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Re-politicising Anti-Trafficking: Migration, labour, and the war in Ukraine
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharapov, K., & Mendel, J. (2024, May). Re-politicising Anti-Trafficking: Migration, labour, and the war in Ukraine. Presented at 33rd session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), Vienna, Austria

Presentation at the side event on Human trafficking and exploitation in the context of armed conflicts: perspectives from Africa, Europe, and Latin America at the 33rd session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), United... Read More about Re-politicising Anti-Trafficking: Migration, labour, and the war in Ukraine.

Stratified coalitions and political individualisation: a structural analysis of organisations and their affiliates in Irish climate politics
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wagner, P. (2024, March). Stratified coalitions and political individualisation: a structural analysis of organisations and their affiliates in Irish climate politics. Presented at CPN-CSS Network Conference 2024, Online

Coalitions that engage in political advocacy are constituted by organisations, which are made up of individuals and organisational sub-units. Comparing the coalition-building behaviour of organisations to the equivalent behaviours of their constituen... Read More about Stratified coalitions and political individualisation: a structural analysis of organisations and their affiliates in Irish climate politics.

Supporting new taught postgraduate students to manage and overcome "digital shock"
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harte, P., Critchley, B., & Jackin, J. (2024, June). Supporting new taught postgraduate students to manage and overcome "digital shock". Presented at AGCAS Annual Conference 2024, Sheffield, UK

In recent years, there has been an identified "digital shock" amongst international students in the UK higher education (HE) sector. This has been highlighted by Jisc’s (2023) report on the need for the UK HE sector to address how it supports the dig... Read More about Supporting new taught postgraduate students to manage and overcome "digital shock".

Patient and public involvement in the design and conduct of a PhD research project: rationale, process, outcomes and lessons learned
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ryan, C. (2024, June). Patient and public involvement in the design and conduct of a PhD research project: rationale, process, outcomes and lessons learned. Paper presented at Royal College of Occupational Therapy Conference 2024, Online

Patient and public involvement (PPI) is crucial to and increasingly mandated in intervention development to ensure relevance, effectiveness and acceptability. Despite this, systematic implementation guidance remains scarce, particularly regarding equ... Read More about Patient and public involvement in the design and conduct of a PhD research project: rationale, process, outcomes and lessons learned.

Richard Aldington's Hellenism and the new Modernist Studies
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2024, May). Richard Aldington's Hellenism and the new Modernist Studies. Paper presented at Emerging Perspectives in H.D.’s Hellenic Modernity and the Future of New Modernist Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece [online]

Contribution to roundtable on ‘H.D. and Richard Aldington: “It was you who taught me to love those things…”.’ Other participants: Prof Elizabeth Vandiver (Whitman College, USA), Dr Caroline Zilboorg (Clare Hall, Cambridge) Conference: Emerging Per... Read More about Richard Aldington's Hellenism and the new Modernist Studies.

Norman Nicholson and rural wartime
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2024, May). Norman Nicholson and rural wartime. Presented at Cultural Landscapes, University of Cumbria, Ambleside

A different version of this paper is published as ‘Rural modernity and wartime in Norman Nicholson’s poetry.’ Modernist Cultures. See corresponding entry.

The humanities and Higher Education in the UK and beyond: lineages and legacies
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2024, February). The humanities and Higher Education in the UK and beyond: lineages and legacies. Presented at The Humanities Today: Global and Social Responsibilities, IIS University, Jaipur, India

I argue for the need to maintain democratic and egalitarian principles of access to higher education in the face of the many challenges of the present day. I think about this in terms of both the broadening of literary canons and the development of... Read More about The humanities and Higher Education in the UK and beyond: lineages and legacies.

State of Practice: LLMs in Software Engineering and Software Architecture
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jahic, J., & Sami, A. (2024, June). State of Practice: LLMs in Software Engineering and Software Architecture. Paper presented at 21st IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA 2024): 3rd International Workshop on Software Architecture and Machine Learning, Hyderabad, India

Large Language Models (LLMs) are finding their way into Software Engineering by assisting with tasks such as code generation. Furthermore, LLMs might have a potential to perform even more complex tasks, such as suggesting architectural design. Howeve... Read More about State of Practice: LLMs in Software Engineering and Software Architecture.

Discursive constructions of professional identity - the myth of the midwife
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McLuckie, C. (2022, November). Discursive constructions of professional identity - the myth of the midwife. Paper presented at Scotland Maternity and Midwifery Festival 2022, Edinburgh, UK

This paper discusses a discourse analysis of regulatory policy which formed part of my doctoral study ‘Powers, passages and passengers: the construction and performance of student midwives’ professional identities’ (Mcluckie, 2021). The title employs... Read More about Discursive constructions of professional identity - the myth of the midwife.

Surfacing the self-evident in anti-racist pedagogic research: how to ask the wrong people the right questions, and how not to ask the right people anything at all
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McLuckie, C. (2024, June). Surfacing the self-evident in anti-racist pedagogic research: how to ask the wrong people the right questions, and how not to ask the right people anything at all. Paper presented at The Gathering: Edinburgh Napier's Learning & Teaching Conference, Edinburgh, UK

Our Strategic Enhancement Project did not generate anything surprising. That doesn’t mean it didn’t generate anything important. It aimed to consider whether using an adapted ‘Decolonising Midwifery: Education Toolkit' (Royal College of Midwives, 202... Read More about Surfacing the self-evident in anti-racist pedagogic research: how to ask the wrong people the right questions, and how not to ask the right people anything at all.

Biomethane for Heavy Goods Transport: Exploring attitudes of freight operators in Europe
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Valantasis, N., Plant, E., & Zhang, X. (2024, June). Biomethane for Heavy Goods Transport: Exploring attitudes of freight operators in Europe. Paper presented at 36th NOFOMA Conference, Stockholm, Sweden

Purpose This study investigates the attitudes and perceptions of European freight operators towards adopting biomethane-fuelled heavy goods vehicles (BM-HGVs), to support decarbonisation of road freight transport. Design/methodology/approach Em... Read More about Biomethane for Heavy Goods Transport: Exploring attitudes of freight operators in Europe.

Career Development Strategies in the Scottish Screen Sector: From Film Bang to Filming Boom
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Correia, N. (2024, June). Career Development Strategies in the Scottish Screen Sector: From Film Bang to Filming Boom. Paper presented at Scottish Film and TV: Where are we now? Symposium, Edinburgh

This paper examines the evolution of the freelance screen workforce in Scotland over the last half-century and reflects on career sustainability strategies in the Scottish screen production sector, based on the experiences of freelancers. Drawing on... Read More about Career Development Strategies in the Scottish Screen Sector: From Film Bang to Filming Boom.

Employability attributes: Meeting deadlines, time management
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cameron, J., Gutu, M., & Kurtzke, S. (2024, June). Employability attributes: Meeting deadlines, time management. Presented at Marketing Professional Advisory Group Meeting, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

This talk aims to excavate marketing practitioner insights on whether meeting deadlines and time management are important graduate attributes that should be carefully considered in an employability-focused curriculum. The presentation sets out debat... Read More about Employability attributes: Meeting deadlines, time management.

A practical introduction to digital and information literacy frameworks for apprentices
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Secker, J., & Feeney, D. (2024, June). A practical introduction to digital and information literacy frameworks for apprentices. Presented at CILIP Information Literacy Group, Online seminar

An introductory session aimed at apprentices working in the UK public library sector. The session presents an outline of digital and information literacy frameworks and of how these can practically be applied in such environments.

Occult Revival: Lewis Spence’s Weird Renaissance
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyall, S. (2024, July). Occult Revival: Lewis Spence’s Weird Renaissance. Paper presented at The World Congress of Scottish Literatures, University of Nottingham, England

This paper suggest that Lewis Spence’s work – or some of it: specifically, some of his poetry in Scots – evokes the sense of 'The Weird' as defined by Mark Fisher; that is, as Fisher writes in his Introduction to The Weird and the Eerie (2016): ‘the... Read More about Occult Revival: Lewis Spence’s Weird Renaissance.

Integrating AI Literacy in Higher Education: A Practical Framework
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kurtzke, S. (2024, June). Integrating AI Literacy in Higher Education: A Practical Framework. Poster presented at The Gathering: Edinburgh Napier's Learning & Teaching Conference, Edinburgh, UK

This project is a rapid response to the UK Russell Group's 2023 first principle on the use of generative AI (GAI) tools to "support student and staff to become AI literate" (Russell Group, 2023, p. 1). The author, a lecturer in marketing, developed a... Read More about Integrating AI Literacy in Higher Education: A Practical Framework.

AI Literacy Framework for Marketing Education and Assessment Design.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kurtzke, S. (2024, June). AI Literacy Framework for Marketing Education and Assessment Design. Presented at Marketing Professional Advisory Group Meeting, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

This talk aims to collect feedback from marketing practitioners on an evidence-based AI Literacy Framework that shows how higher-order human and applied AI skills can be embedded in marketing curricula and through assessment. It sets out debates on A... Read More about AI Literacy Framework for Marketing Education and Assessment Design..