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The Great Escape: Exploring ‘Escape Rooms’ as science communication interventions (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Little, H., & Wilkinson, C. (2019, December). The Great Escape: Exploring ‘Escape Rooms’ as science communication interventions. Presented at Science in Public, Manchester, UK

Escape rooms are a recent cultural phenomena, whereby a group of players are locked in a room and must solve a series of clues, puzzles, or mysteries in order to escape. From an educational perspective, escape rooms have been praised for offering a m... Read More about The Great Escape: Exploring ‘Escape Rooms’ as science communication interventions.

The rise of science comedy: Comparing shows at science and arts festivals (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Little, H., & Weitkamp, E. (2019, December). The rise of science comedy: Comparing shows at science and arts festivals. Presented at 12th Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation 2019, Essen, Germany

Live science comedy shows have exploded in the past decade in the UK. These shows can range from stand-up comedy to musical theatre to panel shows and variety shows. However, there is very little empirical work exploring the rise in live science come... Read More about The rise of science comedy: Comparing shows at science and arts festivals.

Out of place and off the grid: Dwelling on the architectural image (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Banou, S. (2019, December). Out of place and off the grid: Dwelling on the architectural image. Paper presented at Creativity and reality: The art of building future cities, 1st International Conference on Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, Dipartimento di Architettura e Progetto, Rome, Italy

This paper looks into the concept of displacement as sketched out by the changing conditions of living in and experiencing the city, in the context of a digitised visual culture. As the city is now changing not through the physicality of form but thr... Read More about Out of place and off the grid: Dwelling on the architectural image.

Criminal legal aid in England & Wales: A practical perspective (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Smith, T. (2019, December). Criminal legal aid in England & Wales: A practical perspective. Paper presented at Access to Justice: China – UK Dialogues on Criminal Legal Aid and Effective Defence, SOAS University of London, London

Enhancing patient leadership and community engagement through storytelling: Reflections from rural healthcare in New Zealand (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Bolden, F., & Bolden, R. (2019, December). Enhancing patient leadership and community engagement through storytelling: Reflections from rural healthcare in New Zealand. Paper presented at International Studying Leadership Conference, UWE, Bristol

Over recent years there has been increasing emphasis on the need for community engagement and patient leadership in order to tackle health inequalities. Active community engagement is widely recognised as an essential ingredient for a successful and... Read More about Enhancing patient leadership and community engagement through storytelling: Reflections from rural healthcare in New Zealand.

Is it possible to work out the lateral migration of preserved fluvial system through outcrop? (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Beaumont, H. (2019, December). Is it possible to work out the lateral migration of preserved fluvial system through outcrop?. Poster presented at British Sedimentological Research Group, University of Royal Holloway London

While channel migration has been the subject of many studies e.g. Bristow 1987, Best et al., 1993; Nardin et al., 2013; where migration has either been considered at a macro-scale with timeslices on seismic data or at a micro- scale on one or two mea... Read More about Is it possible to work out the lateral migration of preserved fluvial system through outcrop?.

An exploration of differences between professional advancement of project managers based on their gender in operations-driven and project-driven organizations (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Prabhakar, G., & Nisar, T. (2019, December). An exploration of differences between professional advancement of project managers based on their gender in operations-driven and project-driven organizations. Presented at 2nd International Conference on Industrial and Mechanical Engineering and Operations Management (IMEOM 2019), Dhaka, Bangladesh

This paper discusses results of an exploratory study conducted on project and operations managers. The study aims to investigate the difference between the professional advancement of project and operations managers based on their gender. It also att... Read More about An exploration of differences between professional advancement of project managers based on their gender in operations-driven and project-driven organizations.

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.

Assessment choice and student anxiety: widening the very gap we are seeking to close? (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, S., & Bennett, L. (2019, December). Assessment choice and student anxiety: widening the very gap we are seeking to close?. Paper presented at Society for Research in Higher Education Annual Conference, Newport, Wales

Choice of assessment topic and/or mode can facilitate inclusive assessment, allowing students to choose topics reflecting their interests and backgrounds, and choose formats that support strong performance and benefit learning. O’Neill (2011) found t... Read More about Assessment choice and student anxiety: widening the very gap we are seeking to close?.

Communities of Practice in the first-year business classroom: developing students’ meta-cognition for employability through modelling against future selves (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, S. (2019, December). Communities of Practice in the first-year business classroom: developing students’ meta-cognition for employability through modelling against future selves. Paper presented at Society for Research in Higher Education Annual Conference, Newport, Wales

As TEF core metrics place growing focus on graduate employability as a determinant of UK universities’ success, universities seek increasing collaboration with employers. This paper explores the impact of a doctoral Action Research (AR) project devel... Read More about Communities of Practice in the first-year business classroom: developing students’ meta-cognition for employability through modelling against future selves.

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.

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?.

The local state: theory and practice. Papers from a conference held on 6 December 1980. (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Boddy, M., & Fudge, C. (2019, December). The local state: theory and practice. Papers from a conference held on 6 December 1980

A collection of three main papers (abstracted separately) and eight workshop reports devoted to different areas of practice: planning, housing, personal social services, education, inner city, health services, state workers, local economic policy. Th... Read More about The local state: theory and practice. Papers from a conference held on 6 December 1980..

Automating algorithmic representations of musical structure using IGME: The Interactive Generative Music Environment (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hunt, S. J., Mitchell, T., & Nash, C. (2019, December). Automating algorithmic representations of musical structure using IGME: The Interactive Generative Music Environment. Paper presented at Innovation In Music 2019, University of West London

In this paper we explore the recreation of existing musical compositions by representing the music as a series of unique musical bars, and other bars that can be replicated through various algorithmic transformations, inside the Interactive Generativ... Read More about Automating algorithmic representations of musical structure using IGME: The Interactive Generative Music Environment.

‘Modes of Creative Practice’ in fiction filmmaking: towards a new Theory of Film Practice (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Lees, D. (2019, December). ‘Modes of Creative Practice’ in fiction filmmaking: towards a new Theory of Film Practice. Paper presented at Sightlines: Screen Production and the Academy, RMIT Melbourne, Australia

In this paper, I present the concept of the ‘Modes of Creative Practice’, a theoretical construct that provides us with a new form of taxonomy of film. I will explain how the practice research conducted through the making of The Burning illustrates... Read More about ‘Modes of Creative Practice’ in fiction filmmaking: towards a new Theory of Film Practice.