the significance of more value-based rationality and more reflexive practice for constructing smart cities, rethinking how human experiences are approached to improve it... Read More about Making Smart Cities Smarter for an inclusive green transition towards a long-term sustainable development.

Integration challenges of migrants to Sweden: A lived in experience perspective (2023)
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Mitra, A., & Evansluong, Q. (2023, November). Integration challenges of migrants to Sweden: A lived in experience perspective. Paper presented at Organising migration and integration in contemporary societies conference, Gothenburg University, Sweden

At a time when migration to different countries in the world is growing rapidly, research on how migrants integrate into host countries is becoming critically important. Integration of migrants into a host country is a complex construct involving man... Read More about Integration challenges of migrants to Sweden: A lived in experience perspective.

Supporting new teachers: Insights from the education system in England (2023)
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Grant, W. (2023, November). Supporting new teachers: Insights from the education system in England. Presented at Webinars for Teacher Educators

How to prepare student teachers and support them in their first few years in school is a fundamental consideration for education systems around the world. In this webinar we discuss how this is approached in England. Will Grant, Programme Lead for th... Read More about Supporting new teachers: Insights from the education system in England.

Media cities and the reconstruction of space and place (2023)
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Spicer, A. (2023, November). Media cities and the reconstruction of space and place. Presented at Invited talk, Portico Library, Central Manchester

This presentation explores the concept of a 'media city'. It begins with a definition: media cities are a planned, highly structured intervention that is part of a transformational change in the urban landscape. The presentation then discusses a part... Read More about Media cities and the reconstruction of space and place.

Chronic post cancer treatment pain – how can we increase unity across pathways? (2023)
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Armoogum, J., Llewellyn, A., Harcourt, D., Foster, C., & McCabe, C. (2023, November). Chronic post cancer treatment pain – how can we increase unity across pathways?. Poster presented at UKONS, Cardiff, Wales

Background: Chronic post cancer treatment pain is pain that persists or recurs for longer than three months and is caused by surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy . It can occur months or years after cancer treatment has finished. Limited knowl... Read More about Chronic post cancer treatment pain – how can we increase unity across pathways?.

Evaluation of the impacts of patient and public involvement on cancer nursing doctoral study exploring cancer survivors’ experiences of living with chronic post cancer treatment pain (2023)
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Armoogum, J., Hepburn, J., Prior, M., McCabe, C., Harcourt, D., Llewellyn, A., …Gibson, A. (2023, November). Evaluation of the impacts of patient and public involvement on cancer nursing doctoral study exploring cancer survivors’ experiences of living with chronic post cancer treatment pain. Poster presented at UKONS, Cardiff, Wales

Background. Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) can help shape research. It is important to capture the impacts that PPI have on cancer nursing doctoral research. Methods: Two Public Contributors, who were cancer survivors living with chronic post... Read More about Evaluation of the impacts of patient and public involvement on cancer nursing doctoral study exploring cancer survivors’ experiences of living with chronic post cancer treatment pain.

Evaluation of a live educational webinar on ‘Managing Chronic Pain’ (2023)
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Armoogum, J., Galligan, M., Cook, J., Mills, E., Munro, D., Wicke, K., & Wilson, T. (2023, November). Evaluation of a live educational webinar on ‘Managing Chronic Pain’. Poster presented at UKONS, Cardiff, Wales

1: Background Chronic cancer-related pain (CRP) is frequently reported, yet poorly understood. It is essential healthcare professionals have knowledge and skills to support those impacted with chronic and late effect CRP. However, literature shows t... Read More about Evaluation of a live educational webinar on ‘Managing Chronic Pain’.

Using narrative tools: How to explore young people’s vision of transformative learning places for climate change education (2023)
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Portus, R., McEwen, L., Aarnio-Linnanvuori, E., Mansikka-aho, . A., Reilly, K., & Sposito, S. (2023, November). Using narrative tools: How to explore young people’s vision of transformative learning places for climate change education. Presented at RCRC Climate and YOUth Summit 2023, Online

Abstract: Drawing from the experiences of the CCC-CATAPULT project (www.ccc-catapult.org), the proposed session shares a tool to support youth visioning of transformative learning places for Climate Change Education (CCE). The CCC-CATAPULT project... Read More about Using narrative tools: How to explore young people’s vision of transformative learning places for climate change education.

The effects of commercially available herbal teas on the human microbiota (2023)
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Okeyoyin, O. R., O, G., & E, A. (2023, November). The effects of commercially available herbal teas on the human microbiota. Presented at Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) conference, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Background: For centuries, herbal teas have been consumed by people of all ages and has been used for therapy in different civilisations and medical systems such as the Chinese, Indian, indigenous, and African. The aphorism- ‘Nature is the best chemi... Read More about The effects of commercially available herbal teas on the human microbiota.

Space to think critically: Pedagogies of Joy and Critical & Contextual Studies (2023)
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Rintoul, J. (2023, November). Space to think critically: Pedagogies of Joy and Critical & Contextual Studies. Paper presented at Teaching Beyond the Curriculum (Session: Critical Speculations of Art School Education), Glasgow School of Art, UK; Louisiana State University, USA; Wenzhou-Kean University, China

Critical and Contextual Studies (CCS) alludes to a curricula space commonly associated with writing, ‘theory’ and critical thinking in the Art School. Models of CCS differ from institution to institution; while some appear isolated from the studio, o... Read More about Space to think critically: Pedagogies of Joy and Critical & Contextual Studies.

Comparison of the effects of antibiotics and essential oils against Acinetobacter baumannii in planktonic and biofilm conditions (2023)
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Salim, J., Nariapara, V., Adukwu, E., & Snook, A. (2023, November). Comparison of the effects of antibiotics and essential oils against Acinetobacter baumannii in planktonic and biofilm conditions. Poster presented at Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritised Scientists, Phoenix, AZc, USA

Background: Acinetobacter baumannii is a common nosocomial pathogen causing pneumonia, bacteraemia, wound and urinary tract infections. Due to improper and frequent antibiotic use A. baumannii has become multi-drug resistant, the World Health Organi... Read More about Comparison of the effects of antibiotics and essential oils against Acinetobacter baumannii in planktonic and biofilm conditions.