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Science communication in the field of fundamental biomedical research (editorial) (2017)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S., & Prokop, A. (2017). Science communication in the field of fundamental biomedical research (editorial). Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 70, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.08.017

The aim of this special issue on science communication is to inspire and help scientists who are taking part or want to take part in science communication and engage with the wider public, clinicians, other scientists or policy makers. For this, some... Read More about Science communication in the field of fundamental biomedical research (editorial).

A cautionary tale: A study of a methane enhancement over the North Sea (2017)
Journal Article
Cain, M., Warwick, N. J., Fisher, R. E., Lowry, D., Lanoisellé, M., Nisbet, E. G., France, J., Pitt, J., O'Shea, S., Bower, K. N., Allen, G., Illingworth, S., Manning, A. J., Bauguitte, S., Pisso, I., & Pyle, J. A. (2017). A cautionary tale: A study of a methane enhancement over the North Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(14), 7630-7645. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017jd026626

Airborne measurements of a methane (CH4) plume over the North Sea from August 2013 are analyzed. The plume was only observed downwind of circumnavigated gas fields, and three methods are used to determine its source. First, a mass balance calculation... Read More about A cautionary tale: A study of a methane enhancement over the North Sea.

Professionalism in practice: new directions in learning, teaching and assessment in higher education (2017)
Book
Sambell, K., Brown, S., & Graham, L. (2017). Professionalism in practice: new directions in learning, teaching and assessment in higher education. Palgrave Macmillan

This book acts as a highly practical guide for new and experienced lecturers, learning supporters and leaders in Higher Education; and offers plentiful examples and vignettes showing how learning can be brought to life through activity and engagement... Read More about Professionalism in practice: new directions in learning, teaching and assessment in higher education.

Using shared reading to promote a sense of community – between 30,000 students, 10,000 staff and over 400+ miles. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baverstock, A., & Webster-Henderson, B. (2017, July). Using shared reading to promote a sense of community – between 30,000 students, 10,000 staff and over 400+ miles. Presented at HEA Annual Conference 2017 - Generation TEF: Teaching in the spotlight

Pre-arrival shared reading is currently flavour-of-the-month, with many universities actively considering involvement. How to frame the activity can be more contentious – should this be managed within organisational marketing, or pedagogic research?... Read More about Using shared reading to promote a sense of community – between 30,000 students, 10,000 staff and over 400+ miles..

Can pre-arrival shared reading help student transition? A two university case study. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bavistock, A., & Webster-Henderson, B. (2017, June). Can pre-arrival shared reading help student transition? A two university case study. Paper presented at 3rd international enhancement in higher education conference inspiring excellence - transforming the student experience

No abstract available.

The global challenges in nurse education. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Webster-Henderson, B. (2017, May). The global challenges in nurse education. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier University 1st International Health Conference

No abstract available.

Trapped Deep Beneath the Sewage: Representation of the University in Popular Music (2017)
Journal Article
Gossman, P., & Illingworth, S. (2017). Trapped Deep Beneath the Sewage: Representation of the University in Popular Music. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 5(3), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v5i3.254

This article reviews the lyrics of popular music in order to uncover how the ‘university’ is represented in this art form. The lyrics that feature university are coded into themes and these are discussed. The lyrics are initially coded to negative/po... Read More about Trapped Deep Beneath the Sewage: Representation of the University in Popular Music.

Delivering effective science communication: advice from a professional science communicator (2017)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S. (2017). Delivering effective science communication: advice from a professional science communicator. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 70, 10-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.04.002

Science communication is becoming ever more prevalent, with more and more scientists expected to not only communicate their research to a wider public, but to do so in an innovative and engaging manner. Given the other commitments that researchers an... Read More about Delivering effective science communication: advice from a professional science communicator.

Threshold Concepts in Academic Practice: Engagement with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2017)
Journal Article
Tierney, A. (2017). Threshold Concepts in Academic Practice: Engagement with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Practice and evidence of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education, 12(2), 165-184

This paper investigates the existence and nature of threshold concepts as experienced by a group of twenty-one teaching-focused academics, from life science departments in UK universities. Individuals were invited to take part in the study and asked... Read More about Threshold Concepts in Academic Practice: Engagement with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Beyond aspirations: deploying the capability approach to tackle the under-representation in higher education of young people from deprived communities (2017)
Journal Article
Campbell, L. A., & McKendrick, J. H. (2017). Beyond aspirations: deploying the capability approach to tackle the under-representation in higher education of young people from deprived communities. Studies in Continuing Education, 39(2), 120-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/0158037x.2017.1293630

This paper re-examines the low participation of young people from deprived communities through the lens of the capability approach. A fundamental problem for tackling widening participation is that much of the thinking of policymakers is grounded on... Read More about Beyond aspirations: deploying the capability approach to tackle the under-representation in higher education of young people from deprived communities.

International Students’ Unique Challenges – Why Understanding International Transitions to Higher Education Matters (2017)
Journal Article
Ecochard, S., & Fotheringham, J. (2017). International Students’ Unique Challenges – Why Understanding International Transitions to Higher Education Matters. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 5(2), 100-108. https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v5i2.261

International students represent a large and increasing share of the diversity encountered on British campuses, with 19% of the student body coming from another country to study in the United Kingdom. While the concept of transition in the context of... Read More about International Students’ Unique Challenges – Why Understanding International Transitions to Higher Education Matters.

Feedback, Feedforward, or Dialogue?: Defining a Model for Self-Regulated Learning (2017)
Book Chapter
Carver, M. (2017). Feedback, Feedforward, or Dialogue?: Defining a Model for Self-Regulated Learning. In Innovative Practices for Higher Education Assessment and Measurement; Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development (1-18). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0531-0.ch001

Better feedback is commonly demanded by students and institutions as a way of improving student satisfaction, encouraging more scholarly approaches to assessment, and building students' capacity for self-regulated learning. Student responses to surve... Read More about Feedback, Feedforward, or Dialogue?: Defining a Model for Self-Regulated Learning.

The essentials of nursing leadership (2016)
Book
Webster-Henderson, B. (2016). R. Taylor, & B. Webster-Henderson (Eds.). The essentials of nursing leadership. SAGE Publications

This new approach to leadership focuses on how students can develop your leadership skills right from the start of their nursing programme through to transitioning to their first role. The book first takes students through the underpinning knowledge... Read More about The essentials of nursing leadership.

Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating Strategies and Educational Approaches (2016)
Book
Leal Filho, W., Adamson, K., Dunk, R. M., Azeiteiro, U. M., Illingworth, S., & Alves, F. (Eds.). (2016). Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating Strategies and Educational Approaches. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28591-7

This book analyzes how climate change adaptation can be implemented at the community, regional and national level. Featuring a variety of case studies, it illustrates strategies, initiatives and projects currently being implemented across the world.... Read More about Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating Strategies and Educational Approaches.

Measurements of δ 13 C in CH 4 and using particle dispersion modeling to characterize sources of Arctic methane within an air mass (2016)
Journal Article
and using particle dispersion modeling to characterize sources of Arctic methane within an air mass. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121(23), https://doi.org/10.1002/2016jd026006

A stratified air mass enriched in methane (CH4) was sampled at ~600 m to ~2000 m altitude, between the north coast of Norway and Svalbard as part of the Methane in the Arctic: Measurements and Modelling campaign on board the UK's BAe‐146‐301 Atmosphe... Read More about Measurements of δ 13 C in CH 4 and using particle dispersion modeling to characterize sources of Arctic methane within an air mass.