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Using evolutionary computation to shed light on the effect of scale and complexity on object-orientedsoftware design (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Early lifecycle software design is an intensely human
activity in which design scale and complexity can place a
high cognitive load on the software designer. Recently, the use of evolutionary search has been suggested to yield insights in the natur... Read More about Using evolutionary computation to shed light on the effect of scale and complexity on object-orientedsoftware design.

Turtle geometry the Python way (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An introduction to coding using Python’s on-screen ‘turtle’ that can be commanded with a few simple instructions including forward, backward, left and right. The turtle leaves a trace that can be used to draw geometric figures. This workshop is aimed... Read More about Turtle geometry the Python way.

Using social practice theory to frame the contribution of social marketing in the multidisciplinary future of ‘behaviour change’ (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
The 2011 House of Lords Behaviour Change report concluded that ‘behaviour change’ must become multi-disciplinary, criticising the government’s myopic commitment to ‘nudge’. It emphasised that any single-approach strategy will fail to tac... Read More about Using social practice theory to frame the contribution of social marketing in the multidisciplinary future of ‘behaviour change’.

Room to breathe: Insights from pre-service teachers and NQTs on professional development through informal complementary placements overseas (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Teaching is a complex affair in which teachers manage a range of classroom variables and dynamics in the pursuit of pupil learning. Teacher education and NQT probationary monitoring tends to focus attention on systems and protocols such as planning,... Read More about Room to breathe: Insights from pre-service teachers and NQTs on professional development through informal complementary placements overseas.

'It felt so real': Simulating authentic shared learning experiences for undergraduate mental health and child branch students (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Self-harm has been estimated to effect 1 in 15 young people (Young Minds, 2013) and frequently leads to hospital admissions, where young people are likely to encounter children’s nurses and mental health practitioners. Yet, there are limited experien... Read More about 'It felt so real': Simulating authentic shared learning experiences for undergraduate mental health and child branch students.

Creative citizens: Researching the value of creative citizenship through co-creative action research (A ‘transmedia’ case study) (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This session shares the work of the Creative Citizens strand that set out to investigate the impact of informal creative networks on their communities. In Bristol we worked with the network of young people that work around the very informal South Ble... Read More about Creative citizens: Researching the value of creative citizenship through co-creative action research (A ‘transmedia’ case study).

Congestion detection strategies in wireless sensor networks: A comparative study with testbed experiments (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2014 The Authors. Event based applications of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are prone to traffic congestion, where unpredicted event detection yields simultaneous generation of traffic at spatially co-related nodes, and its propagation towards th... Read More about Congestion detection strategies in wireless sensor networks: A comparative study with testbed experiments.

Assessing the directly elected mayoral model in Bristol: An empirical investigation of the contrasting definitions of the role of a directly elected mayor (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

When Bristol’s first directly elected mayor Independent George Ferguson was sworn in during a ceremony at Brunel’s historic Temple Meads station he asserted “I believe today we have voted for a new way of doing things.” Now into second year of his te... Read More about Assessing the directly elected mayoral model in Bristol: An empirical investigation of the contrasting definitions of the role of a directly elected mayor.