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Plenary presentation and panel (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fotheringham, J. (2015, May). Plenary presentation and panel. Paper presented at Policy and Practice Summit for senior managers and student representatives (QAA Scotland

No abstract available.

Does attending a large science event enthuse young people about science careers? (2015)
Journal Article
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?.

Shape of caring recommendations. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Webster, B. (2015, April). Shape of caring recommendations. Presented at Nursing and Midwifery Council

No abstract available.

Interactive and Interdisciplinary Student Work: A Facilitative Methodology to Encourage Lifelong Learning (2015)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.