The Development of a Holistic and Quantitative Tool for the Assessment and Improvement of Survey Quality. (2011)
Thesis
Chen, T. The Development of a Holistic and Quantitative Tool for the Assessment and Improvement of Survey Quality. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4404

There are a variety of guidelines and methods available to measure and assess survey quality. Most of these are based on qualitative descriptions. In practice, they are not easy to implement and it is very difficult to make comparisons between survey... Read More about The Development of a Holistic and Quantitative Tool for the Assessment and Improvement of Survey Quality..

The capabilities approach as a framework for labour market information on young people. (2010)
Book Chapter
Lindsay, C., & McQuaid, R. W. (2010). The capabilities approach as a framework for labour market information on young people. In C. Larsen, J. Kipper, & A. Schmid (Eds.), Regional Monitoring Approaches for the Reduction and the Prevention of Youth Unemployment in Europe (152-159). Rainer Hampp Verlag, Muenchen

This paper considers some of the potential uses of the capabilities approach to widen and deepen the labour market information that we collect on youth employment and unemployment.

Financial Capability: Evidence Review - Report of the Scottish Government Social Inclusion Division (2010)
Report
McQuaid, R. W., & Egdell, V. (2010). Financial Capability: Evidence Review - Report of the Scottish Government Social Inclusion Division

This report provides a brief overview of current evidence on financial capability as it relates to disadvantage in Scotland.

Recruiting Women into Scottish Wood Chain Industries (2008)
Journal Article
Ridley-Ellis, D., MacPherson, S., & Thomson, E. (2008). Recruiting Women into Scottish Wood Chain Industries. Timber Engineering, 1, 477-485

In common with many countries, the composition and attitudes of Scotland’s population are changing. It is the regions where the industries in the wood products value chain are based that are expected to change most dramatically. These industries cont... Read More about Recruiting Women into Scottish Wood Chain Industries.

Towards an account of intuitiveness (2008)
Journal Article
Turner, P. (2008). Towards an account of intuitiveness. Behaviour and Information Technology, 27(6), 475-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/01449290701292330

Intuitive systems are usable systems. Design guidelines advocate intuitiveness and vendors claim it - but what does it mean for a user interface, interactive system, or device to be intuitive? A review of the use of the term 'intuitive' indicates tha... Read More about Towards an account of intuitiveness.

How older people account for their experiences with interactive technology (2007)
Journal Article
Turner, P., Turner, S., & Van de Walle, G. (2007). How older people account for their experiences with interactive technology. Behaviour and Information Technology, 26(4), 287-296. https://doi.org/10.1080/01449290601173499

We present a qualitative study, undertaken over a period of nine months, of older people facing the challenges of learning to use interactive technology, specifically personal computers (PCs) and the internet. We examine the range of causal explanati... Read More about How older people account for their experiences with interactive technology.

Is this a Brave New World? A postcolonial review of The Tempest. (2006)
Book Chapter
Fraser, B. (2006). Is this a Brave New World? A postcolonial review of The Tempest. In G. Tapati, & B. Salil (Eds.), To Times in Hope: Essays in Memory of Professor S.C. Sengupta (111-120). Blue Pencil

Women in education and training for the Scottish wood chain (2006)
Journal Article
Ridley-Ellis, D., & Wise, S. (2006). Women in education and training for the Scottish wood chain. Timber Engineering,

The paper introduces a new project at Napier University in Edinburgh into the issues surrounding entry, progression and retention of female students for courses relating to the growing, processing and utilisation of timber for use in the built enviro... Read More about Women in education and training for the Scottish wood chain.

Road user charging: Theory and practice (2005)
Journal Article
Saleh, W. (2005). Road user charging: Theory and practice. Transport Policy, 12(5), 373-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.06.001

In 1999 the DETR became concerned that there was a general shortage of research projects looking at innovatory approaches to road user charging and so it launched a programme aimed specifically at generating novel postgraduate research. Theoretical a... Read More about Road user charging: Theory and practice.

'McJobs', 'good jobs' and skills: job-seekers' attitudes to low-skilled service work (2005)
Journal Article
Lindsay, C. (2005). 'McJobs', 'good jobs' and skills: job-seekers' attitudes to low-skilled service work. Human Resource Management Journal, 15(2), 50-65. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-8583.2005.tb00146.x

This article focuses on unemployed job-seekers' attitudes towards entry-level jobs in three areas of the service sector – retail, hospitality and call-centre work. The article examines whether job-seekers are reluctant to pursue these opportunities,... Read More about 'McJobs', 'good jobs' and skills: job-seekers' attitudes to low-skilled service work.

Dissolving the people. (2003)
Book Chapter
Turner, M. (2003). Dissolving the people. In N. Pun, & L.-M. Yee (Eds.), Narrating Hong Kong Culture and Identity (24-51). Oxford University Press

Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets (2003)
Journal Article
Lindsay, C., McCracken, M. G., & McQuaid, R. W. (2003). Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets. Journal of Rural Studies, 19(2), 187-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0743-0167%2802%2900067-0

This paper analyses the barriers to work faced by long- and short-term unemployed people in remote rural labour markets. Applying a broad concept of 'employability' as an analytical framework, it considers the attributes and experiences of 190 job se... Read More about Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets.

News Cultures and New Social Movements: radical journalism and the mainstream media (2002)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2002). News Cultures and New Social Movements: radical journalism and the mainstream media. Journalism Studies, 3(4), 491-505. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670022000019209

Radical media can be viewed as an extremely democratic form of communication, where people normally denied access to the mainstream media are able to speak on issues that concern them. Radical media are especially important for new social movements,... Read More about News Cultures and New Social Movements: radical journalism and the mainstream media.

The ‘employability gap’: long-term unemployment and barriers to work in buoyant labour markets. (2002)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., & Lindsay, C. (2002). The ‘employability gap’: long-term unemployment and barriers to work in buoyant labour markets. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 20(4), 613-628. https://doi.org/10.1068/c22m

We analyse the main barriers limiting the employability of long-term unemployed job seekers within a local labour market characterised by generally high levels of demand. We use four key elements of employability (employability assets, the deployment... Read More about The ‘employability gap’: long-term unemployment and barriers to work in buoyant labour markets..