Outputs (65)

A comparative study of prior learning for serving police officers in Canada and England and Wales, UK: Bridging the academic gap (2021)
Journal Article

The professionalisation of the police in Canada, and England and Wales has highlighted a gap in the education levels of new recruits and current serving police officers, motivating many of these officers
to complete a university degree. The prior ex... Read More about A comparative study of prior learning for serving police officers in Canada and England and Wales, UK: Bridging the academic gap.

Business schools in emerging markets: Why do they matter? (2021)
Digital Artefact

Methodological becoming: Doctoral students’ perceptions of their methodological journeys (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate and illustrate the potential relationships between doctoral students’ life histories and educational experiences and their methodological understanding and assumptions. Design/methodology/approach:... Read More about Methodological becoming: Doctoral students’ perceptions of their methodological journeys.

Student fears of oral presentations and public speaking in higher education: A qualitative survey (2021)
Journal Article

Oral presentations and public speaking are an important aspect of the student experience in the United Kingdom higher education. Many modules (self-contained units normally within a programme of study) use presentations as a form of assessment and re... Read More about Student fears of oral presentations and public speaking in higher education: A qualitative survey.

Online peer-mentoring for the development of cultural intelligence (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Cultural intelligence (CQ) and intercultural competence are key skills for the development of future global leaders and the recruitment of young graduates. Mentoring and coaching are increasingly used in Higher Education, yet we lack practical exampl... Read More about Online peer-mentoring for the development of cultural intelligence.

Use of blended learning to teach mathematics to first year economics students (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Traditional Higher Education providers have been increasingly embracing a more blended learning provisions for last couple of years. The rate of adoption has increased significantly following Covid-19 pandemic. Whilst blended learning is easier to ad... Read More about Use of blended learning to teach mathematics to first year economics students.

Academic dishonesty and research productivity in a changing higher education environment. The case of India’s engineering institutions (2021)
Journal Article

The Indian academic system is in a period of rapid transition, evidenced by the increasing number of higher education institutions, students and academics. However, very few studies have explored academics’ research productivity and the various facto... Read More about Academic dishonesty and research productivity in a changing higher education environment. The case of India’s engineering institutions.

Socially-Driven Enterprise Education: Exploring the effectiveness of socially-driven projects in developing students’ enterprise skills (2020)
Report

The growing interest in social enterprise has arguably changed the enterprise education landscape with HEIs increasingly embedding social enterprise into accredited programmes and developing extracurricular activities aimed at engendering social entr... Read More about Socially-Driven Enterprise Education: Exploring the effectiveness of socially-driven projects in developing students’ enterprise skills.

Developing online voice for teaching (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

With more teacher-student interaction online, our voice becomes our key tool for building healthy teacher-student relationships. So how do we develop our vocal confidence, and communicate our individuality, character and style through our voices? How... Read More about Developing online voice for teaching.

Assessment choice: Narrowing or widening gaps in achievement? (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Choice in assessment topic/mode is widely accepted as a means to reduce attainment gaps and engage students in learning (Price et al., 2012; O'Neill, 2011), as students from diverse backgrounds can 'play to their strengths' through choices reflecting... Read More about Assessment choice: Narrowing or widening gaps in achievement?.

A report on key achievements realizing thematic objectives of the international decade for people of African descent (2020)
Report

2015-2024 International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPAD) was launched at the United Nations Headquarters, New York in September 2014, by representatives of UN member states, international civil society and other stakeholders. This report... Read More about A report on key achievements realizing thematic objectives of the international decade for people of African descent.

Improving representation of female researchers in peer review and publishing (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

There is a significant under-representation of women in STEM research which is damaging societal progress for democratic, utilitarian and equity reasons. Academic grants and publishing are a key part of the problem as peer review is conducted for fre... Read More about Improving representation of female researchers in peer review and publishing.

In a man’s world: The experiences of women in academic employment in Nigerian universities (2020)
Thesis

Despite the fact that women are increasingly embracing academic opportunities, evidence suggest that not only are women numerically underrepresented in academic employment, their progress is often slowed down and stifled by a range of barriers and ch... Read More about In a man’s world: The experiences of women in academic employment in Nigerian universities.

Communities of Practice in the first-year business classroom: developing students’ meta-cognition for employability through modelling against future selves (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Assessment choice and student anxiety: widening the very gap we are seeking to close? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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?.

Architectures of Drawing: critical drawing as spatial practice (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Architectural drawing relies on long lasting traditions of projective abstraction. Often compared to such analogical processes of thinking as translation from drawing to building (Evans), these conventions define rules for constructing but also for f... Read More about Architectures of Drawing: critical drawing as spatial practice.

Exploring the impact of socially driven projects in developing students’ enterprise skills (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The growing interest in social enterprise has arguably changed the enterprise education landscape with HEIs increasingly embedding social enterprise into accredited programmes and developing extracurricular activities aimed at engendering social entr... Read More about Exploring the impact of socially driven projects in developing students’ enterprise skills.

Gender and research productivity of academics in South India's HEIs (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Conducting and publishing research is a very important aspect of any Higher Education System. In India, despite the rapid increase in the number of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), students and staff, very few studies have been conducted investi... Read More about Gender and research productivity of academics in South India's HEIs.

CPD What Do Award-winning Academics Do - Ed Devs 20.2 June 2019 (2019)
Journal Article

ICT Sustainability from Day One: Introducing New Computer Science Students at a UK University to Sustainability (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

As ICT impacts dramatically on the sustainability of the world and of individuals, both positive and negative, there is an urgent need to educate Computer Science students about Sustainability. This paper assesses the experience of a project to intro... Read More about ICT Sustainability from Day One: Introducing New Computer Science Students at a UK University to Sustainability.