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Fresh thinking about academic development: authentic, transformative, disruptive? (2015)
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Loads, D., & Campbell, F. (2015). Fresh thinking about academic development: authentic, transformative, disruptive?. International Journal for Academic Development, 20(4), 355-369. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2015.1083866

We highlight three ways of conceptualising and enacting academic development: firstly as authentic, practice-based activity, secondly in terms of a new transformative paradigm for academic development units (ADUs), and thirdly as a space for disrupti... Read More about Fresh thinking about academic development: authentic, transformative, disruptive?.

Flexibility of bunyavirus genomes: creation of an orthobunyavirus with an ambisense S segment (2015)
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van Knippenberg, I., & Elliott, R. (2015). Flexibility of bunyavirus genomes: creation of an orthobunyavirus with an ambisense S segment. Journal of Virology, 89(10), https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.03595-14

The Bunyamwera (BUNV) orthobunyavirus NSs protein has proven a challenge to study in the context of viral infection. NSs is encoded in a reading frame that overlaps that of the viral nucleocapsid (N) protein thus limiting options for mutagenesis. In... Read More about Flexibility of bunyavirus genomes: creation of an orthobunyavirus with an ambisense S segment.

Does attending a large science event enthuse young people about science careers? (2015)
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Illingworth, S., Lewis, E., & Percival, C. (2015). Does attending a large science event enthuse young people about science careers?. Journal of Science Communication, 14(2), https://doi.org/10.22323/2.14020206

A survey was conducted during the University of Manchester’s 2014 ‘Science Extravaganza’, which saw the participation of over 900 Key Stage 3 (ages 11–14) students in a range of interactive demonstrations, all run by active University researchers. Th... Read More about Does attending a large science event enthuse young people about science careers?.

Interactive and Interdisciplinary Student Work: A Facilitative Methodology to Encourage Lifelong Learning (2015)
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Blake, J., & Illingworth, S. (2015). Interactive and Interdisciplinary Student Work: A Facilitative Methodology to Encourage Lifelong Learning. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 17(2), 108-118. https://doi.org/10.5456/WPLL.17.2SI.107

In order to support and facilitate continuous learning and a growth mindset, it is essential that students be exposed to learning opportunities that explicitly allow them to apply and practice what they have learned. (Dweck, 2007)This paper focuses o... Read More about Interactive and Interdisciplinary Student Work: A Facilitative Methodology to Encourage Lifelong Learning.

An Extended, Problem-Based Learning Laboratory Exercise on the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases Suitable for Large Level 1 Undergraduate Biology Classes (2015)
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Tatner, M., & Tierney, A. (2016). An Extended, Problem-Based Learning Laboratory Exercise on the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases Suitable for Large Level 1 Undergraduate Biology Classes. Journal of Biological Education, 50(1), 54-60. https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2014.1002520

The development and evaluation of a two-week laboratory class, based on the diagnosis of human infectious diseases, is described. It can be easily scaled up or down, to suit class sizes from 50 to 600 and completed in a shorter time scale, and to dif... Read More about An Extended, Problem-Based Learning Laboratory Exercise on the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases Suitable for Large Level 1 Undergraduate Biology Classes.

Developing key skills as a science communicator: Case studies of two scientist-led outreach programmes (2015)
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Illingworth, S. M., & Roop, H. A. (2015). Developing key skills as a science communicator: Case studies of two scientist-led outreach programmes. Geosciences, 5(1), 2-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences5010002

Outreach by scientific researchers in school classrooms often results in widespread benefit for learners, classroom teachers and researchers. This paper presents a consideration of these benefits using two case studies in the Geography, Earth and Env... Read More about Developing key skills as a science communicator: Case studies of two scientist-led outreach programmes.

Crowdsourcing for climate and atmospheric sciences: Current status and future potential (2015)
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Muller, C., Chapman, L., Johnston, S., Kidd, C., Illingworth, S., Foody, G., Overeem, A., & Leigh, R. (2015). Crowdsourcing for climate and atmospheric sciences: Current status and future potential. International Journal of Climatology, 35(11), 3185-3203. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4210

Crowdsourcing is traditionally defined as obtaining data or information by enlisting the services of a (potentially large) number of people. However, due to recent innovations, this definition can now be expanded to include ‘and/or from a range of pu... Read More about Crowdsourcing for climate and atmospheric sciences: Current status and future potential.

Social Media Adoption in Adult Education ‒ Administrators' Experience (2014)
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Šliogerienė, J., Valūnaitė Oleškevičienė, G., Fotheringham, J., & Palfreyman, K. J. (2015). Social Media Adoption in Adult Education ‒ Administrators' Experience. Public Policy and Administration, 13(4), 690-703. https://doi.org/10.13165/VPA-14-13-4-11

The rapid development of social media poses a multitude of considerations on this technology adoption. The emphasis in literature is put mainly on student or teacher perspective and less emphasis is dedicated upon administrators who also represent an... Read More about Social Media Adoption in Adult Education ‒ Administrators' Experience.

Atmospheric composition and thermodynamic retrievals from the ARIES airborne TIR-FTS system--Part 2: Validation and results from aircraft campaigns (2014)
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Allen, G., Illingworth, S., O'Shea, S., Newman, S., Vance, A., Bauguitte, S., Marenco, F., Kent, J., Bower, K., Gallagher, M., Muller, J., Percival, C., Harlow, C., Lee, J., & Taylor, J. (2014). Atmospheric composition and thermodynamic retrievals from the ARIES airborne TIR-FTS system--Part 2: Validation and results from aircraft campaigns. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 7(12), 4401-4416. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4401-2014

This study validates trace gas and thermodynamic retrievals from nadir infrared spectroscopic measurements recorded by the UK Met Office Airborne Research Interferometer Evaluation System (ARIES) – a thermal infrared, Fourier transform spectrometer (... Read More about Atmospheric composition and thermodynamic retrievals from the ARIES airborne TIR-FTS system--Part 2: Validation and results from aircraft campaigns.

Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes and their regional scalability for the European Arctic wetlands during the MAMM project in summer 2012 (2014)
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O'Shea, S. J., Allen, G., Gallagher, M. W., Bower, K., Illingworth, S., Muller, J., Jones, B. T., Percival, C., Bauguitte, S., Cain, M., Warwick, N., Quiquet, A., Skiba, U., Drewer, J., Dinsmore, K., Nisbet, E., Lowry, D., Fisher, R., France, J., Aurela, M., …Pyle, J. (2014). Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes and their regional scalability for the European Arctic wetlands during the MAMM project in summer 2012. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14(23), 13159-13174. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-13159-2014

Airborne and ground-based measurements of methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2) and boundary layer thermodynamics were recorded over the Fennoscandian landscape (67–69.5° N, 20–28° E) in July 2012 as part of the MAMM (Methane and other greenhouse gases... Read More about Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes and their regional scalability for the European Arctic wetlands during the MAMM project in summer 2012.

Poetic Transcription: An Option in Supporting the Early Career Academic? (2014)
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Smart, F. (2014). Poetic Transcription: An Option in Supporting the Early Career Academic?. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 2(3), https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v2i3.114

This on the horizon paper concerns early career academics and their developing roles in the context of a focus on transitions into higher education. Despite a purported dearth of data in respect of the early career academic, it suggests that challeng... Read More about Poetic Transcription: An Option in Supporting the Early Career Academic?.

Airborne measurements of HC(O)OH in the European Arctic: A winter – summer comparison (2014)
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Jones, B. T., Muller, J. B., O'Shea, S. J., Bacak, A., Le Breton, M., Bannan, T. J., Leather, K. E., Booth, A. M., Illingworth, S., Bower, K., Gallagher, M. W., Allen, G., Shallcross, D. E., Bauguitte, S. J., Pyle, J. A., & Percival, C. J. (2014). Airborne measurements of HC(O)OH in the European Arctic: A winter – summer comparison. Atmospheric Environment, 99, 556-567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.10.030

This study represents the first airborne, in-situ measurements of HC(O)OH in the European Arctic, across the winter and summer seasons. HC(O)OH concentrations are under predicted at present, particularly in the mid to high northern latitudes. Data pr... Read More about Airborne measurements of HC(O)OH in the European Arctic: A winter – summer comparison.

Watch this space: childhood, picturebooks and comics (2014)
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Gibson, M., Nabizadeh, G., & Sambell, K. (2014). Watch this space: childhood, picturebooks and comics. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 5(3), 241-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2014.943013

This is a special issue of Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics exploring the relationships of picturebooks and comics with notions of childhood. There have been productive readings in relation to the mechanics of both these media such as Maria Nikol... Read More about Watch this space: childhood, picturebooks and comics.

Atmospheric composition and thermodynamic retrievals from the ARIES airborne FTS system – Part 1: Technical aspects and simulated capability (2014)
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Illingworth, S., Allen, G., Newman, S., Vance, A., Marenco, F., Harlow, R., Taylor, J., Moore, D., & Remedios, J. (2014). Atmospheric composition and thermodynamic retrievals from the ARIES airborne FTS system – Part 1: Technical aspects and simulated capability. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 7(4), 10833-10887. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-1133-2014

In this study we present an assessment of the retrieval capability of the Airborne Research Interferometer Evaluation System (ARIES): an airborne remote-sensing Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) operated on the UK Facility for Airborne Atmospheric... Read More about Atmospheric composition and thermodynamic retrievals from the ARIES airborne FTS system – Part 1: Technical aspects and simulated capability.

Measurement of boundary layer ozone concentrations on-board a Skywalker unmanned aerial vehicle (2014)
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Illingworth, S., Allen, G., Percival, C., Hollingsworth, P., Gallagher, M., Ricketts, H., Hayes, H., Ładosz, P., Crawley, D., & Roberts, G. (2014). Measurement of boundary layer ozone concentrations on-board a Skywalker unmanned aerial vehicle. Atmospheric Science Letters, 15(4), 252--258. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl2.496

This study demonstrates novel measurements of in situ ozone (O3) concentrations and thermodynamics sampled on‐board an instrumented Skywalker Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Small spatial and temporal gradients were observed over a localized region, w... Read More about Measurement of boundary layer ozone concentrations on-board a Skywalker unmanned aerial vehicle.

The Blue Marble: a model for primary school STEM outreach (2013)
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Muller, C. L., Roberts, S., Wilson, R., Remedios, J., Illingworth, S., Graves, R., …Desai, A. (2013). The Blue Marble: a model for primary school STEM outreach. Physics Education, 48(2), 176. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/48/2/176

As part of 'The Blue Marble' project, the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham, UK, have developed day-long, interdisciplinary, hands-on workshops for primary schools to introduce space technology and the role of the research scientist. The works... Read More about The Blue Marble: a model for primary school STEM outreach.

Airborne observations of trace gases over boreal Canada during BORTAS: campaign climatology, air mass analysis and enhancement ratios (2013)
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O'Shea, S., Allen, G., Gallagher, M., Bauguitte, S., Illingworth, S., Le Breton, M., Muller, J., Percival, C., Archibald, A., Oram, D., Parrington, M., Palmer, P., & Lewis, A. (2013). Airborne observations of trace gases over boreal Canada during BORTAS: campaign climatology, air mass analysis and enhancement ratios. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13(24), 12451-12467. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-12451-2013

In situ airborne measurements were made over eastern Canada in summer 2011 as part of the BORTAS experiment (Quantifying the impact of BOReal forest fires on Tropospheric oxidants over the Atlantic using Aircraft and Satellites). In this paper we pre... Read More about Airborne observations of trace gases over boreal Canada during BORTAS: campaign climatology, air mass analysis and enhancement ratios.

Student generated content: pedagogy and practice (2013)
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Fotheringham, J., & Smyth, K. (2013). Student generated content: pedagogy and practice. Social Media: Challenges and opportunities for education in modern society: Research Papers, 1(1), 5-8

Digitally supported pedagogical approaches made possible by developments in technology, and in particular by Web 2.0, are continuing to create new opportunities for learning, teaching and assessment in Higher Education. The use of student-generated c... Read More about Student generated content: pedagogy and practice.

Edgy humour in the classroom: a case study of risks and rewards (2013)
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Carver, M. (2013). Edgy humour in the classroom: a case study of risks and rewards. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v1i1.42

The purpose of this study was to explore the role of humour in the classroom from a learning climate perspective, allowing for greater risk and spontaneity. A case study was devised in a UK primary school where the teacher would give humour top prior... Read More about Edgy humour in the classroom: a case study of risks and rewards.