All Outputs (50)

Exploring relationships between GBGI exposure and health and social outcomes in Bristol, UK (2023)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Sinnett, D., & Bray, I. (2023, August). Exploring relationships between GBGI exposure and health and social outcomes in Bristol, UK. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, London

Mental health, particularly for urban populations, is a growing public health concern. Understanding how people relate to and feel a sense of belonging in the urban environment is therefore an important research agenda. There is growing evidence abou... Read More about Exploring relationships between GBGI exposure and health and social outcomes in Bristol, UK.

Mapping the relationship between Green-Blue-Grey Infrastructure (GBGI) and quality of life (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Sinnett, D., West, H., & Bray, I. (2023, July). Mapping the relationship between Green-Blue-Grey Infrastructure (GBGI) and quality of life. Paper presented at Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Annual Congress, Lodz, Poland

Mental health, particularly for urban populations, is a growing public health concern. As urbanisation continues it is important to plan and develop towns and cities that maximise population wellbeing, and related health and social outcomes, whilst a... Read More about Mapping the relationship between Green-Blue-Grey Infrastructure (GBGI) and quality of life.

Mapping the relationship between green-blue-grey infrastructure (GBGI) and quality of life: A case study of Bristol, UK (2023)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Sinnett, D., & Bray, I. (2023, June). Mapping the relationship between green-blue-grey infrastructure (GBGI) and quality of life: A case study of Bristol, UK. Paper presented at European Urban Research Association Conference, Reykjavík, Iceland

Mental health, particularly for urban populations, is a growing public health concern. As urbanisation continues it is important to plan and develop towns and cities that maximise population wellbeing, and related health and social outcomes, whilst a... Read More about Mapping the relationship between green-blue-grey infrastructure (GBGI) and quality of life: A case study of Bristol, UK.

Atmospheric circulations and drought conditions in British catchments: Highlighting the role of the East Atlantic pattern (2023)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswel, M. (2023, April). Atmospheric circulations and drought conditions in British catchments: Highlighting the role of the East Atlantic pattern. Paper presented at European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2023, Vienna, Austria

Drought events are influenced by a combination of both climatic and local catchment characteristics. In Great Britain the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has long been recognised as the leading mode of climate variability, and studies have also note... Read More about Atmospheric circulations and drought conditions in British catchments: Highlighting the role of the East Atlantic pattern.

The benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for future blended learning (2023)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Hill, J., Abzhaparova, A., Cox, W., & Alexander, A. (2023, February). The benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for future blended learning. Presented at Geographies of Blended Learning Conference, Cardiff, Wales

The online pivot caused by the COVID-19 pandemic required many staff to adapt their practices to digital learning environments. Whilst studies have reported the different approaches adopted, fewer have evaluated the resultant learning experience. In... Read More about The benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for future blended learning.

Reflecting on the benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Hill, J., Abzhaparova, A., Cox, W., & Alexander, A. (2022, August). Reflecting on the benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Newcastle

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in profound disruption to geography higher education. A pivot to online teaching required staff to rapidly adapt their practices to novel learning environments and digital spaces. Whilst many studies have reported the d... Read More about Reflecting on the benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Positioning relational feed-forward as a caring pedagogy to enhance students’ affective responses to assessment (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2022, August). Positioning relational feed-forward as a caring pedagogy to enhance students’ affective responses to assessment. Presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference (RGS-IBG Annual International Conference), Newcastle

Receiving assessment feedback is inherently emotional for students. As such, instructors need to consider how to manage students’ responses to feedback so that they feel capable of improving their work and maintaining their wellbeing. In this present... Read More about Positioning relational feed-forward as a caring pedagogy to enhance students’ affective responses to assessment.

Separated by a common language of assessment? Undertaking a linguistic analysis of assessment documentation (2021)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., & Rudge, L. (2021, December). Separated by a common language of assessment? Undertaking a linguistic analysis of assessment documentation. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Conference, Online

Assessment and feedback are a key part of the student experience in higher education. Despite advances in practice in recent years, universities still frequency receive low student satisfaction scores in this area. Reasons for this may include discre... Read More about Separated by a common language of assessment? Undertaking a linguistic analysis of assessment documentation.

The history of the higher education research group (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Healey, R., France, D., Hill, J., & West, H. (2021, September). The history of the higher education research group. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Online

This paper sets the scene for the discussions that follow by evidencing and reflecting upon the history of the Higher Education Research Group. We report on the purpose of the Group when it was established in the late 1970s as the Higher Education Le... Read More about The history of the higher education research group.

Formalising the relationship between Geography Education & Geographies of Education as GeogEd (2021)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Hill, J., Finn, M., Healey, R., Marvell, A., & Tebbett, N. (2021, September). Formalising the relationship between Geography Education & Geographies of Education as GeogEd. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Online

In 2019, the Higher Education Research Group (HERG) formally became the Geography and Education Research Group (GeogEd). What may appear as a simple change in name masks a renewed understanding of the synergies between geography education (at all lev... Read More about Formalising the relationship between Geography Education & Geographies of Education as GeogEd.

Creating pivotal moments in undergraduate learning through assessment dialogue (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2021, September). Creating pivotal moments in undergraduate learning through assessment dialogue. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Online

A key debate in higher education is how assessment and feedback can be constructed to maximize opportunities for meaningful student learning. In this paper, we explore how a learning-focused model of feedback, teacher-student dialogic feed-forward, i... Read More about Creating pivotal moments in undergraduate learning through assessment dialogue.

Mapping spatio-temporal variability in NAO rainfall signatures (2021)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2021, April). Mapping spatio-temporal variability in NAO rainfall signatures. Paper presented at vEGU21: Gather Online

The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is often cited as the primary atmospheric-oceanic circulation or teleconnection influencing regional climate in Great Britain. As our ability to predict the NAO several months in advance improves, it is important... Read More about Mapping spatio-temporal variability in NAO rainfall signatures.

Mapping Wet-Dry Signatures of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) in British Catchments (2020)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2020, May). Mapping Wet-Dry Signatures of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) in British Catchments. Paper presented at EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online

The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is one of the primary atmospheric circulations which influence weather patterns in Great Britain. Its two phases (either positive or negative depending on differences in sea level pressure) result in characteristi... Read More about Mapping Wet-Dry Signatures of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) in British Catchments.

Progress in evaluating satellite soil moisture products in Great Britain against COSMOS-UK and in-situ soil moisture measurements (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Quinn, N., Newton, C., Boorman, D., Horswell, M., & West, H. (2020, May). Progress in evaluating satellite soil moisture products in Great Britain against COSMOS-UK and in-situ soil moisture measurements. Paper presented at EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online

The resolution of satellite of satellite-derived soil moisture data products has matured, notably in recent years due to the Soil Moisture Active Passive mission (SMAP) launched in 2015. Whilst spatial resolutions still fall short of those suitable f... Read More about Progress in evaluating satellite soil moisture products in Great Britain against COSMOS-UK and in-situ soil moisture measurements.

Reconceptualising Assessment and Feedback to Promote Student Wellbeing (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2019, December). Reconceptualising Assessment and Feedback to Promote Student Wellbeing. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Conference, Celtic Manor, Wales

We present results from a three-year qualitative enquiry, exploring changing student emotions and learning behaviours linked to a student-teacher dialogic assessment approach implemented in a second year undergraduate course at a large teaching-orien... Read More about Reconceptualising Assessment and Feedback to Promote Student Wellbeing.

Educating the Next Generation of Scientists: what should the objectives be, and how can we achieve them? (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Horswell, M., West, H., & Quinn, N. (2019, December). Educating the Next Generation of Scientists: what should the objectives be, and how can we achieve them?. Paper presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, United States

The world has changed, and the role and responsibilities of scientists have changed as a consequence. Not only is there an increasingly urgent need for scientifically informed multi-scale responses to the global problems we face, but there is also a... Read More about Educating the Next Generation of Scientists: what should the objectives be, and how can we achieve them?.

Spatio-Temporal Linkages between the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), Rainfall and Streamflow in Great Britain: Evidence from New Historic Datasets (2019)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2019, December). Spatio-Temporal Linkages between the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), Rainfall and Streamflow in Great Britain: Evidence from New Historic Datasets. Paper presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, United States

The NAO is acknowledged as the primary atmospheric-oceanic teleconnection affecting British hydrometeorology. The influence of the NAO is well studied, however previous work has been conceptually, spatially and temporally limited. This work uses new... Read More about Spatio-Temporal Linkages between the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), Rainfall and Streamflow in Great Britain: Evidence from New Historic Datasets.

Borderland Spaces of Partnership: Encountering Emotion in Learning and Enhancing Student Wellbeing (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., Healey, R., West, H., & Dery, C. (2019, October). Borderland Spaces of Partnership: Encountering Emotion in Learning and Enhancing Student Wellbeing. Paper presented at International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

In the context of rising student wellbeing challenges, supporting students and their emotions in learning is increasingly significant. Pedagogic partnerships have the potential to help students work with their emotions in their learning in a positive... Read More about Borderland Spaces of Partnership: Encountering Emotion in Learning and Enhancing Student Wellbeing.

Student-Faculty Partnership in Assessment: Encountering Emotion and Enhancing Wellbeing in Students (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2019, August). Student-Faculty Partnership in Assessment: Encountering Emotion and Enhancing Wellbeing in Students. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, London, United Kingdom

In the context of increasing wellbeing challenges for students in higher education, we argue that pedagogic partnership has the potential to help students recognise and work positively with their emotions. We present a case study exploring changing s... Read More about Student-Faculty Partnership in Assessment: Encountering Emotion and Enhancing Wellbeing in Students.

Spatial variations in the relationship between precipitation and streamflow in Great Britain (2019)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2019, July). Spatial variations in the relationship between precipitation and streamflow in Great Britain. Paper presented at International Union of Geodesy & Geophysics General Assembly, Montreal, Canada

Using the latest available hydro-meteorological datasets from the RCUK Droughts & Water Scarcity Programme, this paper aims to examine the relationship between precipitation and streamflow in 293 catchments across Great Britain (for the period Jan 19... Read More about Spatial variations in the relationship between precipitation and streamflow in Great Britain.