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Advocacy in Action: How a university shared reading project reaches homeless readers in Scotland (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray, A. (2021, March). Advocacy in Action: How a university shared reading project reaches homeless readers in Scotland. Paper presented at AdvanceHE Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference, Online

This paper provides genuine insight into the rationale for an approach to inclusivity that penetrates to the very edges of society. It underpins the need to find better methods to reach readers beyond the boundaries, for whom “books are more importan... Read More about Advocacy in Action: How a university shared reading project reaches homeless readers in Scotland.

The Love That Dare Not Solve Pre-Victorian Crimes (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bishop, D. (2017, September). The Love That Dare Not Solve Pre-Victorian Crimes. Paper presented at Criminal Heritage: Crime, Fiction, and History, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK

In recent decades gay and lesbian detectives have emerged as a growing, overt presence in crime fiction. But queer sleuths remain hard to find in historical mystery fiction, especially novels with pre-Victorian settings. Are market considerations or... Read More about The Love That Dare Not Solve Pre-Victorian Crimes.

Student beliefs as barriers to articulation (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Meharg, D., & Craighill, S. (2014, October). Student beliefs as barriers to articulation. Presented at IEEE 44th Annual Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference, Madrid, Spain

Eccles et al.’s ‘Expectancy-Value Model of Achievement Motivation’ (2000) states that ‘an individual’s choice, persistence, and performance can be explained by their beliefs about how well they will do on the activity and the extent to which they val... Read More about Student beliefs as barriers to articulation.

Belonging: Blurring the Boundaries (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Meharg, D., & Craighill, S. (2014, July). Belonging: Blurring the Boundaries. Presented at The European Conference on Education (ECE2014), Brighton

This paper explores Whitchurch’s (2008) notion of the ‘third space’ in the context of articulating students from Further Education to Higher Education. This research appropriates the term ‘third space’ and applies it to the emergent territory occupie... Read More about Belonging: Blurring the Boundaries.

Children's Reading Habits. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray, A. (2010, September). Children's Reading Habits. Paper presented at Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing

No abstract available.

We're trying to get back to normal here: a case-study of David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence" (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bishop, D. (2009, November). We're trying to get back to normal here: a case-study of David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence"

David Cronenberg is arguably one of the world’s most acclaimed cult directors, his films renowned for their depictions of body horror and transgressive outsiders. But five years ago he found himself enduring a run of critically acclaimed flops, with... Read More about We're trying to get back to normal here: a case-study of David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence".

A semester with the Sony eBook Reader. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Allan, D. (2009, October). A semester with the Sony eBook Reader. Paper presented at International Conference on the Book

The marketplace has seen the launch over the past two years of a plethora of products that can now handle digitised books on mobile devices. One of the most prominent of these has been the Sony e-book reader, principally because of its availability t... Read More about A semester with the Sony eBook Reader..

Bolshie teenagers and boring books: pre and post Potter. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray, A. (2009, October). Bolshie teenagers and boring books: pre and post Potter. Paper presented at 7th International Conference on the Book

A 1989 report provided both a snapshot of the contemporary role of reading in children’s lives and a basis upon which policies could be developed in order to encourage reading. The motivation for this work was both pragmatic and aspirational: a rever... Read More about Bolshie teenagers and boring books: pre and post Potter..

The Empire of books: reviewing the march of globalisation. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCleery, A. (2009, October). The Empire of books: reviewing the march of globalisation. Presented at 7th International Conference of the Book

The relationship between trade, political and cultural sovereignty, legal infrastructures and language lies at the core of this paper. Previous accounts of this relationship have been characterised either by a form of technological determinism and/or... Read More about The Empire of books: reviewing the march of globalisation..

The trials and travels of Lady Chatterley. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCleery, A. (2009, July). The trials and travels of Lady Chatterley. Paper presented at Lady Chatterley and her Consequences Conference

Letting others do the work for you: the use of a wiki in creating a large-scale dataset. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gunn, L. (2009, June). Letting others do the work for you: the use of a wiki in creating a large-scale dataset. Paper presented at Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing Conference

The problems of creating a large and diverse dataset for public online access are common across a number of fields and disciplines, particularly where the resources available to the researchers in terms of staffing, access and mobility are restricted... Read More about Letting others do the work for you: the use of a wiki in creating a large-scale dataset..

Putting tartan in the mix: the strange case of "Gideon Mack". (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCleery, A., & Copeland, C. (2009, June). Putting tartan in the mix: the strange case of "Gideon Mack". Paper presented at Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing Conference

Published in Scotland: publishing Scotland. (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCleery, A. (2001, October). Published in Scotland: publishing Scotland. Paper presented at Scottish Communication and Media Association

No abstract available.