Outputs (79)

Courageous and compassionate teaching: International reflections on our responses to teaching geography during the pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Dyer, S., Hill, J., Walkington, H., Couper, P., McMorran, C., Oates, Y., …West, H. (in press). Courageous and compassionate teaching: International reflections on our responses to teaching geography during the pandemic. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2023.2266999

This paper reflects on what we learnt about teaching geography during the COVID-19 pandemic. We interrogate how we, as geography educators working in different contexts, navigated the novel teaching spaces created during the pandemic using two key re... Read More about Courageous and compassionate teaching: International reflections on our responses to teaching geography during the pandemic.

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.

The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on hydroclimate in Great Britain (2023)
Thesis
West, H. The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on hydroclimate in Great Britain. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9700950

Atmospheric circulations have an important influence on regional climate. Understanding the relationships between circulations, rainfall and streamflow at a regional and catchment scale is therefore of interest to water and environmental managers. Ho... Read More about The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on hydroclimate in Great Britain.

Reflections on disciplinary perspectives on students as partners (2023)
Journal Article
Healey, M., Healey, R. L., & West, H. (2023). Reflections on disciplinary perspectives on students as partners. International Journal for Students as Partners, 7(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v7i1.5444

In thinking about writing this editorial, as three geographers, we began by wanting to reflect on what, if any, difference our discipline made to our lived experiences of engaging with students as partners (SaP). These reflections led us to explore b... Read More about Reflections on disciplinary perspectives on students as partners.

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.

Pandemic pedagogies: Reflecting on online learning using the community of inquiry framework (2023)
Journal Article
West, H., Hill, J., Abzhaparova, A., Cox, W., & Alexander, A. (2024). Pandemic pedagogies: Reflecting on online learning using the community of inquiry framework. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 48(2), 157-176. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2023.2190962

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 digital spaces. Whilst many studies have reported the different pedagogic approac... Read More about Pandemic pedagogies: Reflecting on online learning using the community of inquiry framework.

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.

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.

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.

How to thrive when studying online (2022)
Journal Article
Cox, W., Alexander, A., West, H., Abzhaparova, A., & Hill, J. (2023). How to thrive when studying online. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 47(3), 502-511. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2022.2087214

The Covid-19 pandemic led to significant changes in higher education institutions, with a rapid pivot from on-campus to online teaching and learning. The move to predominantly online teaching resulted in a very different learning experience for many... Read More about How to thrive when studying online.

Dialogic feed forward in assessment: Pivotal to learning but not unproblematic (2022)
Journal Article
Hill, J., & West, H. (2022). Dialogic feed forward in assessment: Pivotal to learning but not unproblematic. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 10, https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.10.20

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 Dialogic feed forward in assessment: Pivotal to learning but not unproblematic.

The influence of the North Atlantic oscillation & East Atlantic pattern on drought in British catchments (2022)
Journal Article
West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2022). The influence of the North Atlantic oscillation & East Atlantic pattern on drought in British catchments. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, Article 754597. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.754597

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 The influence of the North Atlantic oscillation & East Atlantic pattern on drought in British catchments.

The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on monthly precipitation in Great Britain (2022)
Journal Article
West, H., White, P., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2022). The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on monthly precipitation in Great Britain. Atmosphere, 13(3), Article 429. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13030429

It has long been understood that the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is a key driver of regional climate in Great Britain and across Europe. However, studies have also noted that there is spatio-temporal variability in NAO-rainfall signatures which... Read More about The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on monthly precipitation in Great Britain.

Spatio-temporal propagation of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) rainfall deviations to streamflow in British catchments (2022)
Journal Article
West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2022). Spatio-temporal propagation of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) rainfall deviations to streamflow in British catchments. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 67(5), 676-688. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2022.2038791

The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) teleconnection is often cited as the leading mode of climate variability in Great Britain. The NAO has been found to produce significant rainfall deviations that vary in space and time. This study sought to analys... Read More about Spatio-temporal propagation of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) rainfall deviations to streamflow in British catchments.

Review of Healey, Matthews and Cook-Sather (2020) 'Writing About Learning & Teaching in Higher Education, Creating and Contributing to Scholarly Conversations across a Range of Genres' (2021)
Journal Article
West, H. (2021). Review of Healey, Matthews and Cook-Sather (2020) 'Writing About Learning & Teaching in Higher Education, Creating and Contributing to Scholarly Conversations across a Range of Genres'. Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal, 4(1), 3-5

This article offers a short review of Healey, Matthews and Cook-Sather (2020) ‘Writing About Learning & Teaching in Higher Education, Creating and Contributing to Scholarly Conversations across a Range of Genres’ published open-access by the Center f... Read More about Review of Healey, Matthews and Cook-Sather (2020) 'Writing About Learning & Teaching in Higher Education, Creating and Contributing to Scholarly Conversations across a Range of Genres'.

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.

Monthly rainfall signatures of the North Atlantic oscillation and East Atlantic pattern in Great Britain (2021)
Journal Article
West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2021). Monthly rainfall signatures of the North Atlantic oscillation and East Atlantic pattern in Great Britain. Atmosphere, 12(11), Article 1533. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12111533

Atmospheric-oceanic circulations (teleconnections) have an important influence on regional climate. In Great Britain, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has long been understood as the leading mode of climate variability, and its phase and magnitud... Read More about Monthly rainfall signatures of the North Atlantic oscillation and East Atlantic pattern in Great Britain.

Re-naming and re-framing: Evolving the “Higher Education Research Group” to the “Geography & Education Research Group” (2021)
Journal Article
Healey, R. L., & West, H. (2022). Re-naming and re-framing: Evolving the “Higher Education Research Group” to the “Geography & Education Research Group”. Area, 54(1), 2-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12759

At the Higher Education Research Group (HERG) Annual General Meeting on the 29 August 2018, it was proposed that the Research Group might consider broadening its remit to consider a wider context of geography education and formally include the geogra... Read More about Re-naming and re-framing: Evolving the “Higher Education Research Group” to the “Geography & Education Research Group”.

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.

Spatio-temporal variability in North Atlantic oscillation monthly rainfall signatures in Great Britain (2021)
Journal Article
West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2021). Spatio-temporal variability in North Atlantic oscillation monthly rainfall signatures in Great Britain. Atmosphere, 12(6), Article 763. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12060763

The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is the primary atmospheric-oceanic circulation/teleconnection influencing regional climate in Great Britain. As our ability to predict the NAO several months in advance increases, it is important that we improve o... Read More about Spatio-temporal variability in North Atlantic oscillation monthly rainfall signatures in Great Britain.

Airbnb – another argument for a revised, not compromised, spatial management approach (2021)
Journal Article
Sheppard, A., West, H., Cole, S., Gopinath, D., & Sonjak, M. (2021). Airbnb – another argument for a revised, not compromised, spatial management approach. Town and Country Planning -London- Town and Country Planning Association-, 90(5/6), 160-165

Adam Sheppard, Harry West, Stroma Cole, Deepak Gopinath and Mojca Sonjak outline the findings of research on the extent, distribution and impact of Airbnb short-term letting in Bristol, and on whether regulatory intervention is required.

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.

Livelihood security enhancement though innovative water management in dryland India (2021)
Journal Article
Everard, M., & West, H. (2021). Livelihood security enhancement though innovative water management in dryland India. Water International, 46(1), 59-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2021.1874780

Locally nuanced community-based shallow groundwater management interventions have proven important in saline and sodic monsoonal regions. A mixed methods approach characterizes achievement of regeneration of the formerly degraded socio-ecological sys... Read More about Livelihood security enhancement though innovative water management in dryland India.

Taking the first steps towards bringing GIS into the classroom (2021)
Journal Article
West, H. (2021). Taking the first steps towards bringing GIS into the classroom. Teaching Geography, 46(1), 14-16

This article suggests how you can start to integrate GIS into your current geography teaching and outlines its potential for teaching and learning.

The history of the Higher Education Research Group of the UK Royal Geographical Society: The changing status and focus of geography education in the academy (2020)
Journal Article
Healey, R. L., France, D., Hill, J., & West, H. (2022). The history of the Higher Education Research Group of the UK Royal Geographical Society: The changing status and focus of geography education in the academy. Area, 54(1), 6-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12685

The opening paper in our special section sets the scene for the discussions that follow by evidencing and reflecting on the history of the Higher Education Research Group. We report on the purpose of the Group when it was established in the late 1970... Read More about The history of the Higher Education Research Group of the UK Royal Geographical Society: The changing status and focus of geography education in the academy.

GeogEd: A new research group founded on the reciprocal relationship between geography education and the geographies of education (2020)
Journal Article
West, H., Hill, J., Finn, M., Healey, R. L., Marvell, A., & Tebbett, N. (2022). GeogEd: A new research group founded on the reciprocal relationship between geography education and the geographies of education. Area, 54(1), 24-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12661

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 le... Read More about GeogEd: A new research group founded on the reciprocal relationship between geography education and the geographies of education.

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.

Pedagogic partnership in higher education: encountering emotion in learning and enhancing student wellbeing (2019)
Journal Article
Hill, J., Healey, R. L., West, H., & Déry, C. (2021). Pedagogic partnership in higher education: encountering emotion in learning and enhancing student wellbeing. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 45(2), 167-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2019.1661366

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Despite emotion being recognized as fundamental to learning, the affective aspects of learning have often been side-lined in higher education. In the context of rising student we... Read More about Pedagogic partnership in higher education: 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.

Writing a successful essay (2019)
Journal Article
West, H., Malcolm, G., Keywood, S., & Hill, J. (2019). Writing a successful essay. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 43(4), 609-617. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2019.1655720

Essay writing is a fundamental skill for many students, in geography as well as other disciplines. Being able to write a successful essay is important academically, but the transferable skills and attributes you develop are equally as important for p... Read More about Writing a successful essay.

Remote sensing for drought monitoring & impact assessment: Progress, past challenges and future opportunities (2019)
Journal Article
West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2019). Remote sensing for drought monitoring & impact assessment: Progress, past challenges and future opportunities. Remote Sensing of Environment, 232, Article 111291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111291

© 2019 Elsevier Inc. Drought is a common hydrometeorological phenomenon and a pervasive global hazard. As our climate changes, it is likely that drought events will become more intense and frequent. Effective drought monitoring is therefore critical,... Read More about Remote sensing for drought monitoring & impact assessment: Progress, past challenges and future opportunities.

SMAP Satellite Soil Moisture Products: a preliminary evaluation against COSMOS-UK estimates in Great Britain (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Quinn, N., Horswell, M., West, H., & Newton, C. (2019, July). SMAP Satellite Soil Moisture Products: a preliminary evaluation against COSMOS-UK estimates in Great Britain. Paper presented at International Union of Geodesy & Geophysics General Assembly, Montreal, Canada

Satellite-based soil moisture monitoring has matured, notably as a result of the Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity (SMOS) and Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) missions. Whilst spatial resolutions fall short of those ideal for field-scale monitoring, th... Read More about SMAP Satellite Soil Moisture Products: a preliminary evaluation against COSMOS-UK estimates in Great Britain.

Re-visioning Geosciences Education: New students, new expectations, new outcomes, new learning (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Horswell, M., West, H., & Quinn, N. (2019, July). Re-visioning Geosciences Education: New students, new expectations, new outcomes, new learning. Paper presented at International Union of Geodesy & Geophysics General Assembly, Montreal, Canada

The international higher educational landscape is characterised by shifting sands, tectonic activity, erosion, deposition, and occasional volcanism. This fluid context arises in response to changes in policy, modes of provision and technology enhance... Read More about Re-visioning Geosciences Education: New students, new expectations, new outcomes, new learning.

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.

Reconceptualising assessment to promote student learning, resilience and wellbeing (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., Keywood, S., Malcolm, G., & West, H. (2019, July). Reconceptualising assessment to promote student learning, resilience and wellbeing. Paper presented at AdvanceHE Annual Conference, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK

In this workshop we present results from a longitudinal mixed methods study which evidences that dialogic feed-forward assessment asserts a positive influence on the undergraduate student experience in a number of inter-related cognitive and affectiv... Read More about Reconceptualising assessment to promote student learning, resilience and wellbeing.

Regional rainfall response to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) across Great Britain (2019)
Journal Article
West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2019). Regional rainfall response to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) across Great Britain. Hydrology Research, 50(6), 1549-1563. https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2019.015

© IWA Publishing 2019. The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has been long studied as the primary teleconnection affecting the British and European climate. However, previous studies have focused on extremes or have been spatially and temporally limit... Read More about Regional rainfall response to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) across Great Britain.

Improving the student learning experience through dialogic feed-forward assessment (2019)
Journal Article
Hill, J., & West, H. (2020). Improving the student learning experience through dialogic feed-forward assessment. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 45(1), 82-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2019.1608908

Assessment feedback from teachers gains consistently low satisfaction scores in national surveys of student satisfaction, with concern surrounding its timeliness, quality and effectiveness. Equally, there has been heightened interest in the responsib... Read More about Improving the student learning experience through dialogic feed-forward assessment.

Social science methods for natural scientists (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hillier, J., Sangster, H., & West, H. (2019, April). Social science methods for natural scientists. Paper presented at European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria

People. Stakeholders. Other humans. If any of these may be involved in your work, and insight into what they may think or do could be useful, you are entering the realm of Social Science. This session is on the basics of social science methods, prese... Read More about Social science methods for natural scientists.

A space-time geostatistical approach to exploring the stationarity of North Atlantic oscillation driven wet/dry conditions in Great Britain (2019)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2019, April). A space-time geostatistical approach to exploring the stationarity of North Atlantic oscillation driven wet/dry conditions in Great Britain. Paper presented at European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria

The North Atlantic Oscillation Index (NAOI) characterises the variability of the North Atlantic jet stream, and as the primary teleconnection affecting British climate, has been well studied. However, the spatio-temporal influence of the NAO on the w... Read More about A space-time geostatistical approach to exploring the stationarity of North Atlantic oscillation driven wet/dry conditions in Great Britain.

Examining spatial variations in the utility of SPI as a 1 to 3 month-ahead streamflow indicator (2019)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2019, March). Examining spatial variations in the utility of SPI as a 1 to 3 month-ahead streamflow indicator. Poster presented at UK Drought & Water Scarcity Conference: Addressing Current & Future Challenges, University of Oxford, Oxford, England

Droughts are a common meteorological phenomenon and a significant natural hazard. Despite this we lack a common understanding of the definition of a drought event and a detailed understanding of drought onset and termination. In its simplest form how... Read More about Examining spatial variations in the utility of SPI as a 1 to 3 month-ahead streamflow indicator.

Comparison of Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 in assessing vegetation response to soil moisture variation in droughty environments (2018)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Quinn, N., Horswell, M., & White, P. (2018, September). Comparison of Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 in assessing vegetation response to soil moisture variation in droughty environments. Poster presented at India-UK Water Centre - Advancing Drought Monitoring, Prediction and Management Capabilities Workshop, Lancaster, UK

The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which Sentinel-2 Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) reflects soil moisture conditions, and whether this product offers an improvement over Landsat-8. Based on drought exposure, cloud-fre... Read More about Comparison of Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 in assessing vegetation response to soil moisture variation in droughty environments.

The spatial signature of the North Atlantic Oscillation in monthly rainfall patterns in Great Britain (1899/1900-2014/2015) (2018)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2018, September). The spatial signature of the North Atlantic Oscillation in monthly rainfall patterns in Great Britain (1899/1900-2014/2015). Poster presented at British Hydrological Society National Symposium, London, England

Although some studies have shown the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on rainfall in Great Britain, these have focussed on wet extremes rather than the full wet-dry continuum. They have also been based on either analysis of a limited... Read More about The spatial signature of the North Atlantic Oscillation in monthly rainfall patterns in Great Britain (1899/1900-2014/2015).

Let’s talk about drought: Students as research partners in creating resources for public engagement about climate change (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Horswell, M., West, H., & Quinn, N. (2018, August). Let’s talk about drought: Students as research partners in creating resources for public engagement about climate change. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Cardiff, Wales

In what is often considered a ‘wet’ country, conversations about drought are unusual in the UK. However, the intensity and frequency of dry events has increased, with significant droughts occurring within living memory. With climate predictions sugge... Read More about Let’s talk about drought: Students as research partners in creating resources for public engagement about climate change.

Reflections on student-staff research partnership: Opportunities, benefits, & challenges (2018)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., & Hill, J. (2018, August). Reflections on student-staff research partnership: Opportunities, benefits, & challenges. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Cardiff, Wales

This paper explores the opportunities for student-staff partnership in the research process, before progressing to examine the benefits and challenges of such engagement. Using the model of Healey (2005), opportunities for student partnership in rese... Read More about Reflections on student-staff research partnership: Opportunities, benefits, & challenges.

Improving student outcomes through dialogic feed-forward assessment (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2018, August). Improving student outcomes through dialogic feed-forward assessment. Paper presented at International Geographical Union, Regional Conference, Quebec City, Canada

Assessment and feedback are fundamental to student learning and achievement and are arguably more influential to learning behaviour and learners’ experience than teaching. However, assessment feedback gains consistently low scores in national surveys... Read More about Improving student outcomes through dialogic feed-forward assessment.

Developing an undergraduate GIS curriculum for the 21st century (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Horswell, M., Quinn, N., & West, H. (2018, July). Developing an undergraduate GIS curriculum for the 21st century. Paper presented at Esri Education Summit, San Diego, California, USA

The greatest challenge in teaching a technology related subject, is the rate at which technology changes and progresses. Designing curricula in such contexts, requires a shift out of a ‘training’ mind set, to be both anticipatory and market responsiv... Read More about Developing an undergraduate GIS curriculum for the 21st century.

Ready & able graduates: GIS as a tool for dispositional development (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Horswell, M., & West, H. (2018, July). Ready & able graduates: GIS as a tool for dispositional development. Paper presented at Esri Education Summit, San Diego, California, USA

As university tutors in an age of easy access to information and instruction, our role shifts from information transmitter to something altogether more challenging. Fee paying students with high expectations demand more than knowledge and technical c... Read More about Ready & able graduates: GIS as a tool for dispositional development.

Story mapping & ArcGIS online: Building bridges between students & researchers (2018)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Horswell, M., & Quinn, N. (2018, July). Story mapping & ArcGIS online: Building bridges between students & researchers. Paper presented at Esri Education Summit, San Diego, California, USA

Researchers at UWE Bristol (UK) needed ways of communicating drought and were struggling to find an in-road as drought seems ‘low risk’ in the UK. Using Story Maps to develop conversation pieces was recognised as way forward. Students were given the... Read More about Story mapping & ArcGIS online: Building bridges between students & researchers.

Assessing vegetation response to soil moisture fluctuation under extreme drought using sentinel-2 (2018)
Journal Article
West, H., Quinn, N., Horswell, M., & White, P. (2018). Assessing vegetation response to soil moisture fluctuation under extreme drought using sentinel-2. Water, 10(7), Article 838. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10070838

© 2018 by the authors. The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which Sentinel-2 Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) reflects soil moisture conditions, and whether this product offers an improvement over Landsat-8. Based on drou... Read More about Assessing vegetation response to soil moisture fluctuation under extreme drought using sentinel-2.

Building learning communities to enhance assessment (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2018, June). Building learning communities to enhance assessment. Paper presented at UWE Teaching & Learning Conference, Bristol, England

In this paper we will encourage you to reimagine assessment and feedback, supported by the latest research and evidence-informed practice, enabling you to deliver assessment that helps your students to learn, improves their performance, enhances thei... Read More about Building learning communities to enhance assessment.

Improving the student learning experience through dialogic feed-forward assessment (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2018, June). Improving the student learning experience through dialogic feed-forward assessment. Paper presented at Unravelling Assessment and Feedback Literacy Symposium, University of Surrey

Assessment feedback gains consistently low satisfaction scores in national surveys of student satisfaction, with most concern surrounding its timeliness, quality and effectiveness. We present the results of a two year qualitative study, thematically... Read More about Improving the student learning experience through dialogic feed-forward assessment.

Regionalising the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on seasonal hydrological extremes in Great Britain (2018)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2018, April). Regionalising the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on seasonal hydrological extremes in Great Britain. Poster presented at European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria

Although some studies have shown the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on rainfall in the United Kingdom (UK), these have focussed on rainfall extremes (rather than the flood- drought continuum) and have either been based on analysis... Read More about Regionalising the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on seasonal hydrological extremes in Great Britain.

Performance of Sentinel-2 NDVI for assessing the relationship between vegetation and soil moisture under extreme drought conditions (2018)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Quinn, N., Horswell, M., & White, P. (2018, April). Performance of Sentinel-2 NDVI for assessing the relationship between vegetation and soil moisture under extreme drought conditions. Poster presented at European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria

Initial indications are that the enhanced spatial and spectral resolution of Sentinel-2 would allow for better assess- ment of vegetation condition, and consequently improved application in conditions of moisture deficit/drought. Although NDVI and ot... Read More about Performance of Sentinel-2 NDVI for assessing the relationship between vegetation and soil moisture under extreme drought conditions.

Exploring the sensitivity of coastal inundation modelling to DEM vertical error (2018)
Journal Article
West, H., Horswell, M., & Quinn, N. (2018). Exploring the sensitivity of coastal inundation modelling to DEM vertical error. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 32(6), 1172-1193. https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2018.1444165

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. As sea level is projected to rise throughout the twenty-first century due to climate change, there is a need to ensure that sea level rise (SLR) models accurately and defensibly represen... Read More about Exploring the sensitivity of coastal inundation modelling to DEM vertical error.

GIS has changed! Exploring the potential of ArcGIS online (2018)
Journal Article
West, H., & Horswell, M. (2018). GIS has changed! Exploring the potential of ArcGIS online. Teaching Geography, 43(1), 22-24

In this article, we aim to briefly introduce you to Eris’s ArcGIS Online platform. Online GIS platforms are typically far removed from the highly specialist desktop software that many teachers today trained on. ArcGIS Online is an effective and effic... Read More about GIS has changed! Exploring the potential of ArcGIS online.

Improving the student learning experience through dialogic feed-forward assessment (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2017, December). Improving the student learning experience through dialogic feed-forward assessment. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Conference, Celtic Manor, Wales

Assessment feedback gains consistently low satisfaction scores in national surveys of student satisfaction, with most concern surrounding its timeliness, quality and effectiveness. We present the results of a two year qualitative study, thematically... Read More about Improving the student learning experience through dialogic feed-forward assessment.

Preparing for multi-disciplinary undergraduate research conferences (2017)
Journal Article
Hill, J., West, H., & Kneale, P. (2018). Preparing for multi-disciplinary undergraduate research conferences. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 42(1), 148-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2017.1402872

This is the first of two articles that offer guidance to help you maximize the benefits from participating in multi-disciplinary conferences. In this paper, we explain why you might wish to participate, identify the usual conference format and prepar... Read More about Preparing for multi-disciplinary undergraduate research conferences.

Making the most of multi-disciplinary undergraduate research conferences (2017)
Journal Article
Hill, J., West, H., & Kneale, P. (2018). Making the most of multi-disciplinary undergraduate research conferences. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 42(2), 311-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2017.1402873

This is the second of two Directions articles, which together offer guidance to help you gain the maximum benefit from participating in institutional and national multi-disciplinary undergraduate research conferences. The article focuses on how to ma... Read More about Making the most of multi-disciplinary undergraduate research conferences.

Dialogic feed-forward assessment: Re-energising the undergraduate essay (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2017, August). Dialogic feed-forward assessment: Re-energising the undergraduate essay. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, London, England

Assessment exercises a major influence on student learning and achievement (Boud 2007). Yet QAA subject reviews identify assessment practices as one of the weakest features of Higher Education (Rust et al. 2005). In terms of the student learning expe... Read More about Dialogic feed-forward assessment: Re-energising the undergraduate essay.

Achieving 100% pass rate and NSS feedback for a module: How we did it (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2017, June). Achieving 100% pass rate and NSS feedback for a module: How we did it. Paper presented at UWE Teaching & Learning Conference, UWE, Bristol

Assessment exercises a major influence on student learning and achievement (Boud 2007). Yet QAA reviews and pedagogic literature identify assessment practices as one of the weakest features of Higher Education (Rust et al. 2005). In terms of the stud... Read More about Achieving 100% pass rate and NSS feedback for a module: How we did it.

Becoming an effective Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Leader (2017)
Journal Article
West, H., Jenkins, R., & Hill, J. (2017). Becoming an effective Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Leader. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 41(3), 459-465. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2017.1315384

This paper, written by two former Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Leaders and a PAL Tutor, will support any geographer considering a PAL role. It reflects our experiences of participating in a PAL scheme at the University of the West of England, Bristol... Read More about Becoming an effective Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Leader.

Research, industry & the academy: Forging links & professionalizing graduates through conference assessment events (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Horswell, M., & West, H. (2017, February). Research, industry & the academy: Forging links & professionalizing graduates through conference assessment events. Paper presented at National Student Satisfaction (NSS) Survey: Best Practice Conference, University of the West of England, Bristol

Ready and able graduates are much more than subject knowledgeable, or equipped with transferable skills. Conference assessment events, using live briefs from researchers and external stakeholders, and that include industry representatives and academi... Read More about Research, industry & the academy: Forging links & professionalizing graduates through conference assessment events.

Improving the student experience through feedforward dialogic assessment (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2016, December). Improving the student experience through feedforward dialogic assessment. Paper presented at Journal of Geography in Higher Education - Celebration of Learning & Teaching in HE Geography, Royal Geographical Society

Assessment exercises a major influence on student learning and achievement (Boud 2007). Yet QAA subject reviews identify assessment practices as one of the weakest features of Higher Education (Rust et al. 2005). In terms of the student learning expe... Read More about Improving the student experience through feedforward dialogic assessment.

'Inspiring not insipid' Teaching & learning excellence from the students perspective (2016)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., & Usmari Moraes, M. (2016, June). 'Inspiring not insipid' Teaching & learning excellence from the students perspective. Presented at UWE Teaching & Learning Conference, Bristol, England

One of the keynote presentations at the UWE Teaching and Learning Conference 2016. Harry and Marcela share with you their experiences of teaching excellence. Highlighting examples from across departments within UWE and external events (such as the Br... Read More about 'Inspiring not insipid' Teaching & learning excellence from the students perspective.

Welcome to the pedagogic borderlands (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2016, June). Welcome to the pedagogic borderlands. Paper presented at UWE Teaching & Learning Conference, UWE, Bristol

This paper will invite you to let go of the familiar and to consider how learning spaces in higher education might be used creatively for pedagogic practice as ‘borderlands’. The borderland concept allows a re-conceptualisation of pedagogic spaces, i... Read More about Welcome to the pedagogic borderlands.

Win! Win! Win! Win! A case study of student / tutor / researcher / technician collaboration in teaching & research integration (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Horswell, M., Quinn, N., West, H., & Satchell, P. (2016, June). Win! Win! Win! Win! A case study of student / tutor / researcher / technician collaboration in teaching & research integration. Paper presented at UWE Teaching & Learning Conference, UWE, Bristol

Researchers at the Centre for Floods, Communities and Resilience and academics in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management have involved undergraduate students in the activities of the research centre. Researchers needed ways of encou... Read More about Win! Win! Win! Win! A case study of student / tutor / researcher / technician collaboration in teaching & research integration.

Professionalizing assessment using ArcGIS online (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Horswell, M., & West, H. (2016, May). Professionalizing assessment using ArcGIS online. Paper presented at ESRI UK Annual Conference, London, England

Professionalizing Assessment using ArcGIS Online

Undergraduate research: Supporting teaching & learning & developing graduate attributes (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., West, H., & Usmari Moraes, M. (2016, January). Undergraduate research: Supporting teaching & learning & developing graduate attributes. Paper presented at UWE Teaching & Learning Best Practice Conference, Bristol, England

In this paper academic staff and undergraduate students will encourage you to consider the relevance of undergraduate research within and beyond the curriculum.We will showcase UWE participation in the British Conference of Undergraduate Research and... Read More about Undergraduate research: Supporting teaching & learning & developing graduate attributes.

Developing self-authorship through participation in student research conferences (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., Walkington, H., & West, H. (2015, September). Developing self-authorship through participation in student research conferences. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Exeter, England

Graduate attributes are a framework of skills, attitudes, values and knowledge that graduates should develop by the end of their degree programmes. Such attributes can be integrated into both curricular and extra-curricular activities. Adopting a lar... Read More about Developing self-authorship through participation in student research conferences.

Research partnership inside & outside the curriculum: Opportunities, benefits, & challenges (2015)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Jenkins, R., & Hill, J. (2015, April). Research partnership inside & outside the curriculum: Opportunities, benefits, & challenges. Paper presented at British Conference of Undergraduate Research, Winchester, England

Drawing on the experiences of two undergraduate students and an academic staff member based in the discipline of geography, this paper will explore the opportunities for student-student and student-staff partnership in research before progressing to... Read More about Research partnership inside & outside the curriculum: Opportunities, benefits, & challenges.