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Beyond the metrics: the importance of intangible assets in the HE context (2020)
Journal Article
Smart, F., Cleaver, E., & Robertson, A. (2020). Beyond the metrics: the importance of intangible assets in the HE context. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 8(2), https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v8i2.432

As a statement of fact, the Higher Education (HE) sector gathers data. Commonly these data are metrical in format, used in some way to report on some aspect of performativity, whether within the institution or beyond its bounds. This paper does not s... Read More about Beyond the metrics: the importance of intangible assets in the HE context.

Innovative Roles in Leading Community Engagement and Cooperation with employers: Case Study from a Bahraini University (2020)
Journal Article
Darwish, S., & Smart, F. (2020). Innovative Roles in Leading Community Engagement and Cooperation with employers: Case Study from a Bahraini University. Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, 21(4),

This paper adds to academic practice in a specific context – the Kingdom of Bahrain. Researchers give specific attention to the two case studies prepared, the first focusing on “Community Engagement Leadership” and the second on “Promoting Cooperativ... Read More about Innovative Roles in Leading Community Engagement and Cooperation with employers: Case Study from a Bahraini University.

Creative communication – using poetry and games to generate dialogue between scientists and nonscientists (2020)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S. (2020). Creative communication – using poetry and games to generate dialogue between scientists and nonscientists. FEBS Letters, 594(15), 2333-2338. https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.13891

Science communication is often perceived as an opportunity for scientists to broadcast their expertise and knowledge to a general public, so that this lay audience might better understand a specific field of study. However, in order for science to be... Read More about Creative communication – using poetry and games to generate dialogue between scientists and nonscientists.

Hybrid Gene Origination Creates Human-Virus Chimeric Proteins during Infection (2020)
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Ho, J. S. Y., Angel, M., Ma, Y., Sloan, E., Wang, G., Martinez-Romero, C., …Marazzi, I. (2020). Hybrid Gene Origination Creates Human-Virus Chimeric Proteins during Infection. Cell, 181(7), 1502-1517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.05.035

RNA viruses are a major human health threat. The life cycles of many highly pathogenic RNA viruses like influ-enza A virus (IAV) and Lassa virus depends on host mRNA, because viral polymerases cleave 50-m7G-cappedhost transcripts to prime viral mRNA... Read More about Hybrid Gene Origination Creates Human-Virus Chimeric Proteins during Infection.

Effective Science Communication: A practical guide to surviving as a scientist (Second Edition) (2020)
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Illingworth, S., & Allen, G. (2020). Effective Science Communication: A practical guide to surviving as a scientist (Second Edition). Bristol: IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/978-0-7503-2520-2

Being a scientist in the 21st century can be extremely demanding. In addition to conducting exceptional research we are expected to communicate it effectively to a variety of audiences, from scientists and students to policymakers and press officers.... Read More about Effective Science Communication: A practical guide to surviving as a scientist (Second Edition).

Does technology flatten authenticity? Exploring the use of digital storytelling as a learning tool in mental health nurse education (2020)
Journal Article
Smart, F., Conlon, M., & Mcintosh, G. (2020). Does technology flatten authenticity? Exploring the use of digital storytelling as a learning tool in mental health nurse education. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 29(3), 269-278. https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939X.2020.1760127

The paper reflects on digital story-telling as an approach designed to apply the theory of authentic learning in a co-productive context. It seeks to examine the theory of authenticity through the lens of digital stories. Design: A participant group... Read More about Does technology flatten authenticity? Exploring the use of digital storytelling as a learning tool in mental health nurse education.

In my remembered country: what poetry tells us about the changing perceptions of volcanoes between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries (2020)
Journal Article
Soldati, A., & Illingworth, S. (2020). In my remembered country: what poetry tells us about the changing perceptions of volcanoes between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries. Geoscience Communication, 3(1), 73-87. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-73-2020

In this study we investigate what poetry written about volcanoes from the 1800s to the present day reveals about the relationship between volcanoes and the societies and times represented by poets who wrote about them, including how it evolved over t... Read More about In my remembered country: what poetry tells us about the changing perceptions of volcanoes between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries.

“This bookmark gauges the depths of the human”: how poetry can help to personalise climate change (2020)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S. (2020). “This bookmark gauges the depths of the human”: how poetry can help to personalise climate change. Geoscience Communication, 3, 35-47. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-35-2020

By conducting a qualitative content analysis of 72 poems written about climate change by poets from across the world, this study demonstrates how these poets have interpreted the, at times, esoteric principles of climate change. The results of this s... Read More about “This bookmark gauges the depths of the human”: how poetry can help to personalise climate change.

Developing Reflective Thinking through Poetry Writing: Views from Students and Educators (2019)
Journal Article
Jack, K., & Illingworth, S. (2019). Developing Reflective Thinking through Poetry Writing: Views from Students and Educators. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2018-0064

Aims and Objectives To explore student nurse and educator perspectives on the use of poetry writing as a wayto reflect on important nursing practice issues. Background Reflective practice is a well-established method oflearning in pre-registration nu... Read More about Developing Reflective Thinking through Poetry Writing: Views from Students and Educators.

The other side of a magic mirror: Exploring collegiality in student and staff partnership work (2019)
Journal Article
Scoles, J., Huxham, M., Sinclair, K., Lewis, C., Jung, J., & Dougall, E. (2021). The other side of a magic mirror: Exploring collegiality in student and staff partnership work. Teaching in Higher Education, 26(5), 712-727. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2019.1677588

This article adds to the corpus of writing that examines collegiality's idealistic yet elusive nature in Higher Education by focusing specifically on how collegiality can be enacted in student–staff partnership work. An innovative initiative, ‘Stude... Read More about The other side of a magic mirror: Exploring collegiality in student and staff partnership work.

An early career perspective on encouraging collaborative and interdisciplinary research in ecology (2019)
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Pannell, J. L., Dencer‐Brown, A. M., Greening, S. S., Hume, E. A., Jarvis, R. M., Mathieu, C., Mugford, J., & Runghen, R. (2019). An early career perspective on encouraging collaborative and interdisciplinary research in ecology. Ecosphere, 10(10), Article e02899. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2899

There is a growing need for collaborative and interdisciplinary research in addressing global ecological challenges, and early career researchers (ECRs) often play a vital role in such ventures. But despite the desire for such approaches, forming new... Read More about An early career perspective on encouraging collaborative and interdisciplinary research in ecology.

Taking a Breath of the Wild: are geoscientists more effective than non-geoscientists in determining whether video game world landscapes are realistic? (2019)
Journal Article
Hut, R., Albers, C., Illingworth, S., & Skinner, C. (2019). Taking a Breath of the Wild: are geoscientists more effective than non-geoscientists in determining whether video game world landscapes are realistic?. Geoscience Communication, 2, 117-124. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-117-2019

From the wilderness of Hyrule, the continent of Tamriel, and the geographies of Middle Earth, players of video games are exposed to wondrous, fantastic, but ultimately fake, landscapes. Given the time people may spend in these worlds compared to the... Read More about Taking a Breath of the Wild: are geoscientists more effective than non-geoscientists in determining whether video game world landscapes are realistic?.

Developing science tabletop games: 'Catan' and global warming (2019)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S., & Wake, P. (2019). Developing science tabletop games: 'Catan' and global warming. Journal of Science Communication, 18(4), https://doi.org/10.22323/2.18040204

‘Catan’® (1995) is a multiplayer tabletop game with global sales of over 20 million copies. Presented here is an exploration of the steps that were taken in the development of the ‘Catan: Global Warming’ expansion, from prototype to final design. Dur... Read More about Developing science tabletop games: 'Catan' and global warming.

Assessment to Support Student Learning: Eight Challenges for 21st Century Practice (2019)
Journal Article
Sambell, K., Brown, S., & Race, P. (2019). Assessment to Support Student Learning: Eight Challenges for 21st Century Practice. All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (AISHE-J), 11(2), -

There are many challenges for the colleagues who teach and assess students in the twenty-first century, and in this article, we explore eight of these, proposing some practical ways forward building on the scholarship in the field, aiming to make ass... Read More about Assessment to Support Student Learning: Eight Challenges for 21st Century Practice.