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'I wouldn’t have let you in if you’d had a folder.' Access and resistance in a qualitative interview study. (2019)
Journal Article
Brown, S. (2019). 'I wouldn’t have let you in if you’d had a folder.' Access and resistance in a qualitative interview study. Qualitative Research Journal, 19(3), 271-280. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-12-2018-0006

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to discuss methodological issues connected to being a member of a stigmatised group invited to take part in a research study.

Design
This paper draws on experiences of interviewing young parents and their fam... Read More about 'I wouldn’t have let you in if you’d had a folder.' Access and resistance in a qualitative interview study..

Interacting with assistance dogs and their owners (2014)
Journal Article
Fraser, M. (2014). Interacting with assistance dogs and their owners. Veterinary Record, 175(12), 292-292. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.g5780

A GUIDE dog and its owner have been helping veterinary nursing students at Edinburgh Napier University to gain experience of the practicalities of working with assistance dogs and their owners, both in practice and in everyday life.

Collecting student feedback: a comparison of questionnaire and other methods (2008)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., Laybourn, P., Cairncross, S., Gray, M., Brown, N., Goldfinch, J., & Earl, S. (2008). Collecting student feedback: a comparison of questionnaire and other methods. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 33, 675-686. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602930701773000

A study was conducted comparing the feedback received from students about teaching obtained using different instruments. Twelve first- and second-year undergraduate modules were selected from seven different schools within a single university. Studen... Read More about Collecting student feedback: a comparison of questionnaire and other methods.

Napier University & Greengables Community Education Centre: partnership working to increase access to Higher Education (2008)
Journal Article
Greig, J., & MacKenzie, R. (2008). Napier University & Greengables Community Education Centre: partnership working to increase access to Higher Education. Community Health Exchange E-bulletin, 120,

One key approach for improving recruitment to Higher Education and to build social capital is Widening Access. This approach seeks to reduce inequalities in access and our attempts to recruit “non-traditional” students is not just to compensate for t... Read More about Napier University & Greengables Community Education Centre: partnership working to increase access to Higher Education.

Avoiding plagiarism, developing identities: Responsibility, academic literacies and the curriculum (2007)
Report
Gourlay, L., & Greig, J. (2007). Avoiding plagiarism, developing identities: Responsibility, academic literacies and the curriculum. JISC

The incidence of plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct has become a cause for concern across the higher education sector in recent years. A range of factors have been identified as contributing to the incidence of plagiarism, and institut... Read More about Avoiding plagiarism, developing identities: Responsibility, academic literacies and the curriculum.

Widening access and learner diversity in health & social care: lessons from practice teaching. (2007)
Journal Article
Greig, J., & MacKenzie, R. (2007). Widening access and learner diversity in health & social care: lessons from practice teaching. The Journal of practice teaching in health and social work, 7(3), 43-48. https://doi.org/10.1921/19642

The attempt to recruit non-traditional students to health and social work is not just to compensate for the decreased availability of traditional students but because it is socially just. The non-traditional student journey can be lengthy; starting w... Read More about Widening access and learner diversity in health & social care: lessons from practice teaching..

Factors influencing primary school children's knowledge of wildlife (2006)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., Welsh, A., Berry, A., & Templeton, S. (2006). Factors influencing primary school children's knowledge of wildlife. Journal of Biological Education, 41(1), 9-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2006.9656050

We examined the wildlife knowledge of primary (aged 4-12) schoolchildren. In particular, we examined the effects of children’s age and gender, and the taxonomy and origin (indigenous versus exotic) of wildlife, on the degree of knowledge about differ... Read More about Factors influencing primary school children's knowledge of wildlife.

Measuring changes in groupworking skills in undergraduate students after employer involvement in group skill development (2001)
Journal Article
Laybourn, P., Goldfinch, J., Graham, J., MacLeod, L., & Stewart, S. (2001). Measuring changes in groupworking skills in undergraduate students after employer involvement in group skill development. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 26, 367-380

Examined changes in students' group skills before and after employer feedback and in students receiving and not receiving feedback, and the relationship between skill level and performance on the assignment. Experience with employer-observed group wo... Read More about Measuring changes in groupworking skills in undergraduate students after employer involvement in group skill development.

The evolution of skills development initiatives. (2000)
Book Chapter
Laybourn, P., Falchikov, N., Goldfinch, J., & Westwood, J. (2000). The evolution of skills development initiatives. In S. Fallows, & C. Steven (Eds.), Integrating Key Skills in Higher Education: Employability, Transferable Skills and Learning for Life (47-56). C.Kogan Page Ltd

Improving groupworking skills in undergraduates through employer involvement. (1999)
Journal Article
Goldfinch, J., Laybourn, P., McLeod, L., & Stewart, S. (1999). Improving groupworking skills in undergraduates through employer involvement. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 24(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/0260293990240104

A project involved employers in the development of teamwork skills of undergraduate accounting students, with the aims of increasing student awareness of group dynamics and processes, and promoting more effective group work. Employers observed studen... Read More about Improving groupworking skills in undergraduates through employer involvement..