Dr David Smith's Outputs (62)

Transactional scaffolding improves learning engagement within blended learning environments in Scottish Higher Education (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, D. (2025, July). Transactional scaffolding improves learning engagement within blended learning environments in Scottish Higher Education. Presented at SEB Annual Conference Antwerp 2025, Antwerp

Promoting social engagement of Higher Education students through laboratory classes (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, D., & Chambers, G. (2024, September). Promoting social engagement of Higher Education students through laboratory classes. Presented at Bioscience Education Summit 2024, Clifton Campus of Nottingham Trent University

The opportunity to socialise is reported by higher education students as one of the major motivations for attending and staying on campus. However, many students are excluded from the traditional extracurricular social opportunities because of the de... Read More about Promoting social engagement of Higher Education students through laboratory classes.

The Future of Campus Life in a Blended Learning Landscape Within Higher Education (2023)
Thesis
Smith, D. The Future of Campus Life in a Blended Learning Landscape Within Higher Education. (Thesis). Tampere University of Applied Science. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3032925

Within the universities of the UK, the COVID pandemic necessitated a rapid change from face-to-face teaching to online learning. The affordances of this switch have been widely recognised by higher education institutes in terms of pedagogic and faci... Read More about The Future of Campus Life in a Blended Learning Landscape Within Higher Education.

Putting employer engagement at the heart of Higher Education degree programmes. Sharing Edinburgh Napier University’s experiences. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, D., & Hussian, M. (2015, September). Putting employer engagement at the heart of Higher Education degree programmes. Sharing Edinburgh Napier University’s experiences. Presented at 6th International Conference Education, Research & Development

Edinburgh Napier University has 50 year history of working with regional employers to develop programmes of study which produce appropriately skilled and qualified graduates. Recently, through the nationally funded Graduate Employability Project sev... Read More about Putting employer engagement at the heart of Higher Education degree programmes. Sharing Edinburgh Napier University’s experiences..

Ensuring standards of clinical care provided by veterinary nurses through regulation, registration and accredited training. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, D., Dougherty, K., & Yates, K. (2015, November). Ensuring standards of clinical care provided by veterinary nurses through regulation, registration and accredited training. Presented at 7th Kerala Veterinary Science Congress

The gestation of veterinary nursing as a recognised and self-regulated profession in the United Kingdom can be best described as long and difficult. Caught between the twin expectations and anxieties of the well-established professions of nursing an... Read More about Ensuring standards of clinical care provided by veterinary nurses through regulation, registration and accredited training..

Veterinary Nurse training in the UK (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cooper, B., & Smith, D. (2015, November). Veterinary Nurse training in the UK. Presented at 7th Kerala Veterinary Science Congress

Veterinary Nursing in the UK is still a relatively young profession. Whilst it is known that there were animal nurses in existence in the late 1800’s the role and title ‘Veterinary Nurse’ has only been fully
recognised since 1984. Opportunities to t... Read More about Veterinary Nurse training in the UK.

Regulations relating to Registered Veterinary Nurses in the United Kingdom. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, D., & Copper, B. (2015, November). Regulations relating to Registered Veterinary Nurses in the United Kingdom. Presented at 7th Kerala Veterinary Science Congress

Veterinary nursing is now a well recognise professional route in the UK. There is considerable capacity within the industry to increase the number of veterinary nurses employed. As the veterinary care sector of the economy continues to expand the r... Read More about Regulations relating to Registered Veterinary Nurses in the United Kingdom..

Value and training of veterinary nurses: Curriculum and qualification. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, D. (2014, November). Value and training of veterinary nurses: Curriculum and qualification. Presented at International workshop: Identifying priority areas in wildlife conservation and the role of KVASU

Towards a values-based person specification for recruitment of compassionate nursing and midwifery candidates: A study of registered and student nurses' and midwives' perceptions of prerequisite attributes and key skills (2014)
Journal Article
Waugh, A., Smith, D., Horsburgh, D., & Gray, M. (2014). Towards a values-based person specification for recruitment of compassionate nursing and midwifery candidates: A study of registered and student nurses' and midwives' perceptions of prerequisite attributes and key skills. Nurse Education Today, 34(9), 1190-1195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2013.12.009

Summary

Selection and retention of preregistration nursing and midwifery students are issues that exercise educators, universities and commissioning bodies both nationally and internationally. It has recently become an expectation that a values-ba... Read More about Towards a values-based person specification for recruitment of compassionate nursing and midwifery candidates: A study of registered and student nurses' and midwives' perceptions of prerequisite attributes and key skills.

Values-based attributes and key skills for nursing and midwifery candidates: the perceptions of registered and unregistered nurses and midwives. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Waugh, A., Smith, D., & Horsburgh, D. (2013, February). Values-based attributes and key skills for nursing and midwifery candidates: the perceptions of registered and unregistered nurses and midwives. Presented at Research and Innovation in the Recruitment and Retention of Pre-registration Nursing and Midwifery Students: NHS for Scotland Conference

Practical Donkey and Mule Nutrition (2013)
Book Chapter
Smith, D., & Burden, F. (2013). Practical Donkey and Mule Nutrition. In R. J. Geor, M. Coenen, & P. Harris (Eds.), Equine Applied and Clinical Nutrition: Health, Welfare and Performance (106-140). Saunders

Enabling candidates to demonstrate their compassionate and caring attributes during recruitment and selection. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Waugh, A., Smith, D., & Horsburgh, D. (2013, September). Enabling candidates to demonstrate their compassionate and caring attributes during recruitment and selection. Paper presented at 24th International Networking for Healthcare Education

Desirable values-based attributes and key skills of candidates: Perceptions of registered and unregistered nurses and midwives. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Waugh, A., Smith, D., & Horsburgh, D. (2013, February). Desirable values-based attributes and key skills of candidates: Perceptions of registered and unregistered nurses and midwives. Presented at NES Conference: Research and Innovation in the Recruitment and Retention of Pre-registration Nursing

The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK. (2012)
Book Chapter
Wood, S. J., Smith, D., Morriss, C. J., & Cuddeford, D. (2012). The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK. In M. Saastamoinen, M. J. Fradinho, A. S. Santos, & N. Miraglia (Eds.), Forages and grazing in horse nutrition (163-176). Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-755-4_17

Good pasture management on equine operations is essential to maintaining the productivity and value of the pasture as well as providing the proper nutrients and environment to grow a healthy horse. The objective of this paper is to provide an overvie... Read More about The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK..

Study to learn secrets of equine couch potatoes (2010)
Journal Article
Smith, D. (2010). Study to learn secrets of equine couch potatoes. Horsetalk.co.nz,

It is hoped the Big Brother tactics will deliver results useful in tackling growing levels of equine obesity.

Researchers hope the study will help them discover exactly what makes the equine equivalent of a couch potato.

One in three horses i... Read More about Study to learn secrets of equine couch potatoes.

'Big Brother' researchers to rein in horse obesity (2010)
Digital Artefact
Smith, D. (2010). 'Big Brother' researchers to rein in horse obesity. [News item]

RESEARCHERS have adopted Big Brother tactics to tackle growing levels of obesity in Britain’s horse population.

One in three horses, and over 80% of ponies, are currently believed to be in danger of fat-related health risks such as laminitis – the... Read More about 'Big Brother' researchers to rein in horse obesity.

Performance of five different electrospray ionisation sources in conjunction with rapid monolithic column liquid chromatography and fast MS/MS scanning. (2009)
Journal Article
Burgess, K. E. V., Lainson, A., Imrie, L., Fraser-Pitt, D. J., Yaga, R., Smith, D. G. E., Swart, R., Pitt, A. R., & Inglis, N. F. (2009). Performance of five different electrospray ionisation sources in conjunction with rapid monolithic column liquid chromatography and fast MS/MS scanning. Proteomics, 9, 1720-1726. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.200800200

The performances of five different ESI sources coupled to a polystyrene-divinylbenzene monolithic column were compared in a series of LC-ESI-MS/MS analyses of Escherichia coli outer membrane proteins. The sources selected for comparison included two... Read More about Performance of five different electrospray ionisation sources in conjunction with rapid monolithic column liquid chromatography and fast MS/MS scanning..

A preliminary study to investigate the physical activity, sedentary behaviour and energy balance in the grazing horse; potential opportunities to manage weight. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, D., & Hollands, T. (2013, October). A preliminary study to investigate the physical activity, sedentary behaviour and energy balance in the grazing horse; potential opportunities to manage weight. Presented at Proceedings of 48th British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) Congress

Donkey nutrition, Chapter 1 (2008)
Book Chapter
Smith, D., & Wood, S. (2008). Donkey nutrition, Chapter 1. In D. Svendsen (Ed.), The professional handbook of the donkey (10-27). Whttet Books

This chapter focus on the significant aspects regarding the nutrition of donkeys. Topics include: the donkey's natural feeding patterns, the structure of the donkey's gut, physical breakdown, chemical breakdown, the nature of donkey's food, water req... Read More about Donkey nutrition, Chapter 1.

The Mathematical Dog. (2008)
Digital Artefact
Smith, D. (2008). The Mathematical Dog

Extraordinary Animals Season 2 Episode 1 S2E1

Maggie is a seven-year-old Jack Russell that can do simple mathematical calculations by tapping correct answers using her paw. Animal experts travel to her Florida home to assess the claims for themse... Read More about The Mathematical Dog..