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The collaborative use of career information by young people and career advisers: A thematic content analysis of career counselling records (2024)
Journal Article
Milosheva, M., Robertson, P., Cruickshank, P., & Hall, H. (2024). The collaborative use of career information by young people and career advisers: A thematic content analysis of career counselling records. Australian Journal of Career Development, 33(1), 72-81. https://doi.org/10.1177/10384162241232267

This study explores the career information-seeking behaviours of young people and career advisers. These are examined through the interrogation of a secondary data set held by Scotland's national skills agency, Skills Development Scotland. Descriptiv... Read More about The collaborative use of career information by young people and career advisers: A thematic content analysis of career counselling records.

Information Literacy Impact Framework (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Ryan, B., Cruickshank, P., & Milosheva, M. (in press). Information Literacy Impact Framework. In ECIL2023 (15-27). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52998-6_2

This paper presents findings from a scoping review of academic literature reporting on information literacy (IL) impact. It is intended to deliver considerations towards a framework for impactful IL interventions, including development of parameters... Read More about Information Literacy Impact Framework.

Translated transcription of a focus group with participative councillors, for information literacy research in Brazil (2023)
Dataset
Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2023). Translated transcription of a focus group with participative councillors, for information literacy research in Brazil. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.17869/enu.2023.3407211

This focus group took place on 24 January 2019, in São Paulo city hall. It was held in English and Portuguese with eight participative councillors, with in situ interpretation. The outcome of the research was a paper presenting an evaluation of the i... Read More about Translated transcription of a focus group with participative councillors, for information literacy research in Brazil.

An information literacy lens on community representation for participatory budgeting in Brazil (2023)
Journal Article
Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2023). An information literacy lens on community representation for participatory budgeting in Brazil. Journal of Information Literacy, 17(2), 46-68. https://doi.org/10.11645/17.2.5

This paper presents an evaluation of the information literacies used by community representatives when engaging with participatory budgeting in São Paulo City, Brazil. Using questions established from context-setting interviews with stakeholders, a f... Read More about An information literacy lens on community representation for participatory budgeting in Brazil.

Information literacy and society: A report to present findings from a review of literature on the impact of information literacy on society (2023)
Report
Ryan, B., Cruickshank, P., & Milosheva, M. (2023). Information literacy and society: A report to present findings from a review of literature on the impact of information literacy on society. Media and Information Literacy Alliance

This report presents findings from a review of literature reporting on the impact of information literacy (IL) on society. It is intended to deliver considerations on how academic research into IL can positively affect society, building on the 2022 I... Read More about Information literacy and society: A report to present findings from a review of literature on the impact of information literacy on society.

Responsible Design & Evaluation of a Conversational Agent for a National Careers Service (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Wilson, M., Cruickshank, P., Gkatzia, D., & Robertson, P. (in press). Responsible Design & Evaluation of a Conversational Agent for a National Careers Service.

This PhD project applies a research-through-design approach to the development of a conversational agent for a national career service for young people. This includes addressing practical, interactional and ethical aspects of the system. For each asp... Read More about Responsible Design & Evaluation of a Conversational Agent for a National Careers Service.

The Career Information Podcast (2023)
Digital Artefact
(2023). The Career Information Podcast. [Podcast]

This series of podcasts explores the topic of career information. It is the product of a collaboration between staff and students in the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment (SCEBE) and the School of Applied Sciences (SAS).... Read More about The Career Information Podcast.

Stakeholder perspectives of Internationalisation of Universities in China’s non-first-tier Cities: A Case Study (2023)
Journal Article
Cruickshank, P., Luo, L., & Richards, K. (2023). Stakeholder perspectives of Internationalisation of Universities in China’s non-first-tier Cities: A Case Study. Internationalisation of Higher Education – Policy and Practice, 2023(1), https://doi.org/10.36197/INT.1-2023.01

Internationalisation of higher education (IoHE) is used by a growing number of non-first-tier cities in China make their universities more globally competitive. However, we only have limited understandings about the strategies, drivers and challenges... Read More about Stakeholder perspectives of Internationalisation of Universities in China’s non-first-tier Cities: A Case Study.

Capturing career information use in everyday life: introducing the CIEL conceptual framework (2022)
Journal Article
Milosheva, M., Hall, H., Robertson, P., & Cruickshank, P. (2022). Capturing career information use in everyday life: introducing the CIEL conceptual framework. Information Research, 27, https://doi.org/10.47989/irisic2217

Introduction. Everyday career information use is not fully addressed by extant theories, models, and frameworks. In this paper, a conceptual framework of career information behaviour and career information literacy in everyday life is presented. Meth... Read More about Capturing career information use in everyday life: introducing the CIEL conceptual framework.

Information literacy impact framework: Final project report (2022)
Report
Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Milosheva, M. (2022). Information literacy impact framework: Final project report

This report presents findings from a review of literature reporting on information literacy (IL) impact. It is intended to deliver considerations towards a framework for impactful IL interventions, including development of parameters to guide impact... Read More about Information literacy impact framework: Final project report.

Opportunities and risks in the use of AI in career development practice (2022)
Journal Article
Wilson, M., Robertson, P., Cruickshank, P., & Gkatzia, D. (2022). Opportunities and risks in the use of AI in career development practice. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 48(1), 48-57. https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.4807

The Covid-19 pandemic required many aspects of life to move online. This accelerated a broader trend for increasing use of ICT and AI, with implications for both the world of work and career development. This article explores the potential benefits a... Read More about Opportunities and risks in the use of AI in career development practice.

New information literacy horizons: Making the case for career information literacy (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Milosheva, M., Hall, H., Robertson, P., & Cruickshank, P. (2022). New information literacy horizons: Making the case for career information literacy. In Information literacy in a post-truth era: 7th European Conference, ECIL 2021 (online), September 20–23, 2021, revised selected papers (239-252). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99885-1_21

A literature review on the broad theme of information literacy and work was undertaken between January and April 2021 as part of an on-going doctoral study. The purpose of the literature review was to explore extant research on workplace information... Read More about New information literacy horizons: Making the case for career information literacy.

A sequential explanatory methodology for the study of young people's career information literacy and career information behaviours (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Milosheva, M., Hall, H., Robertson, P., & Cruickshank, P. (2022). A sequential explanatory methodology for the study of young people's career information literacy and career information behaviours. In iConference 2022 Posters

In the information-rich post-pandemic employment environment, young people's career success is predicated on the extent to which they can apply career information to their career decision-making and career development learning processes. Taking heed... Read More about A sequential explanatory methodology for the study of young people's career information literacy and career information behaviours.

Tracking Stream Quality Issues in Combined Physical and Radar Sensors for IoT-based Data-driven Actuation (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Bamgboye, O., Liu, X., Cruickshank, P., Liu, Q., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Tracking Stream Quality Issues in Combined Physical and Radar Sensors for IoT-based Data-driven Actuation. In 2021 CIE International Conference on Radar (Radar). https://doi.org/10.1109/Radar53847.2021.10028325

In this paper, a stream quality tracking for measurements from combined radar and physical sensors is developed. The authors proposed the use of RDF stream processing system and semantic rules to provide semantic reasoning for tracking erroneous data... Read More about Tracking Stream Quality Issues in Combined Physical and Radar Sensors for IoT-based Data-driven Actuation.

The role of information in career development (2021)
Journal Article
Milosheva, M., Robertson, P., Cruickshank, P., & Hall, H. (2021). The role of information in career development. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 47(1), 12-20. https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.4703

The role of information in career development has received relatively little research attention. A literature review completed as part of a doctorate in the first half of 2021 indicates that career information features in only a small number of publi... Read More about The role of information in career development.

Evaluation of engagement with hyperlocal e-participation systems by citizens and representatives (2021)
Thesis
Cruickshank, P. Evaluation of engagement with hyperlocal e-participation systems by citizens and representatives. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2805712

This work is concerned with the information practices associated with hyperlocal representation. The findings derive from an evaluation of a portfolio of ten previously published papers covering the period 2010-2020. The main contributions are: (a... Read More about Evaluation of engagement with hyperlocal e-participation systems by citizens and representatives.

Workplace information literacy: Measures and methodological challenges (2021)
Journal Article
Widén, G., Ahmad, F., Nikou, S., Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2021). Workplace information literacy: Measures and methodological challenges. Journal of Information Literacy, 15(2), https://doi.org/10.11645/15.2.2812

This paper focuses information literacy (IL) from a methodological perspective, addressing quantitative IL measures, suitable for evaluating the role of IL in supporting work activities. IL in workplace contexts has so far mostly been studied using... Read More about Workplace information literacy: Measures and methodological challenges.