Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education: Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education (2015)
Journal Article
Kupfer, C. (2015). Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education: Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education. Literature compass, 12(5), 206-218. https://doi.org/10.1111/lic3.12230

Rabindranath Tagore’s ideas can still inspire education in the East as well as in the West today. In this
paper, I survey Tagore’s philosophical anthropology and argue that there is more coherence to his
philosophy and pedagogy than is usually seen... Read More about Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education: Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education.

The Gift of Not Giving: On Pedagogical Parsimony (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sellors, C. P. (2015, January). The Gift of Not Giving: On Pedagogical Parsimony. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier Teaching Fellows Conference

Conversation, Collaboration, Credit: The Graduate Researcher in the Digital Scholarly Environment (2014)
Journal Article
Powell, D. J., Bouchard, M., Galgleish, M., Keenan, A., McLeod, A., & Thomson, T. (2014). Conversation, Collaboration, Credit: The Graduate Researcher in the Digital Scholarly Environment. Digital Studies / Le champ numérique, 3(3), https://doi.org/10.16995/dscn.59

The humanities are undergoing profound shifts in the nature of the processes used to produce scholarly work. As this migration to digital practices is increasingly accepted at universities and public institutions, such bodies have realised they must... Read More about Conversation, Collaboration, Credit: The Graduate Researcher in the Digital Scholarly Environment.

Mossuril - an international study project. (2014)
Digital Artefact
Macdonald, I. (2014). Mossuril - an international study project

This study examines the student experience of a third sector graphic design project in an international context. Inspired by a Humanist and socially conscious perspective that was originally set out by Ken Garland’s First Things First manifesto in 19... Read More about Mossuril - an international study project..

Re-constructing “culture of learning” – international student experiences in China and the UK. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Foster, M., Macdonald, I., Firth, R., & Zhou, V. (2014, July). Re-constructing “culture of learning” – international student experiences in China and the UK. Presented at HEA Annual Conference ‘Preparing for learning futures: the next ten years’

Following previous Teaching Fellows funding to undertake a joint research project between Business School and the School of Arts & Creative Industries we would like to present our findings at the HEA Annual Conference this year. Using the results fro... Read More about Re-constructing “culture of learning” – international student experiences in China and the UK..

CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE: a study of art & design and the impact on Higher Education. (2014)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I. (2014). CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE: a study of art & design and the impact on Higher Education. AD, 24-25

This small study was undertaken in two secondary schools in Edinburgh where art and design teachers were willing to be interviewed on video following a semi-structured questionnaire.
This study asked the questions:
• Will these pupils be better pre... Read More about CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE: a study of art & design and the impact on Higher Education..

Are we all designers? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rodgers, P., Hall, A., Winton, E., Land, E., & Aurisicchio, M. (2013, September). Are we all designers?. Presented at INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING AND PRODUCT DESIGN EDUCATION

Several design writers have proposed, or at least implied, that “…we are all designers…” through the way we manipulate the environment around us, select the items we wish to own, plan, build, buy, arrange, and restructure things all in a form of desi... Read More about Are we all designers?.

Publishing by Degrees. (2012)
Digital Artefact
Gray, A. (2012). Publishing by Degrees. [website]

Created and manage public website.

Monthly views c.1,400

www.publishingdegree.co.uk

Reading about crime and punishment, prison volunteering and employability for literary studies graduates (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Schwan, A. (2012, May). Reading about crime and punishment, prison volunteering and employability for literary studies graduates. Paper presented at The Higher Education Academy Arts and Humanities Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland

No abstract available.

Managing your part-time supervisor. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Atton, C. (2010, September). Managing your part-time supervisor. Presented at Vitae Part-time Researcher Conference

Projects for multi-disciplinary teams: engaging students across design disciplines in a shared undergraduate first year curriculum. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lambert, I., & Firth, R. (2010, May). Projects for multi-disciplinary teams: engaging students across design disciplines in a shared undergraduate first year curriculum. Paper presented at Cumulus 10: Borderline - Pushing Design over the limit

On undergraduate design courses at Edinburgh Napier University, two thirds of the first year curriculum is shared. Working in open studios, students are able to gain awareness of each others’ modes of practice and the common skills that transcend dis... Read More about Projects for multi-disciplinary teams: engaging students across design disciplines in a shared undergraduate first year curriculum..

What's the Point of Film School, or, What did Beaconsfield Film Studios ever do for the Scottish film industry? (2009)
Book Chapter
Scott, A. J. (2009). What's the Point of Film School, or, What did Beaconsfield Film Studios ever do for the Scottish film industry?. In J. Murray, F. Farley, & R. Stoneman (Eds.), Scottish Cinema Now (206-221). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

This is an essay which examines the role of the UK National Film and TV School, Beaconsfield, in nurturing Scottish film-makers in the period 1970-2005. It looks back at the history of the National Film and Television School and identifies Scots who... Read More about What's the Point of Film School, or, What did Beaconsfield Film Studios ever do for the Scottish film industry?.

Rabindranath Tagores Bildung zum Weltmenschen – ein Beispiel interkultureller Pädagogik. [Rabindranath Tagore’s Education Towards Universal Man – an Example of Intercultural Education.] (2009)
Book Chapter
Kupfer, C. (2009). Rabindranath Tagores Bildung zum Weltmenschen – ein Beispiel interkultureller Pädagogik. [Rabindranath Tagore’s Education Towards Universal Man – an Example of Intercultural Education.]. In Pädagogik als Dialog der Kulturen. Grundlagen und Diskursfelder der interkulturellen Pädagogik. [Pedagogy as Dialogue of Cultures. Foundations and discourses of intercultural education.] (227-260). LIT Verlag Münster

Capturing and nurturing student confidence on an SCQF 09 module in Cultural Theory. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wasson, S.-P. (2009, June). Capturing and nurturing student confidence on an SCQF 09 module in Cultural Theory. Paper presented at Enabling students to become effective learners

Bringing theory into practice: locating staff research in the undergraduate classroom. (2008)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2008). Bringing theory into practice: locating staff research in the undergraduate classroom. In Linking disciplinary research with teaching at Napier University: case studies of practice (11-16). Napier University

Creative Futures: Building the Creative Economy through Universities. (2008)
Report
Atton, C., McCleery, A., Mabweazara, H., & Ward, S. (2008). Creative Futures: Building the Creative Economy through Universities. Edinburgh, Scotland: Million+

The creative industries are founded on innovation. They are responsive, multifaceted and evolving and have developed new models of business in order to adapt and contribute to a world in economic, social and cultural flux.

Over the past two decad... Read More about Creative Futures: Building the Creative Economy through Universities..

Empowering Students Through Reading Diaries (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Schwan, A., & Wasson, S. (2008, December). Empowering Students Through Reading Diaries. Paper presented at English Subject Centre Conference 'Beyond the Essay', Northumbria University

No abstract available.

Million +: Leading the University agenda. (2008)
Report
Atton, C., McCleery, A., Mabweazara, H., & Ward, S. (2008). Million +: Leading the University agenda

Million+ commissioned Edinburgh Napier University's Centre for Creative and Cultural Industries Research to review the relationship between the creative industries and universities that have been in the forefront of promoting and supporeting these in... Read More about Million +: Leading the University agenda..

The status of information society studies in the information science curriculum. (2002)
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2002). The status of information society studies in the information science curriculum. Library Review, 51(3/4), 139-148. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242530210420997

Argues for a central role for information society studies in degree programmes. Information society studies is an interdisciplinary specialism devoted to examination of the macrolevel role of information flows and technologies. The views of informati... Read More about The status of information society studies in the information science curriculum..

Encouraging and assessing undergraduate students’ research skills through groupwork. (1995)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Atton, C. (1995, January). Encouraging and assessing undergraduate students’ research skills through groupwork