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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.

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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..

Book review of 'Communication Design: Insights from the Creative Industries' (Yates and Price 2015) (2015)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I. (2015). Book review of 'Communication Design: Insights from the Creative Industries' (Yates and Price 2015). AD, 33-33

Derek Yates and Jessie Price’s book Communication Design: Insights from the Creative Industries is about designers who make a difference in the world. Its aim is to bridge the gap between education and emerging practices in communication design so th... Read More about Book review of 'Communication Design: Insights from the Creative Industries' (Yates and Price 2015).

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.

Estimating Scottish student retention rates using propensity score matching (2013)
Journal Article
Penny, K. I., Morton, I. D., Ashraf, M. Z., & Duffy, J. C. (2013). Estimating Scottish student retention rates using propensity score matching. Leadership and policy quarterly, 2,

The performance of institutions such as universities and colleges is of increasing interest to funders, policy makers, potential students and the establishments themselves who require accurate estimates of outcomes such as retention rates across the... Read More about Estimating Scottish student retention rates using propensity score matching.

The Impact of repeated lying on survey results (2013)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., & Penny, K. I. (2013). The Impact of repeated lying on survey results. SAGE Open, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012472345

We study the effects on results of participants completing a survey more than once, a phenomenon known as farming. Using data from a real social science study as a baseline, three strategies that participants might use to farm are studied by Monte Ca... Read More about The Impact of repeated lying on survey results.

Knowledge management and e-learning in higher education: a research study based on students’ perceptions (2012)
Journal Article
Dukic, D., Dukic, G., & Penny, K. I. (2012). Knowledge management and e-learning in higher education: a research study based on students’ perceptions. International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, 8, 313-327. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJKL.2012.051679

In order to achieve economic and social progress, it is particularly important to incorporate knowledge management into the education system. E-learning as a knowledge transfer tool is closely connected to knowledge management. This article examined... Read More about Knowledge management and e-learning in higher education: a research study based on students’ perceptions.

The use of podcasts to enhance research-teaching linkages in undergraduate nursing students (2012)
Journal Article
Strickland, K., Gray, C., & Hill, G. (2012). The use of podcasts to enhance research-teaching linkages in undergraduate nursing students. Nurse Education in Practice, 12(4), 210-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2012.01.006

An understanding of research is important to enable nurses to provide evidencebasedcare. However, undergraduate nursing students often find research a challenging subject. The purpose of this paper is to present an evaluation of the introduction of p... Read More about The use of podcasts to enhance research-teaching linkages in undergraduate nursing students.

Reflections on the development of a dynamic learning, teaching and assessment strategy (2011)
Journal Article
Strickland, K., McLatchie, J., & Pelik, R. (2011). Reflections on the development of a dynamic learning, teaching and assessment strategy. Campus-Wide Information Systems, 28, 294-298. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650741111162761

Developing learning, teaching and assessment strategies that foster ongoing engagement and provide inspiration to academic staff is a particular challenge. This paper demonstrates how an institutional learning, teaching and assessment strategy was d... Read More about Reflections on the development of a dynamic learning, teaching and assessment strategy.

Diversity, value and technology: exposing value pluralism in institutional strategy (2011)
Journal Article
Johnson, M., & Smyth, K. (2011). Diversity, value and technology: exposing value pluralism in institutional strategy. Campus-wide information systems : CWIS, 28, 211-220. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650741111162699

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to explore ways in which value pluralism in institutional learning-technology strategy can be exposed and managed with the use of learning activities involving stakeholder groups across and between educational in... Read More about Diversity, value and technology: exposing value pluralism in institutional strategy.

Regular Revision Stupid! The Retention of Knowledge after the End of Module Delivery. (2010)
Journal Article
Jaworski, P. M. (2010). Regular Revision Stupid! The Retention of Knowledge after the End of Module Delivery. Journal advances in higher education : research, education and innovation in the European research area / SPACE, European Network for Business Studies and Languages, 3, 53-62

The paper is devoted to measuring the effectiveness of an IT-assisted continuous assessment regimen used for the Economics 1 module delivered to four cohorts of first year undergraduate students of Napier University Business School in two academic ye... Read More about Regular Revision Stupid! The Retention of Knowledge after the End of Module Delivery..

Let us teach the way we preach: using economic concepts in IT-assisted continuous assessment scheme for introductory economics module. (2009)
Journal Article
Jaworski, P. M. (2009). Let us teach the way we preach: using economic concepts in IT-assisted continuous assessment scheme for introductory economics module. Journal advances in higher education : research, education and innovation in the European research area / SPACE, European Network for Business Studies and Languages, 2, 5-20

The paper describes the process and impact on student learning of a new IT-assisted continuous assessment scheme used in Economics 1 first year undergraduate module delivered at Napier University Business School in the academic years 2006/07 and 2007... Read More about Let us teach the way we preach: using economic concepts in IT-assisted continuous assessment scheme for introductory economics module..

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.

Promoting the science and engineering of timber to children. (2008)
Journal Article
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2008). Promoting the science and engineering of timber to children. Timber Engineering,

The UK’s young people are generally very poorly informed about the opportunities that exist for them in wood science and timber engineering, and commonly perceive the sector to be old-fashioned, unrewarding, environmentally damaging, and requiring of... Read More about Promoting the science and engineering of timber to children..

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.

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..

Managing Scottish higher and further education: a comparison of (re)gendered organizations. (2007)
Journal Article
Thomson, E., & McTavish, D. (2007). Managing Scottish higher and further education: a comparison of (re)gendered organizations. Public Management Review, 9(3), 421-433. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719030701425811

This article outlines the traditional gendered nature of further and higher education and how this has been challenged by long term developments. The focus on managerialism and competition provides a context for a re-invigorated 'agentic' (associated... Read More about Managing Scottish higher and further education: a comparison of (re)gendered organizations..

Collaborative learning: comparison of outcomes for typically developing children and children with intellectual disabilities. (2007)
Journal Article
Wishart, J. G., Willis, D., Cebula, K. R., & Pitcairn, T. K. (2007). Collaborative learning: comparison of outcomes for typically developing children and children with intellectual disabilities. American journal of mental retardation : AJMR, 112, 361-374. https://doi.org/10.1352/0895-8017%282007%29112%5B0361%3ACLCOOF%5D2.0.CO%3B2%29

Collaborative learning is widely used in mainstream education but rarely utilized with children who have intellectual disabilities, possibly on the assumption that the metacognitive skills on which it capitalizes are less likely to be available. Effe... Read More about Collaborative learning: comparison of outcomes for typically developing children and children with intellectual disabilities..