Outputs (16)

Embedding interdisciplinary and challenge-led learning into the student experience (2018)
Book Chapter

The Innovation and Creative Exchange (ICE) presents a blueprint for challenge-led learning within Higher Education (HE). It uses a combination of wicked and commercial challenges to develop knowledge exchanges and communities of practice for learning... Read More about Embedding interdisciplinary and challenge-led learning into the student experience.

Measuring student success - are there alternative metrics? (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

There is a plethora of literature to support the importance of student engagement in the wider university experience as a measure of value and contribution to success. Various reports have acknowledged that students who engage with the wider Higher E... Read More about Measuring student success - are there alternative metrics?.

Community Science Showcase @MSF18 - University of Salford MCUK Library (2018)
Data

Photographs taken at the Community Science Showcase as part of Manchester Science Festival 2018, hosted in the University of Salford Library at their Media City UK campus. These images were captured on Saturday 20 October 2018.

Queer Data Critter (2018)
Digital Artefact

Resources from the Community Science Showcase at the Manchester Science Festival 2018

Game Lab Programme 2018 (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Programme for Game Lab 2018 at the University of Salford's MediaCityUK Campus, part of the Manchester Science Festival

SPARC 2018 - Julian Bass (2018)
Digital Artefact

Films recorded at the University of Salford's SPARC 2018 PGR conference, July 2018 at MediaCityUK Campus.

Making Sense of Sounds: Category names (2018)
Data

Representation of descriptive words for each sound category for each sound type. Category names are indicated by an asterix.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01277

Comparative study of calculated and actual dimensions In shaped weft knitwear. (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Power, E., & Almond, K. (2018, July). Comparative study of calculated and actual dimensions In shaped weft knitwear. Presented at The 91st Textile Institute World conference 2018: Integrating design with Sustainable Technology, Leeds, UK

The research aims to quantify the relationship between traditional mathematical theories used for the calculation of fully-fashioned, weft knitwear and the physical measurements of the garment. In contemporary weft knitting it is important to establi... Read More about Comparative study of calculated and actual dimensions In shaped weft knitwear..

A case for using both direct and indirect benchmarking to compare university performance metrics (2018)
Journal Article
Harris, W., Langan, A., Barrett, N., Jack, K., Wibberley, C., & Hamshire, C. (2018). A case for using both direct and indirect benchmarking to compare university performance metrics. Studies in Higher Education, 44(12), 2281-2292. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2018.1490893

Benchmarking is used in higher education as a means to improve and compare performance. Comparative metric benchmarks may take two forms, based on direct standardization (DS) or indirect standardization (IS). DS can be used to measure variation in pe... Read More about A case for using both direct and indirect benchmarking to compare university performance metrics.

Exploring interdisciplinary challenge-led learning opportunities for knowledge co-creation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Embedding interdisciplinarity into the UG experience is not without its challenges. The practical arguments and value to learning is strong, supported by policy makers, funding councils and professional bodies. The aim of this session is to present i... Read More about Exploring interdisciplinary challenge-led learning opportunities for knowledge co-creation.